Re: Consulting As A CCIE

Joe:
This is a great aspiration. I have found in the years that I have worked for
myself as a consultant, contacts are very important.
You have to be willing to take some jobs that might be below your skill
level and image of what your time is worth. This will help you in the long
run. You have to develop a resume of satisfied customers. With that in place
you can begin to call on larger customers. And always remember that as an
independent consultant, you are your own salesman. Always ask the customer
to pass along names of others that might find your expertise useful. Ask
them to also recommend you to their fellow business owners.
As Bill said, sometimes it is feast or famine, depending mainly upon you.
Why on you? Are you willing to travel for a 2 month contract? Are you
willing to work 11pm - 7am for several weeks for new deployments? The
question is what are you willing to do to be successful?

Scott is right as well about separating yourself from your business on
paper.

You have the technical expertise, no doubt about that, now go and sell
yourself!!!!

Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203 CCNP CCNA
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Bill Burns
<bburns_at_racktimerentals.com>wrote:

> Hey Joe,
>
> It goes back to what you do best...networking. This time you have to do it
> with people in your local/reginal/global community or online community like
> GS. Once your name gets out there and you have those social networks in
> place, then you will start to see how the life of a consultant is, it is a
> feast or famine type of existence but always very rewarding. Good luck
> with
> that!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bill Burns
> CCIE #12464, CCSI
> Rack Time Rentals
> http://www.racktimerentals.com
> Skype: bburnsskype
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Joe
> Astorino
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 11:04 PM
> To: CCIE Groupstudy
> Subject: OT: Consulting As A CCIE
>
> Hey group,
>
> I am looking to start doing some network consulting work on the side. The
> trouble is, I really have no idea how to get started doing that. I mean,
> OK
> I can print off a flyer and put my credentials and skills, and what I can
> help with...but not really sure what else to do to get started. Does
> anybody else out there do work like this? How do you get things going? It
> seems many of the big businesses have people that take care of their stuff,
> and the small businesses are generally too small to want to pay or deal
> with
> somebody on the CCIE level...they might have a few linksys switches or
> something. Any pointers would be appreciated!
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Astorino
> CCIE #24347 (R&S)
> Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc.
> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com <http://www.ipexpert.com/>
>
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