Re: You can call yourself and internetworking engineer when . . . .

2000-08-09 Thread David R. Lease

Ben:

I do neither.  I smile and act like that I expected that result.
THEN I reboot.

David

(tongue placed back in cheek after wagging furiously)

Besides, the secret to being a consultant is to know *at least* 2%
more than your client.  Mind you, the requirement rarely exceeds
2%!
- Original Message -
From: "Ben Lovegrove" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 3:19 AM
Subject: "You can call yourself and internetworking engineer when
. . . ."


 (tongue firmly in cheek)

 I have this theory that you can call yourself and
internetworking
 engineer when . . . .

 1.  You have run a debug command on a customer router while
 investigating a performance problem, or perhaps a security
issue, and
 you have caused the CPU to exceed 100% and the router has
hung/crashed.

 2.  You have edited an ACL remotely and reapplied it only to
find you
 have blocked all traffic including telnet from your desk and you
are
 now locked out.

 3.  In both of the above scenarios you have made up some story
for the
 Help Desk/1st Line Support and asked them to get the customer to
reboot
 the router, claiming that "a reboot may help the performance
problem .
 . blah . . blah"

 4.  In each of points 1  2 the customer in question is a major
account
 that has threatened legal action against your company for
failing to
 maintain SLAs, or to close the account altogether.

 Does this sound familiar to anyone?  Have you every felt that
cold
 feeling in the pit of your stomach when you entered a command
and the
 screen froze?  Did you blame hardware/software/customer/gremlins
i.e.
 anybody and anything but not yourself?

 ;-)

 Ben



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Re: Is this true?

2000-06-15 Thread David R. Lease

Dear All:

As much as I hate to send "me toos," I couldn't help my self on
this one.  When I read the initial post, I just chalked it up to
PHB syndrome.  Then I thought about it.  This is an example of
just how STOOPID things can get:

We have five very competent folks maintaining and expanding a
client's network.  A CCIE, two CCNPs, an MCSE + CCNP, and a
MCSE+I.  Last month, the client's "technical" rep tells me my
folks need certifications in MS LAN Manager.  I explained that LAN
Manager cert was retired long ago and superceded by MCSE.
Went to MS web site.  Called the MS rep.  Client Tech Rep is
suspicious, but goes away.

Last week, he came back.  Said everyone needs CCNA.  I explained
CCIE and CCNP are above CCNA and subsume CCNA content.  Went to
Cisco web site.  Called Cisco rep.  Client says requirement stays.
So I have 5 guys who get to take the CCNA.  (SIGH).

At least I got the client to pay for the exam, time off the job,
and time and one half for the guys filling in during exams.

The moral of the story?  There isn't one.  This week the client's
tech rep. wanted everyone to have -- are you ready --??

Microsoft Certified Novell Engineer cert.  I told him to sign us
all up and tell us the date, time, and location for the exam.  Oh
yeah, the network is NT and NFS -- so the Novell stuff will REALLY
come in handy.

And for the wiseguys out there -- I DO know there is no such thing
as a MS Certified Novell Engineer!

David
- Original Message -
From: "David C Prall" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Is this true?


  The real question on our minds is WHY???  Asking a CCIE to
take the CCNA
  exam is like asking someone with a PhD in math to retake
college algebra.
 
 Reminds of when Todd Lammle took the CCNA 2.0 exam and got a
1000.

 David C Prall, CCDP CCNP MCSE MCNE
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