Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-21 Thread Johnny Routin
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 for

RE: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-21 Thread Moffett, Ryan
all the details of the CISSP certification process, but what would something like this do for the CCIE program? It appears to keep the CISSP relavent. Does it really? -Original Message- From: Johnny Routin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-21 Thread cebuano
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 certifi

RE: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-21 Thread Thompson Alton
Your comments are false and you sound very ignorant. I work with guys who have 20 years experience and to trouble shoot a problem take months. This is because they don't know how the protocols work. How much money can a company afford to lose when production is downloading for a considerable amoun

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-24 Thread Tom Scott
Thompson Alton wrote: > Your comments are false and you sound very ignorant. > I work with guys who have 20 years experience and to trouble shoot a problem > take months. This is because they don't know how the protocols work. How > much money can a company afford to lose when production is downl

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-24 Thread Michael L. Williams
"Tom Scott" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I've seen a goodly number of network administrators who are in positions of > power, but > who don't know even the basics of classful subnetting, VLSM, routing, L2 LAN > switching, > and VLANs. (Even some telco ATM techs

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-24 Thread nrf
ironment. > 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

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-24 Thread nrf
""Michael L. Williams"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "Tom Scott" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I've seen a goodly number of network administrators who are in positions > of > > power, but > > who don't know even the basics

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-25 Thread Michael L. Williams
"nrf" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > The fact is, arrogance and insecurity cuts both ways. Both sides (the > experienced guys and the inexperienced guys) are guilty from time to time. > And it's bad no matter who's doing it. Agreed 100% Mike W. Message Pos

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-25 Thread Gaz
It seems to me that this group spends more time bumping it's gums about what makes a good engineer, than it does discussing the actual engineering. Yes, I tend to join in myself sometimes. I suppose everybody does it, but I was just wondering - head count - is anybody actually studying as well as

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-25 Thread Chuck
""Gaz"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > It seems to me that this group spends more time bumping it's gums about what > makes a good engineer, than it does discussing the actual engineering. what was that Star Trek movie - where Jordi's visor is bugged by the Klin

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread nrf
Well, I don't know if it's a waste of time. Consider this. There might be some newbie guys who were all gung-ho about grabbing a bunch of certs because they believed that by doing so they would just be handed a super-kick-ass job (no doubt some training school told them so). Now perhaps after r

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread Michael L. Williams
"nrf" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Well, I don't know if it's a waste of time. Consider this. There might be > some newbie guys who were all gung-ho about grabbing a bunch of certs > because they believed that by doing so they would just be handed a > super-ki

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread nrf
""Michael L. Williams"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "nrf" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Well, I don't know if it's a waste of time. Consider this. There might > be > > some newbie guys who were all gung-ho about grabbing

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My how I envy the spare time this posting demonstrates! Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=45173&t=44611 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and N

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread nrf
What can I say, when the network is stable, there really isn't a whole lot to do. wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > My how I envy the spare time this posting demonstrates! Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=45175&t=44611 --

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread cebuano
7, 2002 8:07 PM Subject: Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611] > What can I say, when the network is stable, there really isn't a whole lot > to do. > > > wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > My how I envy the spare time th

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
of a marketing gimic. Theo "nrf" Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/28/2002 09:07 AM Please respond to "nrf" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611] What can I say, when the network is stable, there really isn&

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Don't you guys have a life!? :-) It's Memorial Day for heaven's sake. This thread has been going on for way too long. Priscilla At 06:37 PM 5/27/02, nrf wrote: >""Michael L. Williams"" wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > "nrf" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PRO

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
>Don't you guys have a life!? :-) It's Memorial Day for heaven's sake. This >thread has been going on for way too long. > >Priscilla > _I_ spent the day, dealing with sages. Pineapple sage in particular. As I planted them, I was pleasantly surprised to find some that survived the winter.

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread cebuano
Well, we're following an SMTP version of the film "Of Mice and Men"... Elmer - Original Message - From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" To: Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 9:44 PM Subject: Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611] > Don't you guys have a life!? :-) It'

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread Michael L. Williams
"nrf" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Aha. Here is the fundamental difference between you and me. > > The fact is, certifications are not really an effective foot-in-the-door, > contrary to popular belief. Yeah yeah, would-be flamers, I just got your > attention,

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
>What can I say, when the network is stable, there really isn't a whole lot >to do. > > > wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > My how I envy the spare time this posting demonstrates! Well, we could always redirect the thread from lab rats to lab mouses, trackballs

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-27 Thread nrf
You didn't think that could pass by without a reply, did you? ""Michael L. Williams"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "nrf" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Aha. Here is the fundamental difference between you and me. > > > > T

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-28 Thread cebuano
Comments inline. - Original Message - From: "nrf" To: Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 11:52 PM Subject: Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611] > Keep on reading through my old post, I was getting to the link between > experience and your network. The nutshell of it is

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-28 Thread Peter van Oene
Michael> >(speaking of contract firms), I've noticed that regardless of certs or >experience, it seems many more places are doing a "6-month right-to-hire" >because it's so hard to really tell from a resume, certs, experience, or >even an interview if someone really knows what they're doing. So

Re: Doyle on Lab Rats [7:44611]

2002-05-28 Thread MADMAN
Unless your union I think most jobs are "at will" positions. Dave Peter van Oene wrote: > > Michael> > > >(speaking of contract firms), I've noticed that regardless of certs or > >experience, it seems many more places are doing a "6-month right-to-hire" > >because it's so hard to really tell