Pre-IPO indicates the company has plans to go public (ie sell shares of the
company on the stock market).
This topic should also probably be moved to the jobs list.
As far as the two job options, I'd chose the opportunity that will allow you
to work with the technology you want to work with. These two jobs are very
different from each other. I'd think the major decision would be "do I want
to focus/pursue VoX technology?" That should make your decision fairly easy
as in my experience you will either love the Voice arena or you will hate
it. I'd say getting involved with the Voice arena has a high chance of
getting you off the R&S studies. But on the other hand the Voice arena is
getting huge! Opportunities are popping up left and right for people
focused on Cisco AVVID technologies. I'd evaluate your interest in Voice
and then make your decision based on that.
Another side note, if you determine that you are in fact interested in
pursuing Voice technology then I wouldn't worry about the company being
pre-IPO. If they fail, and the department you work in gets cut, you will
find getting another job dealing with Voice to be no problem.
Remember, hours and dress are petty concerns compared to what you actually
"do" for a living.
HTH
Best Regards,
--Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ole Drews Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 10:22 AM
> To: 'Traceroute'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Which Job Should I Take?
>
>
> I know what I would do, but that should not influate your
> decision. We all
> have different goals, and if you have a family to support,
> you should talk
> with them first before you make your choice. With a wife and
> kids there's
> big difference from working 9-5 to 1-midnight.
>
> You'll get used to the business dress very quickly, so don't
> let that scare
> you too much.
>
> A title is "just" a title, but maybe they would offer you a
> better one at
> your current job if you deside to go with the new one.
>
> I have no idea what pre-ipo means, so I can't guide you in
> that matter.
>
> Hth,
>
> Ole
>
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> CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I
> RWR Enterprises, Inc.
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Traceroute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Which Job Should I Take?
>
>
> I was wondering if you all could share your opinions with me.
> I have a =
> choice of two jobs to take listed below. Both are an increase
> in pay of =
> about 9k.
>
> 1. My current Job: They are going to title me "network
> engineer" working =
> 4 10 hour days 1 pm to midnight ( I love the hours) , but we
> work with =
> cabletron, checkpoint and cisco. We have a campus and WAN support =
> responsibility. Sometimes it's a bit slow when nothing is
> happening and =
> I may get some "Win NT" duties, yuck.... I would have sunday,
> monday and =
> tuesdays off and could possibly get some good side gigs. Last
> but not =
> least, it's business casual.
>
> 2. New Job Offer: I will be titled a "network administrator"
> working 8 =
> to 5 monday through friday ( I hate waking up early ), but getting =
> exposure to ATM, Voice over IP and voice over ATM. Lots of MC 3810s =
> about 50 or so with conections all over the US. One thing is
> for sure is =
> there are NT admins to handle the "Win NT" issues, I really want to =
> graduate from the NT support world for good. This company is also =
> pre-ipo and although they are a huge company, this is a new
> "division" =
> and pre-ipo makes me nervous because I have a family to support. One =
> cool thing is that they are a cisco gold partner. One bad
> thing is that =
> they are business dress, yes the whole tie thing. The pre-ipo thing =
> makes me nervous because they say "yea when we go public,
> lots of the =
> big wigs will be rich"... Does this mean new management takeovers =
> etc...??
>
>
> Anyway, thanks for any input.......
>
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