I hope I never have to spend another night inside four beige-colored walls, listening to the neighbors snore, watching prime-time TV on a lumpy bed, in a so-called "suite" because, oh boy, there's a couch too. I hope I never have to spend one more afternoon in a waiting room with loud speakers blaring and snot-nosed kids screaming, my laptop battery dead, and my feet hurting from standing all day. I hope I never have to hear one more lie about mechanical failures, weather, or pilot strikes. I hope I never have to spend one more evening crushed between two farting heavy-weights, watching some stupid movie on $4 dollar headsets that cost about $0.04 to make, dinner consisting of a white roll with processed ham.
And that's my view of travelling! (I did it for years! ;-) Priscilla At 02:24 PM 10/26/01, Bill Carter wrote: >I liked the travel more than my wife. I was flying home Friday afternoon >and flying out Sunday afternoon. That was 4 years ago and I still haven't >used the free Frequent Flyer ticket I earned. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:07 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Working for a consulting company [7:3676] > > >Seems like a pretty interesting job, that explains my bordom, here in the >office, >i wish i could find a consulting job with 80% travel. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:07 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Working for a consulting company [7:3676] > > >I have been in the networking business for 7 years and have worked at both >consulting companies and in-house at businesses. I prefer consulting. I >travel at most 1 every 3 months and usually 1 night/2day. I work for a >Chicago based company, but I am in Springfield, IL, the State Capitol. I >have been at the same customer for 3 years. When I need a break I call me >boss and say "find me a project" and I go to Chicago for a couple of days. >This works really well keeping me up to date on new technology. > >At a previous company, the boss walked in one day and said "You are going on >the road for a major bank. I was gone 3-4 weeks a month in some places like >South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana. This project lasted 4 months, when it was >over we were laid off. > >I still prefer consulting, because I get more exposure to new technology. >When I worked for non-consulting companies, I tended to install things and >then watch it run for 6 months. I got real bored. > >When interviewing with consulting companies find out what they expect for >travel. Somewhere like Chicago you could work 100% of the time in the >greater Chicago area. Other times you will be flying around the company. >What do you want? What do they expect?? > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >David John >Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 4:17 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Working for a consulting company [3:3676] > > >Hi Group, > >I have a MCSE, CCDA and CCNP and will finish my CCDP within a month. I am >considering working for a consulting company and I would like some one to >tell me a little about the daily life of an engineer working with a >consulting company. What should I expect to be doing on a daily basis? do I >have to go to customer sites often? do I have to travel a lot? Will I have a >lab available for testing and practice? > >Will I get more experience working with customer or with a consulting >company? > >Thanks > >David John ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=24278&t=3676 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
