a novel approach...

i was talking to someone today who had a bizarre thought...  he's a ccna also, and when i told him i was working on ccnp, he said his boss told him to skip ccnp and go right for ccie... i've never given any thought to such an idea... we know that you don't have to pass ccna to attempt ccie... i've always considered that is cisco simply laying down a nutty challenge... it's  crazy for someone to try ccie without ccna, and further without ccnp... but when you start digging into ccie r&s, it's really ccna on acid... so why not?

while i still believe it is only natural to get ccnp first, then attempt ccie, the thought did get me spinning...

that is not to say that will change my path, but it is a hell of an idea, and one i never even thought of...

i believe one builds on the other, but maybe that guy has something... maybe...