From: Jaspreet Bhatia (jasbhati@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 19:08:59 GMT-3
Dan ,
Very well said . Although I am sure that you would
agree that the term ROI is in the back of everyone's mind also .
Wishing you all the best in your career .
Jaspreet
At 05:46 PM 4/10/2002 -0400, Dan wrote:
> > I know that this kind of question sometimes leads to a long, dumb
> > thread,
> > but I am curious whether those passing the lab in the last 6 months
> > (congrats to all) have benefitted in promotions, raises, or vertical job
> > moves. Last I heard it was tough and a lot of CCIEs were taking what
> > they
> > could get or staying put. I am curious because I have my lab coming up
> > (2nd attempt) and my company isn't doing so well. A few notes:
>
>I got my CCIE in August and got no support for it by my company and no raise
>[still entry level pay] and nobody is really that impressed when job
>searching.
>It's most likely because I only had 1 year of experience when I passed the
>lab, so the lesson is that if you are already a qualifier the CCIE will give
>you that extra boost otherwise don't expect it to help too much in respect
>to $$.
>That's just my experience, I'm sure others will be different.
>It's worth doing it if you can find a way to afford the expense and you love
>this stuff as much as I do.
>If you're only doing it for the money then that's the wrong reason IMO.
>
>Dan Pontrelli
>CCIE# 8040
>
>
> > 1. Yes I have noticed that the job boards don't seem to have much
> > 2. Yes I know that CCIE is not the only factor in getting a new job
> > 3. If you don't mind, reply directly to me so that I don't get my chops
> > busted for starting a lame OT thread.
> >
> > Thanks a million. I am getting nervous about this whole thing.
> >
> > Matt
> >
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