>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >John Neiberger >Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:36 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Am I over my head guys? [7:69746] > >>>> B Rudy 5/29/03 2:41:29 AM >>> >>Hey guys, I just got an offer to become a 2nd senior network engineer for >>this company in Orange Country. Great News i know!! >> >>Dilemma: I am a CCNP but have no local Area Nework Experience. Going to >be >>workin with Catalyst 6500 switches. Also i have about 2 yrs working with >>cisco equipment, however, dont feel i am ready for a senior title and >>duties. Also working with cisco routers. >> >>What do you guys think i should do? >> >>1. Take the job and see how it works out? Maybe mess up their network >and >>look real dumb and unknowledgable on some troubleshooting. risked getting >>fired? >>2. Let the job go, and watch a great opp float away? >>3. Keep the existing job i have working with cisco equipment and >technology? >> >>p.s. This job is a senior position, so meaning senior pay. very positive >>aspect, and a great company going places. over 4000 employees. >> >>Your output is greatly appreciated. Really need some advice. Thanx > >Yowza! Two-years Cisco experience, CCNP, and no real-world experience on >LANs gets you a *senior* position?? > >What's the name of this company? I feel a move to Orange County coming >on... :-) > >Seriously, you must have shown the skills they were requiring of a >senior-level person in their organization, and every organization has >different guidelines. Heck, I don't even qualify to be a senior person in >our company yet! That's related to time in the department, though. Still, >you seem to be a little worried that they might expect more from a senior >person than you're ready to deliver. Take an honest assessment of your >capabilities and if you're still worried, start studying your tail off right >now. You know we're always here to help when we can. Show some confidence >and be willing to continually learn as much as possible as quickly as >possible; be thorough and conscientious; be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, >friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and >reverent. (Hopefully someone will get that joke, ) >
And don't forget to always "Be prepared". (I was a Boy Scout too.) If you have a good enough grasp of things to get the CCNP then you should do fine. Every new job is a learning experience. At least mine have been. If you passed BCMSN then you tested on the 5000. It uses the CatOS like the 6500. In my experience anyone with enough integrity to worry about doing their job correctly usually goes above and beyond. It's the folks that just look at the money or the title or just flat don't think things thru that fail. You obviously think things through. If you've weighed all of the options re: long term prospects at this company, who you'll be working with/for benefits, working conditions, etc and it all looks good and the only thing that's holding you back is confidence in your own ability, IMHO, take it. I felt the exact same way after the first networking job I was offered. I didn't think there was anyway in he** I should accept it and told my prospective boss that. She sought me out as she had heard about my work ethic. I told her I work hard and study a lot but don't know what she needed me to know. Her response was "I'd rather have someone that's hungry and willing to learn like you then someone who knows everything. There's lots of resources available to fill in whatever gaps you may have in your knowledge for someone willing to use them and you are. I can teach you whatever facts you don't know but I can't give you the drive to work hard and do the job correctly". She was right. And she didn't ever have to teach me anything. I always found some way to get whatever info I didn't have at my immediate grasp and I still do. I suspect she could have been talking about you too. Good luck in whatever you chose. > >Dive in head first and work your tail off and you should have a great chance >at succeeding. If they've offered the job, take it and run with it. > >Regards, >John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=69827&t=69746 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
