From: John Conzone (jkconzone@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 20:33:10 GMT-3
Yuan, for every dot.com wiz kid who made a million there are a thousand
guys out there busting their ass for 15 bucks an hour. Sure, we've all heard
of the guys who made a million by 30, but no one talks about the other
thousand guys who didn't!
All the time and effort I am/will spend to earn my CCIE will be well
worth it, and will be something that will see me through for the rest of my
life. It will be a steady soure of pride and considerable income, and it
won't be based on the whims of the stock market, how much venture capital I
can raise, or whose butt I have to kiss.
All my brothers ansd sisters have multiple 4 year college degrees, and
one is a cop, and none of them come close to making the money I make with an
Associates degree and a CCNP!
You can always dream of something better, and it doesn't hurt. But the
odds are you would have had a ulcer, lost your house and wife and kids, and
jumped from a tall building on Wall Street instead of making 10 million.
Sorry, but those are the statistics.
So go jump the old lady, hug your kids and dog, and grab a six pack of
cold ones and be thankful for what you have accomplished!
----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Small (Fuse) <dwsmall@fatkid.com>
To: Yao, Yuan <Yuan.Yao@ba-dsg.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: The dark side of CCIE
> 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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