From: Anekwe, Abdul (Abdul.Anekwe@sig.com)
Date: Fri Sep 14 2007 - 10:27:53 ART
Dude...low 90s is a GREAT salary in the Pacific Northwest. As the
recruiters use to say to me.."this ain't California nor New York". Yes
Seattle proper (city boundaries) and Redmond area, have a high cost of
living, but most people live right outside, and commute in. The cost of
living drops off significantly once you're out of the "hot areas". And
the commute is not that bad. So its sorta balances off.
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From: darth router [mailto:darklordrouter@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:16 AM
To: Anekwe, Abdul
Cc: Joseph Brunner; Cisco certification
Subject: Re: Service Provider jobs vs Enterprise
Do you guys figure that the salaries are much bigger in say New York,
because people cant work at 100k with the high cost of living? Even
Seattle has a fairly high cost of living now adays. I think 100k, or
even less may be the standard in Seatte/Portland areas. It is
unforntunate in that CCIEs were probably making over 100k in the 90s in
those areas, and the cost of living has sky rocketed since, but not the
salaries to go along with it. Maybe i need to move to TX where I can
live on the cheap.
DR
On 9/14/07, Anekwe, Abdul <Abdul.Anekwe@sig.com> wrote:
I was in Seattle. And I worked for a carrier while I was out there. The
salaries are far less than California and Northeast. And being that I
was originally from NJ (worked in NY-financial for years) before I went
out there, a lot of people knew that they couldn't compete with salaries
and competitive hourly rates I was used to. So ...if you're in Seattle,
temper your salary expectation. It will be lower. Consulting pays more,
but don't expect to get top dollar from the big employers out there. It
will be lower then equivalent positions in California or out here in the
North East.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Joseph Brunner
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:27 AM
To: 'darth router'
Cc: 'Cisco certification'
Subject: RE: Service Provider jobs vs Enterprise
With an R/S skill set you should be lead architect at a financial
company's
network. You stand to make a large bonus as well as privileges I enjoyed
(Friday's off in the summer, etc). Forget working for an ISP. They just
don't pay well enough. Look for a job at a hedge fund management firm,
private equity group, etc.
Are you near Seattle? How's the job market there?
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From: darth router [mailto:darklordrouter@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:27 AM
To: Joseph Brunner
Cc: Cisco certification
Subject: Re: Service Provider jobs vs Enterprise
Deeeeeeeeng Son,
I am from the northwest. I know a guy making 120k with bonus, but I
think
that is a lot for the area. He does ip Tel and works for a reseller. You
talking shop jobs, or resellers? I have a R/S skillset.
On 9/14/07, Joseph Brunner <joe@affirmedsystems.com> wrote:
Where are you located? 100k? We have help desk staff that make that!
Are you kidding? The CCIE is worth about 170k plus 30% bonus...
Move to a major city (NYC, LONDON, BERLIN)
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
darth router
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 2:31 AM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: Service Provider jobs vs Enterprise
Hey guys,
I have worked at a small ISP (about 20k customers). I was not payed all
that
well. Now I have a CCIE, and am wondering do the service provider jobs
pay
vs the Enterprise jobs? I would love to get around 100k, and not have to
travel. It seems that the majory of CCIE jobs I see on the various jobs
sites all pay around 100k, some more some a little less. The CCIE gets
you
treated pretty well if you work for a cisco reseller. Can anyone tell me
the
pros and cons to working for a service provider with a CCIE? Are there
still
a lot of service providers that even want CCIEs? from the very limited
view
I have on service providers it seems like many are moving away from
cisco
gear in favor of other vendors. I would love some advice here. I just
got my
CCIE and I feel like I am just starting to finally get somewhere in my
career. I want my next job to the the right job, and a job I want to
stick
with for some years.
DR
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