Re: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling

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-Hammer-

"I was a normal American nerd"
-Jack Herer

On 6/13/2012 8:26 AM, Sirhan Khan wrote:
> Thanks for the info Hammer but http://www.cciehof.com/ does not have
> contact details unless I am missing something .... ?
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:30 PM, -Hammer- <bhmccie_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:bhmccie_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Good point Dark Fiber.
>
> I understand some peoples view of privacy but a CCIE number ranks
> right up there with a doctorate or any other high end
> qualification (no, I don't want to have the pilots license debate
> again please) and should be verified prior to employment. If it
> wasn't, it should be taken up with HR. Remind them of that little
> search engine company...
>
> Regardless, to Dark Fibers point, number or not what your are
> looking for is competency. If the individual has shown a
> consistency in providing forward thinking solutions and helping
> resolve issues (not introduced by him/her) then he can walk around
> in a Novell shirt for all I care. If he has four CCIEs and a CCA
> and a JNCIE and is the president of his local CUG and still can't
> keep the network stable and keeps introducing issues then dump
> him. It's not a matter of numbers.
>
> Yes, HR has a right to ask for his credentials especially if it's
> on his resume or he has claimed he is a CCIE to improve his
> position within the company. If he's not, you can apply light
> discipline (you like the guy/gal) or outright termination (he/she
> is an idiot) based on the violation.
>
> No, in regards to his skill set, it doesn't matter whether he is
> one or not. The judgement should be based on performance.
>
> -Hammer-
>
> "I was a normal American nerd"
> -Jack Herer
>
>
>
>
> On 6/13/2012 7:05 AM, Dark Fiber wrote:
>
> Obviously there is an issue there :)
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Humphrey
> Cheung<not5150_at_gmail.com <mailto:not5150_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> As previously stated... he's not on that site. It was one
> of the
> first ones I checked.
>
> Humphrey
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:41 AM, Jameeluddin Mohammed
> <jameeluddin.m_at_gmail.com <mailto:jameeluddin.m_at_gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Did you try to find him on CCIE Hall of Fame list
> available, which is listed
> based on the ccie verification tool.
> I could check many candidates status using just thier
> first, last name on
> this websites.
>
> http://www.cciehof.com/
> http://cciehof.weebly.com/
>
> -Jameel
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Humphrey
> Cheung<not5150_at_gmail.com <mailto:not5150_at_gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> I agree that people should be a bit careful with
> personal info.
>
> What's very strange is this guy has a full
> LinkedIn profile... name,
> university, past jobs, supervisor names, hundreds
> of connections,
> recommendations, everything is complete... except
> for a CCIE number.
>
> Humphrey
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Sidney
> D'Souza<mail.sidney_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:mail.sidney_at_gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> I agree with Rob that personal info should be
> hidden considering the day
> and
> age we live in but hiding your educational
> qualifications from your
> employer
> is for me being too paranoid. Its like saying
> you ll have to take my
> word
> for it that I am a CCIE.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sid
>
> Nobody's really listening, until you make a
> mistake...
>
>
>
> From: me you [mailto:anunda19_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:anunda19_at_gmail.com>]
> Sent: 13 June 2012 11:02
> To: Sidney D'Souza
> Cc: Humphrey Cheung; Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: Verifying a CCIE for a friend...
> spider senses tingling
>
>
>
> Don't assume anything about him because he
> hides is personal info. I try
> to
> hide all my personal information because you
> never know when someone
> will
> use your personal info the wrong way.
>
>
>
> Rob
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Sidney
> D'Souza<mail.sidney_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:mail.sidney_at_gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> People take pride in displaying their CCIE# so
> your friend should have
> smelt
> something fishy when the guy refused to
> disclose his CCIE number. Just
> tell
> your friend to take it up with HR and demand
> his credentials. His number
> can
> be verified on the Cisco web site below.
>
> https://sso.cisco.com/autho/forms/CDClogin.html
>
> You will need to create a CCO ID before you
> can verify a Certification
> number.
>
> Regards,
> Sid
> Nobody's really listening, until you make a
> mistake...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com
> <mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com>
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> <mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com>] On Behalf Of
> Humphrey Cheung
>
> Sent: 13 June 2012 09:03
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: Verifying a CCIE for a friend...
> spider senses tingling
>
> This is a strange situation at my friend's
> company... wanted to get some
> ideas. I'm helping him verify the status of a
> supposed CCIE.
> I'll keep the names anonymous.
>
> Company hires new network admin
> Network has crashed dozens of times since the
> new guy has been hired
> Network
> admin claims to be a CCIE Network admin
> doesn't divulge a number...
> doesn't
> sign his emails with his number, doesn't have
> his number on LinkedIn
> Looking
> at the guy's job history, he's worked at big
> name company's...
> but generally lasts less than a year
> Quick Google/LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter/etc
> search shows no hits for his
> name
> and anything saying CCIE or a number
> (permutations of first name and
> common
> nicknames were used in the search just in case
> we were missing anything)
> Since there's no number, can't use the Cisco
> verification tool because
> it
> requires a first/last name, cert type and number
>
> Any pointers on where else to look? I think
> we're about 90% sure this
> guy
> isn't a CCIE... but I think there's no actual
> smoking gun that says,
> "this
> first name and last name is not and never has
> been a CCIE"
>
> I'm at Cisco Live until Thursday evening.. if
> you want to unicast me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Humphrey Cheung, CISSP #365719, CCNP, CCDP, CCIP
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