Amen to that. I see so many people chasing a paycheck and living a horrible life. I see a common thread with people wanting to know what's on a test just so they can study only those things to pass a test. If that is your goal, you might gain a cert, but you will miss a tremendous amount of valuable knowledge that isn't on a test, but is great to know. Ask youself do you get up and look forward to working. If not, ask what could you do that would make you get up and look forward to going to work and pursue that.
I lived a miserable life as a mechanical engineer. I only looked forward to going to work when people were scheduled to get new computers and I was expected swap them out, or when we were doing a network change. It finally clicked that networking is what I should be doing, not mech. eng. I made the change and can say without a doubt that it was the best decision ever. As I sit hear with a beer in my hand and a newly completed upgrade to KDE3 on my PC, I think wow, I wish I had more time before I go to bed to play around. Now that is LOVING what you do. Thanks Larry PS If the format is screwed up on this message its due to the upgrade to KDE3. its my first post from KMail so I dont know how a mailing list will handle its format. On Sunday 05 May 2002 09:28 pm, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > At 02:05 PM 5/5/02, Mike Sweeney wrote: > >Boy- I read all this about *money this and salary this etc* and I feel > >pretty much out of the loop. I think I have come to the conclusion that I > > am the *token* wannabe CCIE (at some point) who does what he does because > > he LIKES it.. Sure.. money is nice but my salary has bounced up and down > > a few times and I must say that generally speaking, life is more > > enjoyable at the lower salary with less stress and expectations. I spend > > many, many hours working with computers, networks, web pages etc because > > I'm am a technology junkie, I love what I do to make money and I want the > > certs for personal satisfaction. > > Hear, hear. If you're doing "IT certification" because somebody told you it > was a lucrative field, you're in it for the wrong reason. Of course, I live > somewhere where the cost of living is low, so it's easy for me to say. But > all the wise career counselors will tell you to do what you love. The money > will follow. > > Priscilla > > >I dont brag about test scores(which have been good so far) and > >I like to design self-help tutorials for free as evidenced by the goodies > > on my site. This preoccupation with money is a waste of time and effort. > > Spend your time bettering yourself both technically speaking AND socially > > speaking and two things will happen. One, you will like yourself better > > as will those around you AND money will come along in unexpected ways. > > > >Just a humble opinion to be taken with a grain of salt. > > > >MikeS > > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com > Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=43368&t=43306 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
