Hi community,

please don’t treat this blog post to seriously, as it purely reflects the toughts of myself on the new Cisco Certified Architect certification.

https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/community/certifications/cisco_certified_architect

is a new Cisco Certification.

Gone are the days, when a Cisco CCIE was the highest certification. Oh well, here you go.

What I find particularly interesting about the new Cisco Certified Architect certification is the fact that the CCDE (Cisco Certified Design Expert) is a prerequisite. Now those of you, who have tried it, know that it is very tough and makes the CCIE look like “Mickey Mouse” in terms of difficulty.

A board meeting is part of the exam of the new Cisco Certified Architect certification. You need to be able to communicate at board level. I think many of the pure techies will fail on that alone already, as many CCIE’s I have come across over the years are typically not the ones with the best social skills.

But hey, who can afford a $15,000 USD exam fee? Especially in those economic times?

to be continued…

Martin Voelk
CTO
ProNetExpert