From: Gary Duncanson (gary.duncanson@googlemail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 20 2008 - 11:03:09 ARST
Why not?..variety is the spice of life. Besides I already work with lots of
different vendors as do many others on the list.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Chng" <ccieteam@gmail.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:23 PM
Subject: Moving away from Cisco
> Fellow experts,
>
>
> Considering the amount of time and 'sacrifice' made to achieve the
> CCIE and make our mark in the networking field, would anyone here
> contemplate on moving to a role supporting another vendor (e.g. Alcatel,
> Tellabs, Ericsson) ??. I'm referring to a role which requires in-house
> training to learn the intricacies, proprietary protocols and CLI of the
> vendor and be completely "isolated" from the Cisco world. I'm discounting
> Juniper since I tend to see them in the same market segment.
>
> Would anyone do it? And if so, what would be the factor? Better
> opportunity?
> Less competition? Another challenge?
>
> I find the switchover challenging as I believe a lot of us started the
> CCIE
> journey more as a hobby and through the course of the time and developed a
> familiarity to the IOS, not to mention the resources, information,
> forums/communities that are widely available today.
>
>
> Any opinions will be much appreciated
>
> Regards,
> Alan
> CCNP/IP/SP, R&S due in May
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