From: MADMAN (dave@interprise.com)
Date: Tue Sep 24 2002 - 17:08:25 GMT-3
I have been corrected, thanks Tom, the jacket is now $148.12!!
Dave
MADMAN wrote:
>
> If someone with more experience is offended by your wearing CCIE logo
> appearel it is they that have the problem. I personally have only one
> Cisco CCIE shirt that was given to me and just recently got the bomber
> jacket thanks to the kindness of the local Cisco folks, (yes I guess I'm
> cheap:) though to be honsest I don't think it's worth $250 but that's
> just my opinion.
>
> Dave
>
>
> Adam Crisp wrote:
> >
> > Well, you're a CCIE right?
> > I don't think you would offend an "old" CCIE since you have earned the
> > ticket.
> > I hate seeing job adverts with "must bee CCIE for at least two years" type
> > caveats!
> >
> > I will be interested to watch this thread
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> > Tom Larus
> > Sent: 24 September 2002 16:55
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: OT: Advice sought on wearing CCIE on sleeve
> >
> > I have been looking at items in the CCIE store, and I like the CCIE bomber
> > jacket. However, as a CCIE with less than the usual amount of paid
> > experience (I could fairly be called a "lab rat" CCIE), I am very sensitive
> > to offending folks with more experience who might resent a CCIE like me
> > "wearing it on his sleeve." I think they actually put your number on the
> > sleeve, so it is the classic case of wearing something on your sleeve.
> >
> > On the other hand, wearing it while I am still in the job-hunting mode could
> > spark up conversations with people who might know of unadvertised positions.
> > You know how it is hard to go to Borders' computer book section without
> > meeting interesting IT folks.
> >
> > I will be interviewing soon for a job with a Cisco Gold Partner. Do CCIEs
> > in resellers actually wear CCIE gear, or is is considered tacky and
> > pretentious? I don't want to buy something that it turns out is frowned on
> > or laughed at by folks directly involved with Cisco. If the CCIE store
> > goods are not of good quality, that would make the decision easier.
> >
> > Anyone have any thoughts on this?
> >
> > I know that this is the sort of question I would not need to ask if I had
> > lots of industry experience, but I am not in a position to go back and
> > relive my life differently right now.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tom La
>
> --
> David Madland
> CCIE# 2016
> Sr. Network Engineer
> Qwest Communications
> 612-664-3367
>
> "You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston
> Churchill
-- David Madland CCIE# 2016 Sr. Network Engineer Qwest Communications 612-664-3367"You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston Churchill
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