From: keith tokash (ktokash@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 20 2008 - 16:26:58 ARST
If you already have a CCIE, chances are you aren't hurting for money or job
security. This boils it down to one thing for me - are you going to have fun?
If so, your life will go grand and you'll shine in your new job. If your
motivation is to stave off financial ruin or round out your resume in the
hopes of returning to Cisco (or Foundry, which is very Cisco-like), then I
would pass.
With a few exceptions, secrecy is deeply incompatible with democracy and with
science.
--Carl Sagan
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:23:02 +1100
> From: ccieteam@gmail.com
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Moving away from Cisco
>
> Fellow experts,
>
>
> Considering the amount of time and 'sacrifice' made to achieve the
> CCIE and make our mark in the networking field, would anyone here
> contemplate on moving to a role supporting another vendor (e.g. Alcatel,
> Tellabs, Ericsson) ??. I'm referring to a role which requires in-house
> training to learn the intricacies, proprietary protocols and CLI of the
> vendor and be completely "isolated" from the Cisco world. I'm discounting
> Juniper since I tend to see them in the same market segment.
>
> Would anyone do it? And if so, what would be the factor? Better
opportunity?
> Less competition? Another challenge?
>
> I find the switchover challenging as I believe a lot of us started the CCIE
> journey more as a hobby and through the course of the time and developed a
> familiarity to the IOS, not to mention the resources, information,
> forums/communities that are widely available today.
>
>
> Any opinions will be much appreciated
>
> Regards,
> Alan
> CCNP/IP/SP, R&S due in May
>
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