Sorry to hear about the layoff. Have you had any luck recently?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Odette II Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: certification salary posting-a new direction [7:30237] I updated my MCSE to 2000 back in November, and it actually struck a little notice with a couple of head-hunters (within minutes of me updating my ComputerJobs.com and Monster.Com resumes if you can believe that!)... but they were looking for a position that I wasn't interested in... and the money was lower than my under-avg. salary (60K w/7.5 yrs experience) was before I was laid off Sept. 10, 2001. That aside, my main interest in updating my MCSE was for the AVVID track; though, so that I don't starve, I may be brushing up my skills on Exchange 2000, as that seems to be a surprisingly high demand skill at this time in the DFW area. ... but not before I finish the Support exam for completing my CCNP. :) Carry on Ladies and Gentlemen... It's time to rev up your engines for that New Year coming 'round the corner! -Mark Odette II CCNA, 01001011% CCNP, MCSE 2K/4.0, A+ Certified. :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of adam lee Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 4:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: certification salary posting-a new direction [7:30237] I think the participants in the survey probably obtained a good salary while the economy was steaming along. Anyone trying to obtain these salaries now while looking for a new job will be in for a rudely awakening. Of course, there are exceptions, but in general, I believe that's true. Salaries aside, I believe the article stated that experience is more important then certifications. I believe that is true as well. Anyone update his/her MCSE NT 4.0 to Win2k yet? The Jan issue of MCP mag says that peeps can get an avg. of $4,400 more then a peeps with NT 4.0 cert. Believable? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steven A. Ridder Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 12:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: certification salary posting-a new direction [7:30237] I don't think the survey's are inflated. There's one on tcp mag also that seems OK too. They seem right on topic. ""Puckette, Larry (TIFPC)"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > A new direction for the topic.... It seems that the consensus is that the > surveys are inflated. I cannot think of a better forum that would give an > accurate result than this one. And with the topic having strung on this > long, I must not be the only one on the list that has this on their mind > right now. Has the list ever did it's own survey to get a more realistic > view? Knowing that they aren't underpaid or as underpaid may remove some > strife from some, and let them focus more on studying.... > > Larry Puckette > Network Analyst CCNA,MCP,LANCP > Temple Inland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 512/434-1838 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kaminski, Shawn G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: certification salary posting [7:30237] > > I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel that these salary surveys are > a load of crap. As Sam mentioned, he doesn't support the claims of the > salary survey and I agree with him. I think the name of these survey's > should be changed to "Salary's that we wish we made". People are probably > ashamed of the salary's they actually make and inflate the crap out of them > for the survey. Just my opinion. > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: sam sneed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 6:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: certification salary posting [7:30237] > > > group, > > I found this link on a microsoft site. It mainly analyzes the the salaries > of people holding Microsoft certifications. The applicable part is on the > 3rd page of the report which lists the estimated salaries of all different > cert's including CCNA,CCNP, CCIE. > > http://mcpmag.com/salarysurveys/ > > I'm not supporting the claims on this site. I'm posting it here because > people always ask the list for this info so i hope noone comes after me for > posting this. I currently hold MCSE and CCNA with 2.5 years experience and > don't make what the list says my average would be, and this is working in > NYC where they pay very well. > > food for thought > > sam sneed Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30424&t=30237 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]