Re: OT- Reaching 40, choosing path

I can speak directly to this subject from my personal experience.
I joined the Navy when I was 20 and got out when I was 31. I drifted
around for a few years trying to figure out what I wanted to do.

In 1995 I started to get into IT and have never looked back. In 1998 I
made the decision to choose an area of IT to specialize in and was lead to
networking. Up to that time I had been doing the normal Windows networking
stuff that many of us start out doing ( back then it was Windows NT 3.51
and the Citrix version was Winframe - yeah a while ago ).

When I passed the CCIE R&S lab I was just shy of my 42nd birthday. I found
that earning this certification opened many other doors to me in the IT
business world.

I would say that you have to weigh out your options and decide if the CCIE
certification would bring you closer to the "success you desire".
You know what success means to you and your family. If you feel that
earning the CCIE certification is the way to go - then go for it - there
is no upper age limit on sitting the lab ( that I'm aware of ). If your
definition of success takes you down a different path - then take that
path. I wish you the best in whichever path you take.

Please feel free to contact me directly to discuss further.

Thanks

--
Larry Hadrava, Larryh_at_INE.com
CCIE #12203 (R&S)
Internetwork Expert, Inc.
http://www.INE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "ospfv2" <ospfv2_at_gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, August 27, 2009 5:50
Subject:OT- Reaching 40, choosing path
Just curious, how many of you between your 35-40 and still going
chasing the lab ?
i'm feeling too old and think about to burn my cisco bridge,  build
another one and
better spending my time on endeavours where the odds are more
stacked in my favour to bring  the success i desire.
rgds
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