From: Derek Small (Fuse) (dwsmall@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 19:50:32 GMT-3
Very insightful! It's easy to loose sight of the big picture when you are
working on this.
Thank You
Derek Small
dwsmall@fatkid.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Yao, Yuan <Yuan.Yao@ba-dsg.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 5:24 PM
Subject: The dark side of CCIE
> Like everybody who just got CCIE, I have something to say about the CCIE
> journey.
>
> There is a question popped up in reviewing my past 3 years CCIE prep. Did
I
> spend my time wisely? The answer is negative. Let's take a look at one of
my
> friend's journey in the same period. This guy started his consulting in a
> brokerage firm earn $85/hour in 97 and worked on his website since 96 off
> hours. He put $40,000 in internet stocks in 1998, whose value went beyond
$2
> million twice. He sold with net $600,000-700,000 and quitted his job last
> summer. Following that, he rented an office at World Trade Center at New
> York City and hired 6 guys to revamp his website. In the past early March,
> he sold his website to a phone company for more than $10 million, which
made
> Reuters and PRwire news in the web. He is 30 by August.
>
> His working list for his past 3 years was, studying internet business
plans,
> preparing his business plan, chasing venture capitals, extending web
> services, networking with potential suitors...
> My working list for my past 3 years was, studying frame relay, isdn, ospf,
> bgp, going to training on dlsw, design, practicing in labs, networking
with
> CCIE and candidates, chasing new test topics atm, voice...
>
> I also developed much more near sight, digestion problems, carpal tunnel
> syndrome besides more psychological factors less efficiency, less
certainty
> and alienated wife and kids.
>
> Would it be wise to spend a long period time and dedication of your life
for
> CCIE $100,000 reward? We only live once. The big question for everybody.
How
> can you spend your time wisely in your next 3 years?
>
> Yuan Yao
> CCIE5806
>
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