I'm no psychologist, but he's posts can be quite aggressive, so I'm going to say that that is a male behavior pattern.
""John Neiberger"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I also seem to recall that he is a CCIE and I have to completely > disagree that his comments have a negative impact on the list. I don't > recall a single one of his posts that has been unreasonable, including > his comments in this thread. > > To the contrary, he's been an excellent contributor for quite a while. > I'm not going to speak for him but I do notice that he tends to place > more value on actual practical knowledge and experience rather than > certifications alone. It's apparent that he has quite a lot of > real-world experience in advanced topics so I feel his opinion is always > worthy of consideration. > > Regards, > John > > p.s. It just occurred to me that I really don't even know if nrf is > male or female! Email aliases such as nrf and noglikirf are pretty > gender neutral. :-) So, nrf, feel free to replace all references to > he/him/his with the appropriate gender-specific terms, if necessary. > > > >>> "Steven A. Ridder" 5/17/02 9:47:15 AM >>> > I believe nrf is a CCIE. > > > ""Erwin"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > nrf, reading all your long, sarcastic, and unreasonable comments, > mostly > > having a negative impact on hte Groupstudy, are you actually a CCIE? > > > > You seem very jealous about ppl having a CCIE certifications, or at > least > > demoralizing ppl not to take CCIE if not 50 years old with rich > networking > > experience. > > > > > > ""Tom Monte"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > I want to write about all the posts that use the words "real" CCIE. > I > > hope > > > we can beat this into the ground and never speak of it again. > > > > > > > > > 1.) I think people should spend more time on technical issues and > career > > > opportunities and less on putting people into categories. "Yes, I > have > > less > > > Cisco experience than most people on this list, oh my god crucify > me > now!" > > > > > > Lesson: Everyone starts knowing nothing. > > > > > > > > > 2.) I have been working on Cisco certifications since 1999 and I > > frequently > > > spend a month studying for a single test, while it took me a month > to > get > > my > > > MCSE and a month for my CNE. I also only spent about $1,000 on > those > > > certifications and at least 8k on Cisco study materials. I also > read > alot > > > about how the CCIE is devalued, because of the new one day format. > You > > have > > > less time and cover the same material that sounds harder to me. > > > > > > Lesson: It isn't easy and it isn't cheap. > > > > > > > > > 3.) Jobs only want someone with experience, but how do you get it? > I > > didn't > > > get lucky enough to end up in a job where I got Cisco experience > early > in > > my > > > career. > > > > > > Lesson: No matter how smart you are, luck had something to do with > your > > > success today. > > > > > > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are intended solely > for > > > the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the > intended > > > recipient, please delete the message and all copies of it from > > > your system, destroy any hard copies of it and contact the sender > > > by return e-mail. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44373&t=44342 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]