Re: How much are CCIE's worth in Dubai (non exam question)

From: Abdul (rslab007@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 02 2008 - 12:31:02 ART


Plenty thanks to all for the info. Always know I can count on my fellow GS
study mates for help. ;-)

On 4/2/08, Reza Toghraee <reza@toghraee.com> wrote:
>
> If you could find a job with this amount of ccies in dubai, and just 12
> cisco partner companies (silver,gold).
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Farhan Anwar
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:14 PM
> To: A.G. Ananth Sarma (GMail)
> Cc: Abdul; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: How much are CCIE's worth in Dubai (non exam question)
>
> What i know is, you can get ~20k - 40k AEDs, depending on your experience,
> the company, negotiation skills and luck.
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:31 AM, A.G. Ananth Sarma (GMail) <
> ananth.sarma@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Abdul / All,
> >
> > I have been living in UAE for the last 13 years.
> >
> > As someone said, it all depends on how the company values the CCIE. Some
> > MNCs pay up to USD 10k (tax free) including the big C. ( I hope this has
> > nothing to do with NDA).
> >
> > Local companies pay up to 8K $.
> >
> > Your rent will be THE tax. (:((
> >
> > Expect the rent to be around 100k + Dh. (i.e. ~30k $ pa) for a very
> basic
> > 2
> > BR apartment. (It must be more than that as I left Dubai few months
> back).
> > Also, if you can tolerate the traffic, Dubai is an ideal place.
> >
> > If you do not care for the social life, Saudi is the best place and you
> > can
> > save a lot of money.
> >
> > One of my friends (a CCIE) got a good offer in Saudi. The company told
> him
> > clearly to go and discuss with his wife before accepting the offer.
> >
> > Also, CCIE-Written alone is not considered much.
> >
> > My 2 cents.
> >
> >
> > (Abdul: Can you unicast me your lab study and preparation strategy?)
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ananth
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:10 AM, Abdul <rslab007@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello to all fellow exam, lab study peers out in GS world.
> > > A friend of mine posed this question to me, and I don't know so I
> > figured
> > > I'd ask the greater audience. How much are CCIE's getting paid in
> Dubai?
> > > I'm
> > > curious. Don't matter, consulting, or full time. Also, tell me in US
> > > dollars
> > > or at least in Euros or UAE dirham. What are offers like for CCIEs
> out
> > > there? My brother is about to is about to take a job out there and
> > > he's enticing me to go with him. Figure I'd wait till I do my lab this
> > > fall
> > > (hopefully I pass) and then consider.
> > >
> > > Would love to know. Good luck to all with your study. Now I'll get
> back
> > to
> > > mine.
> > >
> > > Take Care.
> > >
> > >
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