From: Joseph Brunner (joe@affirmedsystems.com)
Date: Wed Feb 20 2008 - 12:52:52 ARST
I actually got the pleasure of meeting some financial field unix
infrastructure engineers. They develop something like webshere and j2ee,
etc. I can guarantee no CCIE san/voice/security makes what these guys make.
Even working in IRAQ, etc.
I nearly fell off my chair when I heard what their bonus plan is. I even
felt that tingling burning under my tongue I haven't felt since a good
school yard fist fight... They said it best "there is no money in Cisco".
They are dead right.
Every day I'm more and more convinced we are in a field where there is
little distinction between a clown CCNP who comes in and breaks everything,
and a CCIE who knows real world issues and rfc's both like the back of his
hand.
Oh, well, definitely diversify... and read up on those two... maybe this is
your lucky day...
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Gary
Duncanson
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:03 AM
To: Alan Chng
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Moving away from Cisco
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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