From: Scott Morris (smorris@ipexpert.com)
Date: Wed Feb 20 2008 - 11:54:18 ARST
I suppose the first question would be why you were discounting Juniper. The
second would be why it had to be a rold of complete isolation?
Either way, one of the nice things is that the basic technologies (for the
most part) are pretty much the same vendor to vendor. You'll have CLI
differences, you'll have different intracacies and proprietary things, but
most stuff won't vary that much.
So (IMHO) it's a mistake to look at the CCIE as simply a familiarity with
IOS. That's a secondary feature. You've likely learned more about things
like OSPF, BGP and multicast operations than you normally would. The fact
that you can do it in IOS is nice, but doing it in JUNOS isn't all that much
different. The theory is mostly the same.
If you're looking for something ENTIRELY different (you note less
competition, so one has to wonder) then I suppose it would simply be a
matter of what happens to interest you at any point in time. In which case,
the CCIE has become a lesson of process and/or troubleshooting. Both skills
which should not be underestimated.
From a consultant's viewpoint, I always look at things to ADD to my
skillset, but it would have to be one hell of an opportunity for me (again,
just my opinion) to completely forego all the stuff I've learned.
Good luck no matter what you end up doing though!
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Alan
Chng
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:23 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
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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