The Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer (CCIE) certification used to be the gold standard amongst network engineers 10-20 years ago. Becoming a CCIE required

The Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer (CCIE) certification used to be the gold standard amongst network engineers 10-20 years ago. Becoming a CCIE required a passing a notoriously difficult hands-on 8 hour in-person lab examination[1]. SysAdminsArena reminds me of a remote version of the CCIE Lab Exam for sysadmins. Fun fact: the CCIE program was established in 1992 and was originally going to be called "Cisco Top Gun"[2], but they had to choose a more serious name. [1] https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccie_routing_switching/lab_exam_v5 https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/c... [2] http://www.bradreese.com/blog/how-the-cisco-ccie-program-was-born.htm http://www.bradreese.com/blog/how-the-cisco-ccie-program-was...