Is it the money, or is there some logic behind CISCO’s decision to have people do an exam every three years to keep their certification current? (Two years for CCIE)
WE DO HAVE A LIFE YOU KNOW!!!!
Before, someone could keep their CCNA certification for six years before redoing the exam, now they say 3 years. THAT’S CRAZY!!
For someone at the Associate level, let’s say a Network Admin, LAN technology doesn’t change much over 3 years, much less WAN. At least not nowadays anyway. Look how long it took Gigabit Ethernet to make its way into the market, and even then some people still build their fiber network on 10/100 technology. I know, I designed a 10/100 and a 10/100/1000 network and the client chose the 10/100 because there just wasn’t a need for the latter.
I think certification fees, books etc. is creating a little industry in itself that is fattening itself on people’s need to be certified.
I think a CCNA cert should last five years and CCNP – four years. CCIE should last forever, but the holder of a CCIE would be required to do an exam based solely on new technology every three years or they will lose their certification.
GIVE US A BREAK MAN, I NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH MY FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!! SHEESH!!!!