Re: Moving away from Cisco

From: Han Ghee Chia (han_ghee@yahoo.com.sg)
Date: Thu Feb 21 2008 - 01:57:21 ARST

Personally, I feel that the CCIE regimen provides a person with a better
foundation to networking - not just IOS or Cisco specific technologies or R&S,
etc. Taken with the right attitude and spirit towards learning, one's
approach to problems, troubleshooting, solutions, etc. gets polished to its
finest during the process. I think it's quite common for people whom have
passed their lab, finding their Cisco-specific skills "deteriorate" after some
months. But the fundamentals stay with a person much longer. I would take
that as a spring board to move on to something greater or more interesting. I
don't see the necessity for any brand loyalty here.

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From: Alan Chng <ccieteam@gmail.com>
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Sent:
Wednesday, 20 February 2008 8:23:02
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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