From: george_bethel@yahoo.com
Date: Tue May 03 2005 - 20:43:38 GMT-3
You assume that just because there are mergers that growth will follow. Not
so. The mergers occur because telco's with resonable good balance sheets
know that the only way they can post future growth for their investors is
through acquiring companies and laying off redundant/superfulous personnel.
So the numbers of telco employees will be declining not increasing. The
danger from this is that the larger the company the more inefficient they
become because of internal bureaucracy.
The opportunities such as they are will be for those experienced and well
seasoned professionals who work as contractors during the integration of the
two networks. Please don't make the mistake of thinking anyone except a
recruiter gives a wit what your CCIE number is or whether or not you hae
passed the CCIE written. Experience is king. Most of the network
engineering staff/management are just trying to mare sure they don't lose
their job before they retire. A good many of those will be dusting off
their kneepads. It is going to get ugly in the telco business. Really
ugly.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Joe Rinehart
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 3:43 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: CCIE Opportunities During Telecom Consolidation
Didn't want to get too far off topic but wanted to see what you all might
think about the way the industry is starting to consolidate. Inevitably
during consolidation, mergers, and acquisitions there are lots of changes,
and for those ambitious and qualified, there are opportunities. This is the
state of the industry these days, where do you see opportunities for CCIE's
or soon to be CCIE's as companies merge and grow?
Joe Rinehart
CCIE #14256, CCNP, CCDP
Data Network Consultant
AT&T Pacific Northwest Enterprise Markets
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