From: MADMAN (dave@interprise.com)
Date: Tue Sep 24 2002 - 16:37:40 GMT-3
If someone with more experience is offended by your wearing CCIE logo
appearel it is they that have the problem. I personally have only one
Cisco CCIE shirt that was given to me and just recently got the bomber
jacket thanks to the kindness of the local Cisco folks, (yes I guess I'm
cheap:) though to be honsest I don't think it's worth $250 but that's
just my opinion.
Dave
Adam Crisp wrote:
>
> Well, you're a CCIE right?
> I don't think you would offend an "old" CCIE since you have earned the
> ticket.
> I hate seeing job adverts with "must bee CCIE for at least two years" type
> caveats!
>
> I will be interested to watch this thread
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> Tom Larus
> Sent: 24 September 2002 16:55
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: OT: Advice sought on wearing CCIE on sleeve
>
> I have been looking at items in the CCIE store, and I like the CCIE bomber
> jacket. However, as a CCIE with less than the usual amount of paid
> experience (I could fairly be called a "lab rat" CCIE), I am very sensitive
> to offending folks with more experience who might resent a CCIE like me
> "wearing it on his sleeve." I think they actually put your number on the
> sleeve, so it is the classic case of wearing something on your sleeve.
>
> On the other hand, wearing it while I am still in the job-hunting mode could
> spark up conversations with people who might know of unadvertised positions.
> You know how it is hard to go to Borders' computer book section without
> meeting interesting IT folks.
>
> I will be interviewing soon for a job with a Cisco Gold Partner. Do CCIEs
> in resellers actually wear CCIE gear, or is is considered tacky and
> pretentious? I don't want to buy something that it turns out is frowned on
> or laughed at by folks directly involved with Cisco. If the CCIE store
> goods are not of good quality, that would make the decision easier.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>
> I know that this is the sort of question I would not need to ask if I had
> lots of industry experience, but I am not in a position to go back and
> relive my life differently right now.
>
> Best regards,
> Tom La
-- David Madland CCIE# 2016 Sr. Network Engineer Qwest Communications 612-664-3367"You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston Churchill
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