I posted this message in response to a lot of rap, crap, xyz-rap, etc. that individuals who devote their time, effort and money towards advancing their knowledge and skill (and hopefully career) by building their own home lab because this is the ONLY way they can get experience are getting. When are we going to stop shoving this chicken-and-egg syndrome down their throat? Everybody has to start somewhere. Hell, do you think med school students start their career in medicine by working in a "production" clinic? The only time they get to that level is after years of learning the ins/outs involved in clinical practice IN A LAB environment. Nothing personal, but I just wanted to encourage "lab rats" who've been discriminated against and wrongfully labeled by people who feel insecure with their career.
Hope that clears things up. Elmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnny Routin" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611] > Nice of you to take Jeff's words and use them out of context. I believe > what Jeff meant is that as we are experienced network engineers pursuing > CCIE certification, we should set up a lab for practice as we cannot perform > the necessary configurations on our production networks. The thing you > forgot to mention while taking liberities with his words is that lab rats do > not know what a production network looks like. > > > JR > -- > Johnny Routin > The "Routin" One > > > > ""cebuano"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Excerpt from Doyle's Vol.2 page 792. > > "Labs also provide an area of the network where you can just play around > > with the commands, testing the effect of misconfigurations and practicing > > troubleshooting. The lab can be used in this way for training and CCIE > > preparation. Only with a lab can you THOROUGHLY experiment with > > configurations, break things to see what happens, and determine what > > symptoms identify misconfigurations." > > > > This is exactly how we are all educated in colleges and universities. > > Remember the labs in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Human Anatomy... > > So for those of you that have no respect for lab rats, you might need > > to rethink your opinions. > > I say more swiss cheese to lab rats! > > > > Elmer > > P.S. Don't forget the wine. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44623&t=44611 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
