From: darth router (darklordrouter@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Mar 28 2009 - 21:38:20 ART
Or you can always get out of enterprise work and go the service provider
route. Plenty of routing/switching there, and a lot less end users to deal
with on that level. The Network Engineer of today is becoming the Net
Engineer/MS admin/help desk guy all rolled into one.
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Tony Edwards <tonyedwards.rs@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi GS,
>
> I am just wondering whether any one going through same situation as of
> me...
>
> - Still dreaming & dragging my feet on still allusive RS IE ###. Intention
> is still there but unable to focus and drive home the desired result
> , Primarily because of diversified technologies requirements from Boss at
> work.
>
> - which is not at all bad thing as my employer is using me on various
> projects such as RS WAN & LAN , Data Centre technologies such as WAN
> Accelerators , WDM SAN + IP Tel or UC + Wireless + NW Management systems
> such as CW or ACS ..etc.
>
> - Even though I am enjoying these sorts of technical challenges at work ,
> the biggest problem I am going through right now is having to deal with
> divided Loyalty between my old love RS and my new love UC.
>
> - Hence am unable to do justice to neither of IE lab exam prep/focus, I am
> afraid.
>
> - For example , I can see my Christmas coming to me already in 2009 with 3
> x
> major upcoming projects such as UC 5 to UC 7 migration , Microsoft Exchange
> 2007 Unified Messaging Voice Mail deployment and MS OCS MOC deployments
> knocking my door.
>
> - So Instead of getting Fluent or consolidate my RS technologies skills
> towards my unfinished RS Lab exam , I am now studying & working on on
> Microsoft UC technologies.Since they fall under MS banner , I tried to push
> them to our server team as me being a comms engineer do not have advanced
> exchange server or exchange 2007 UC skills.
>
> - But the answer came back that , since I do maintain end to end Data &
> current cisco IP Tel platforms, they reckon that I am their best bet to
> manager their Microsoft UC environment as well , which I know nothing about
> till now.
>
> - Now the Question is that , I can see the trend of increasing expectations
> from employers on Cisco Network engineers on upcoming MS UC as well. Are we
> seeing this as a future road map of overlaying MS & Cisco Skill sets ,
> particularly when UC field is going to be equally shared by these 2 vendors
> with in Enterprise space ? And in these potentially recession times , I
> guess the best you can do is to keep your mouth shut and do your best
> whatever the project your employer dumps on your plate.
>
> -In a way , I am existed to get my hands dirty on this new UC kid in the
> block.
>
> - But the biggest draw back is that , I am moving further away from my
> unfinished job of RS lab :-(
>
> - And recently , I am also began contemplating of dumping my old love of RS
> lab and instead run after Voice IE lab.
>
> - But the fact that Voice lab is lot more tougher to crack when compared to
> RS lab and also because I came very close on RS lab some 2 years ago ,
> perhaps , I am unable to let go my RS ## ambitions just yet.
>
> - At the same time , it will be tough to keep working on advanced &
> interesting Voice projects @ work and come home and dust off my RS books
> and
> racks and pursue that old love :-(
>
> any advise guys ?
>
> tony
>
>
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