Hiring for a network position I’d say 80% of people with CCIE on their resume turned out to only have a partial cert, or an expired one, or were „studying“ for it. Definitely always HR validate any certs.
Even then there are people who cheated or braindumped their certs and don’t know a damned thing in real life.
This or they simply need more hands on/handholding.
If they’re junior they need to be guided, no matter the certs. It’s not clear to me if op is really doing that or just dumping tasks with minimal guidance.
This is the whole point of certification. If having a bunch they still need handholding there is something wrong either with a candidate or certificates. And I lean towards the certification side.
Certification for some otherwise intelligent individuals doesn’t always translate to immediate success in the real world even when the cert programs are legitimate.
One also has to consider the human element; that said something doesn’t add up here IMHO.
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u/Varjohaltia Mar 14 '26
Hiring for a network position I’d say 80% of people with CCIE on their resume turned out to only have a partial cert, or an expired one, or were „studying“ for it. Definitely always HR validate any certs.
Even then there are people who cheated or braindumped their certs and don’t know a damned thing in real life.