From: Gregory Stemberger (gjstem@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Sep 24 2002 - 22:44:55 GMT-3
fyi,
you can now order CCIE embroidered items from the Cisco Lands' End
store.........quality looks good and the selection is greater than the CCIE
store....
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "P729" <p729@cox.net>
To: "Tom Larus" <tlarus@cox.net>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: Advice sought on wearing CCIE on sleeve
> Tom,
>
> You should be proud of your accomplishment and be able to express it any
way
> you please. But often times a little tact and humility can go a long way.
> Ease into it, be discreet. If the others "with more experience" still have
a
> problem with it, then it's just that--it's their problem. **** 'em.
>
> Personally, I wish they would allow us to use just our initials and number
> for personalization, kind of like a monogram and a little more
understated.
> Just me.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Mas Kato
> https://ecardfile.com/id/mkato
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Larus" <tlarus@cox.net>
> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:54 AM
> 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 Larus
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