From: Jim Devane (jim@powerpulse.cc)
Date: Mon Jun 06 2005 - 02:28:05 GMT-3
I don't think it would be a career limiting factor... after all very few
ISPs or large carriers are Cisco only. Knowing xDWM, SONET/SDH etc can only
improve one's marketability. Especially when applying to a carrier. If your
friend is intent on staying LAN-side or Enterprise based then it may not be
as beneficial.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
David Duncon
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 5:38 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Optical Networking scope
Hi Group,
I was wondering if any one can give some guidance on the following career
transition issue.
A friend of mine ( who apparently is preparing for his CCIE R & S Lab exam )
got an opportunity to work as a Network Engineer with an Optical Network
vendor who manufactures and install WDM (Wave Division Multiplexers) and
FDMs ( Frequency division Multiplexers) with in Carrier exchange
environment.
As he was totally confused about the offer because half of the interview
panel was not aware ( or less keen should I say) on what the CCIE
certification is all about as they are all hard core Carrier back ground
people with more focus on Optical Networking , Juniper gear and CLNS stack
(ISIS) and with much lesser focus on IP Data Comms as such. So my friend was
not sure whether it is a career limiting option or career enhancing option ?
Any feed back on following information is much appreciated.
1) Is this moving (from purely IP based Data Comms role to Optical
networking Engineer role) a completely side step with limited future
opportunities ( i.e. less employers in the field) or it is moving up the
food chain kind of process with in to a complex Telco or Carrier arena ?
2) What kind of career certifications are available with in Optical
Networking & which ones are valuable/useful to have ( on WDMs , FDMs and
related products) 3) What kind of employers in the market employ these
Optical Networking skill sets ?
Thanks in advance...
Cheers
David.
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