I am pressing hard for my CCIE certification however would value the chance
to work for such a company for several reasons.
1. The challenge - realize and enjoy your achievements through life
experience
2. The opportunity to excel - See comments on #1
3. High paced, hands on work - don't get as much as I would like
4. CCIE certification will be valid for a long time to come, why rush, do
it right the first time!
I can think of many more reasons but as one employer once said "slow down
and get there faster" rings true. I'll take experience over certification
in a heartbeat. Of course that is just me, I'm US Airforce retired, secure
with finances and not really aiming at "the big paycheck". Personally I
enjoying challenges and rewards for a job well done. This same philosophy
kept me motivate through 21 years service in the military.
But that just me.
Scott
CCNP, MCSE, etc, etc.
www.geocities.com/sejordan2000
----- Original Message -----
From: "Traister, Blake (SBCI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Raymond Thomas'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 7:48 AM
Subject: RE: Would you back-burner your CCIE training for...
> Im very envious of all you people that have jobs with labs and lab time
(or
> at least after hours availability). Frankly, if I had a job like that,
> there would be no way I would take this Pre IPO job that Mr Thomas is
> describing. I work for an SBC affilliate, so I can only hope that the
upper
> management from SBC have finally taken the red pill.
>
> It sounds like a fabulous opportunity to me. I have no problems with
> jumping in to heavy workloads as long as I have support. Since I dont
lose
> my CCIE studying, its not that big of a loss to me.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 1:46 AM
> To: Jobs@Groupstudy. Com
> Subject: Would you back-burner your CCIE training for...
>
>
> Hello all =) I have been working on a search for the PreIPO company that I
> emailed about last week and I found out something yesterday that I didn't
> know about. Since the company wants to go public by the end of this month,
> the workload with this company will be heavy for all, especially for the
> engineers. It's already heavy because that's the way it goes with any
> startup company. But anyhow, the case is the my candidate will not be able
> to study for his CCIE for a while. He will have a lot of hands on with
Cisco
> solutions, but no time for additional training for the first year. The
> trade-off however, is stock options and what they most likely be worth.
The
> company is going public the end of this month. The upper management team
> were the upper management from companies like Nortel, Bay, Ascend, Cisco,
> SBC and other power-house organizations. They were founded in 98 and
already
> raised 95M in VC funding. They strong partnerships with other
organizations
> in the industry. Just a lot of other details involved as well.
>
> My question to all is, would you back burner your CCIE training for a
while
> for a chance of the options which you'll know the value of in a short
amount
> of time, or would you rather pass because CCIE is a must, ASAP?
>
>
> God bless to all =)
> Raymond Thomas
> Lewis Consultants International, Inc.
> 295 Northern Blvd Suite 302
> Great Neck, NY 11021
> (516)498-2300 ext. 103
> (516)498-1749 fax
> (917)444-1334 pager
> Web: http://lewisconsultants.com <http://lewisconsultants.com/>
>
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