From: Paul Dardinski (pauld@marshallcomm.com)
Date: Sat Jun 09 2007 - 10:40:07 ART
Opinions seem mixed on that point as well. David lives in McLean, which
is probably one of the most expensive areas along with Bethesda and
Great Falls. Overall, as people have mentioned, the tradeoff is commute.
This area (as most major urban areas) has difficult traffic, so be
prepared for that. As to real estate costs, well, get a realtor as it's
pretty much all over the map. I think David mentioned his place in
McLean was like $1.3m for a small house or something like that. However,
there is much lower cost housing a little farther out, realistically
$500k gets you a pretty decent place to live. If you want a McMansion or
something like that, figure $700-800k.
PD (#16842)
From: Anthony Bonilla [mailto:anthonybonilla.ccie@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 11:08 PM
To: Paul Dardinski
Cc: smorris@ipexpert.com; CharlesB; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: OT: CCIE hourly rates on 1099 contracts?
Thank you all for your quick and detailed response. It really helped me
understand the process involved and also provided me some confidence
that there is a high demand for CCIEs in DC area. I will definitely
consider looking for a job there as well now, thanks to you all.
If I may, I would like to get some suggestions from the folks there as
far as a nice place to buy some real estate in where schools are good as
well (I know that DC and its suburbs are not known to be cheap but just
wanted to see what would be an ideal place to be in, IF one can afford
it:-))
Thanks again.
On 6/8/07, Paul Dardinski <pauld@marshallcomm.com> wrote:
Tony, unfortunately it doesn't work like a certification. You don't
really "earn" it per-se. You have to go through the
application/background check, etc. As Scott mentioned below, you don't
do this independently, a company has to sponsor.
PD (#16842)
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Morris [mailto: smorris@ipexpert.com
<mailto:smorris@ipexpert.com> ]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:36 PM
To: 'Anthony Bonilla'; Paul Dardinski
Cc: 'CharlesB'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: CCIE hourly rates on 1099 contracts?
Clearances are not easy to come by these days. With all the backlog,
and
the plethora of other things DHS has to do, you'll find lots of rules
and
requirements in place that any new clearances are hard to come by.
You'll find that a company must sponsor you (you knew that), but also
that
they must demonstrate that they need a particular skillset for clearance
that is not available with someone who already has a clearance in order
to
get a new one under way. And pay lotsa money.
There are some new "site clearance" rules in place (I forget the
designation) where a company may shoe-in their various employees under
one
primary person's clearance level. Not cheap either.
On the flip side, you can always join the military reserves and work on
your
clearance from the inside. Although I'm not entirely sure this is the
most
intelligent time to be doing that!
Didn't mean to be discouraging, and I'm sure others will have more
details,
but they aren't as easy as they used to be!
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713,
JNCIE
#153, CISSP, et al.
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Anthony Bonilla
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:54 PM
To: Paul Dardinski
Cc: CharlesB; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: CCIE hourly rates on 1099 contracts?
Paul,
Just wondering if you or someone from DC area can advise as to how/when
can
one get security clearance. I am thinking about moving to DC but not
sure
how to go about this clearance thing, is it something that the potential
employer takes care of or is the candidate expected to have this before
applying for a position? Please let me know what is invovled with this
clearance as well, if possible. Thanks and looking for replies
impatiently.
TIA,
Tony
On 6/6/07, Paul Dardinski <pauld@marshallcomm.com> wrote:
>
> It's come up before. Depends on where you are and of course
> experience, etc. For this area (DC), security clearance is also
another
big factor.
> I generally bill out at around $175/hr.
>
> PD (#16842)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com ] On Behalf
> Of CharlesB
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 1:58 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: CCIE hourly rates on 1099 contracts?
>
> Guys, sorry to disrupt your studies but I had to ask. I am looking for
> contracts and I do not want to go cheap and disappoint all of you::)))
>
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