From: Vijay Ramcharan (vramcharan@thedeal.com)
Date: Wed Sep 14 2005 - 19:41:20 GMT-3
I've been searching for an active networking role since July and I'm
slowly despairing of ever finding something. Seeking some encouragement,
I began searching the GroupStudy archives and found this thread:
http://www.groupstudy.com/archives/ccielab/200404/msg00115.html
This message in the thread sums it up nicely.
http://www.groupstudy.com/archives/ccielab/200404/msg00265.html
If I had taken a better look at my situation and gone searching the
archives 2 months ago, I'd be less disappointed than I am now. Since I
posted my resume on Monster and Dice this July, I've been on a number of
interviews but my lack of "large network" experience has been my
Achilles heel. That's not to say that I'm inept or anything like that.
My most recent round of interviews resulted in this, "Everyone that
interviewed you came away very impressed with your knowledge and
presentation abilities. We have however, identified a candidate that
has more practical experience, and are going to pursue him."
Before that it was something along the lines of "we feel you are
technically sound for a level 2 position but you have no practical
experience in large networks so we cannot go forward with you"
And so it has been for pretty much all of the in-person and phone
interviews that I've had.
I'm not even concerned about pay rate as job satisfaction is much more
important to me. Being a great network engineer is my long-term goal but
it's impossible to be great without day-to-day experience. I find that's
what helps to solidify the theory and lab work and keeps what I've
learnt on the journey to CCIE from becoming ephemeral.
I'm willing to put in the time to learn and do more and I've proven that
I'm technically capable but it seems that even with the CCIE, getting a
foot in the door is not that easy. Maybe it's because I live in NY and
there's a bit of a competition for junior level spots but I sure was
hoping that my cert would put me near the top half of a candidate list.
I know there are others on this list in the same plight that I'm in so
as a word of encouragement to myself and those, "hang in there,
somewhere, someone, is willing to give you a chance".
I'm still searching...
Vijay Ramcharan, CCIE #14824, CCDP, MCSE
P.S.
I'm currently employed and have been at the same employer for almost 5
years now. I don't do much day-to-day networking duties nor is there any
future opportunity for that here or I'd be glad to stay.
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