Why are you trying to obtain your CCIE?

By cciebuzz on Thu, 01/15/09 - 10:17am.

Hello everyone, this is CCIE Journey back with question. With all the focus lately on why the CCIE growth levels are lower in the United States than other parts of the world, I wanted to ask other readers why are they trying to obtain their CCIE? Is it salary growth that is motivating you? Is it the focus on the technologies, the learning curve, or was it just always a goal of yours?

I know that personally it has always been a learning goal and nothing more. If I were to obtain my CCIE tomorrow, bags of money would not show up on my desk at work, unfortunately. That wasn’t my goal though from the beginning. My goal has always been to learn as much as I can. I like looking back year to year on how much more I know today than I did twelve months ago. Sure the journey to my CCIE has been slow at times, but I am always learning so I am ok with that. That is my motivating factor.

Are there other motivating factors I didn’t even think about? Is your boss pushing you towards obtaining your CCIE? Will it move you along the job ladder in your current position? Are you hoping to obtain your CCIE to leave your current position? I guess my goal in all of this is to try to see why the CCIE growth here in the United States has dropped? My theory is that all the outsourcing of Information Technology jobs that the media has brought to attention during the last five years may have actually driven a lot of people away from field. I know I went back to school to major in Business because of it. Having less people in the field would affect the growth numbers of CCIE’s here.