From: Guyler, Rik (rguyler@shp-dayton.org)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2007 - 21:46:18 ART
Nice recap. I always tell my detractors that if they want perfection then
they need to pay me a perfect salary. ;-)
Rik
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Smith
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 7:07 PM
To: groupstudy
Subject: CCIE First Year Review
I thought I'd take a moment and do a quick review of the past year...
my first year as an IE.
- Got a promotion. Same company, different department.
- Was completely confused, for like a month, by the fact I didn't have to
study anymore... man, that was weird
- First assigned task <drum roll>... team lead enterprise QoS development.
My least favorite topic of topics... joy, joy! Wish I could have seen the
look on my face.
- Number of times I've heard "We'll you're the IE" when presented with some
off the wall question: lost count back in the spring
- Number of times I've said "I don't know everything!" in response to the
line above: lost count
- Number of times I've been asked "How did you past the lab?": ~20
- Have received zero appreciation for my lab induced creative solutions :-)
- Have received praise for suggesting what I thought was an off-the-wall
feature Cisco made me learn... go figure.
- Number of times I've had to clarify the fact that I'm an R&S IE when
presented with VoIP, security and MPLS questions and of course the always
mentioned "We'll you're the IE" statement: way too many
- Found out my non-IE co-workers like to make a big deal out of my
mistakes... after all "I'm the IE"
- Number of times I've wished Cisco had not removed ATM from the lab (to
make me learn it) : several! 95% of the connectivity I deal with is ATM...
not sure what Cisco was thinking there.
- Surprised by the number of people who are inclined to regurgitate their
resume' when they find out I'm an IE
- Biggest screw-up: Fubar'd an ATM connection to a 400+ user call center...
who knew PCR/SCR was THAT important? :-)
- Coolest new (new to me anyway) technology I've been working on... WAAS
- I've learned way more about QoS than I think I wanted to know
- Have enjoyed having access to the expertise of our Cisco AS team...
instant guru on any topic
- Number of times I've had to deal with BGP: 2
- Number of times I've had to configure multicast: 0
- Surprised by the amount of knowledge I've lost over the last year...
of course I've gained a lot of new stuff
All in all I'm having a blast and it was absolutely worth all the blood,
sweat and tears to become a CCIE:-)
Cheers!
-- Scott CCIE #17040 (R&S)
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