From: blodwick (blodwick@columbus.rr.com)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2006 - 23:19:41 ART
I just got all worked up about this Princeton Review Career Review of
Network Engineer, and decided to write some hate mail to the ombudsman.
I thought you guys might get a kick out of it.
Brian L.
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From: blodwick HYPERLINK "mailto:[mailto:blodwick@columbus.rr.com]"
[mailto:blodwick@columbus.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:09 PM
To: 'SuellenG@review.com'
Subject: Career Profile: Network Engineer
I happened upon your career profile for Network Engineer ( HYPERLINK
"http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=205"
HYPERLINK
"http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=205"
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=205 )
and I have to say that was an absolute piece of trash. Who the heck did
you use as your sources, the manager at the local electronics store?
This statement has to be the most ignorant statement I have ever seen.
-- Today there are certifications, like CCIE (Cisco Certified Internet
Engineers), and the classes are quite difficult. But from a managers
perspective, it seems as though the people who are certified arent
actually very smart. Theyve spent two years studying for this test, but
theyve never actually set up a router before.
I mean come on. Can you at least get the acronym right. A simple search
on the internet would produce it. I typed CCIE into a Google web search
and the very first result I got was the following:
HYPERLINK "http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/" Cisco Certified
Internetwork Expert -CCIE - Cisco Systems
CCIE is Cisco's highest level of professional certification ... Achieve
Cisco CCIE certification and accelerate your career. ...
HYPERLINK "http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/"
www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/ - 18k - HYPERLINK " HYPERLINK
"http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:I5IMTOXRSREJ:www.cisco.com/web/lea
rning/le3/ccie/+CCIE&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1"
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:I5IMTOXRSREJ:www.cisco.com/web/lear
ning/le3/ccie/+CCIE&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1" Cached - HYPERLINK
"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=related:www.cisco.com
/web/learning/le3/ccie/" Similar pages
It took me .38 seconds to find that. Then to add to the ignorance the
author goes on to say that people with this certification arent very
smart and have studied for this test for two years, but have never
actually set up a router before. HELLO, THE CCIE IS A PRACTICAL EXAM!!!
To pass the exam you must set up several routers to meet extremely
complex requirements. I work with someone who has a PhD in Physics and
he failed his first time taking this exam. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
Absolutely ridiculous. I would recommend promptly firing the author of
this article and find someone else who has at least .38 seconds to put
into the research needed to write an accurate review of a career.
Sincerely,
Brian
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