From: Hedlund, Brad (BHedlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 23:40:39 GMT-3
Group:
This is only a miniscule spec of your whole life. Dont take it too
seriously. 3 years is nothing.
Think about it ... When your 75 years old are you really going to be
thinking about how hard you studied for the CCIE exam. Hell no! You'll
probably have forgotten what CCIE stands for. Cisco will just be a faint
recelection in the depths of your decaying mind. You'll just be glad that
you can still go the grocery store and buy some Metamucil and
Comperspanchels without a wheelchair.
Brad Hedlund
Sr. Network Engineer
CCIE #5530
REAL Solutions, Elcamino Resources Ltd.
Eden Prairie, MN.
(952) 829-2877
>
> 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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