Re: OT: Re: The State of the CCIE Training Industry

Hi Lala!

I can confirm that I report to BD here at INE each week.

And thank heavens he would never participate in a thread like this on
GroupStudy.

:-)

Warmest Regards,

Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
http://www.INE.com

On Jul 11, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Lala Lander wrote:

> Scott, can you confirm if BD is still with INE or not?
>
> thanks
>
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Hoogen <hoogen82_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Somehow I like reading Scott's mails than Darby's. Everything in it
>> is
>> concise.
>> -Hoogen
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Scott Morris <smorris_at_ine.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Companies come and companies go. That is a way of business life no
>>> matter what the economy is.
>>>
>>> Some people believe that the CCIE market is this huge untapped
>>> adventure
>>> waiting to happen, but life doesn't work that way. But some folks
>>> can
>>> certainly spend their time marketing and advancing the market
>>> however
>>> they see fit, because as you noted, the "competent trainers who are
>>> awesome and unique" will even benefit from other people's marketing.
>>>
>>> You have little faith in the industry and apparently in the people
>>> running the businesses in it. While I may not work for Wayne any
>>> longer, I still respect his business sense. Does he do things I
>>> don't
>>> agree with? Sure. I'm sure that works both ways. :) But that
>>> has no
>>> bearing on whether he will be successful or not. Likewise, no
>>> matter
>>> what Brian Dennis is off doing rather than prattling on here isn't
>>> any
>>> great cause of concern (unless it was something illegal!).
>>>
>>> Are Anthony and I going away because of it? Not that anyone told me
>>> about. :) And even if that were the case, do you really think
>>> we'd
>>> merely disappear?
>>>
>>> Narbik has joined the Cisco360 program. Do I fully understand the
>>> reason why he did it? Nope. But at the same time, I assume that
>>> he is
>>> a smart enough business man after all these years that it makes
>>> economic
>>> sense for him. Is he going away? God, I hope not. Things will get
>>> really boring without all the e-mails about who's attending which
>>> bootcamp in the next few months! ;)
>>>
>>> But seriously, if things get so slow for him due to joining, I would
>>> expect a future announcement saying that Narbik is out of the
>>> Cisco360
>>> program! Post hoc ergo propter hoc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Scott Morris*, CCIE/x4/ (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider)
>>> #4713,
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Darby Weaver wrote:
>>>> Correct sorry should have tagged it.
>>>>
>>>> But if you think no longer having a generous supply of competent
>> trainers
>>>> who are awesome and unique is not relevant, I guess that is ok too.
>>>>
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