Perhaps they should start with the CCNA???? ""steve skinner"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > guys, > > my boss has just told me that cisco are trailing a few prisons where they > are offering free CCNP training to convicts.... > > man does that just bite the buscuit..... > > i worked long and hard to pay for my exams.....get some work experience > ....and at my expence (bieng a tax payer)i am funding a convict to learn > about cisco..... > > i know about re-abilitation.....but it is just a bit sick that i as an > individual,could > > a) been robbed by this man ... my house is trashed and my insurence goes up > (i pay ) > b) funding him in prison to learn Cisco (i pay) > c) comes out of prison and de-vaules a cert becuse he has no experience (i > pay) > > > does cisco want to have a "useless" cert system....(except ofcourse the > CCIE)....because the more people who BLANTENTLY DONT have any experience > witht these certs ...the less they mean... > > > i`m sorry to rant....but sometimes i wish company`s would consider there > future.. > > FACT (from Cisco) there will always be more jobs for NA/NP than IE`s > > 1)i get exams to be employable... > 2)in order to get these exams i push the company`s kit .. > > i have recently installed some 4000`s over another companies kit,even > thought the other kit is more than capable of doing the job..because i get a > side benefit of learning about the equipment and increasing my CV value > .... > > 3)if i am working at a company and i dont want a cisco cert because it is > worthless..why would i push that companies products.. > > i would simply push another company`s products to get my certs in the there > equipment ,to keep my employability.... > > 4) cisco dont sell as much equipment .... > 5) certs become even more worthless.. > 6) cisco sells even less equipment ....as no-one is trained anymore > 7) cisco becomes Novell....(my appologies to all novell staff)... > > a little for-thought is all that required... > > as my boss says... > > " one of my main reson for buying kit is the amount of tech staff availible > to install/fix the kit...if there`s no staff there no kit" > > in a job market that is already depressed that last thing that is needed is > a flood of Certified but unexperienced people on the market.. > > the it industry is like no other ,in that fact that we have to CONSTANTLY > update our skills ...that takes time,money and personal > sacrfise....something i dont think cisco is at all concernd with... > > ahh welll..... > > no chance of a "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" list starting any time soon...?? > > Sorry for the downer.... > > steve > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com
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