From: CCIEin2006 (ciscocciein2006@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2006 - 16:03:55 GMT-3
Whichever way you go, please don't try to be a manager and a tech at the
same time.
I've had a few managers that try to be managers and stay technical. They
end up being horrible at both.
I think it has something to do with them micro-managing everything the techs
do and drives us all crazy.
On 3/17/06, Joe Rinehart <jjrinehart@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Weird off topic question but wanted group input.
>
>
>
> Definitely value the CCIE after clawing my way to it in 2004 (deep in my
> recert studies at the moment in fact) and love the technical piece of
> that.
>
>
>
> Having scaled that mountain I am now working on an MBA with a career goal
> of
> becoming a CIO.
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>
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> My personal opinion is that having both the business (MBA) and technical
> (CCIE) background is a unique and killer combination for a role like that.
> What are YOUR thoughts? Benefit, drawback, or neither?
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>
>
> Joe Rinehart, Consulting Systems Engineer
>
> CCNP, CCDP, CCIE #14256
>
> World Wide Technology, Inc.
>
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