""Cisco Nuts"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thank you so much for your enlightening reply!! > > And thank God I moved away from Novell to MS to Citrix and finally Cisco > and now onto MPLS.......And thank God "it is a very specialized and small > market right now that is looking for MPLS experience"....All the more > better to develop skills in MPLS as every Tom, Dick and Harry is either > just routing or switching ;- ) > > Looks like MPLS is the way to go!!! Come'on Sprint.....Let's get on with > the Show :-)
Well, actually, I would temper my enthusiasm. Like you said, MPLS is indeed a very small and specialized market, meaning there really aren't many jobs because there are so few implementations. True, you might reply that there are also few people who know MPLS. But almost all those MPLS are within the large carriers where if you want to be the MPLS engineer, you can't just know MPLS, you have to REALLY REALLY REALLY know it, with verifiable experience and/or published papers to boot. Carriers aren't going to snap you up just because you may have read a book or took a 1-week class. . > > >From: """" >Reply-To: """" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: A > career in MPLS..... [7:66609] >Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 04:47:44 GMT > >Ah - > MPLS. Yes there are several large carriers with MPLS >deployed or in the > process of deploying it (equant, global >crossing...). Some on their core > and some on their layer 2 networks >such as ATM (AT&T for example). > Others backed away from it but >are now looking at it since it's a huge > marketing beast that can't be >ignored (Sprint for example). > >Aside > from ISP's some large enterprises are using it for things like >MPLS > enabled VPN's. As to the market for someone that knows >MPLS - what I > have seen is it's a very specialized and small market >right now that is > looking for MPLS experience. Mostly due to it still >being relatively new > in deployments and being relatively small in the >number of deployments. > > >I do believe however after saying that - that it never hurts to have a > >wide background of skills. Imagine if you specialized in Novell and > >never moved into other areas for example. Novell is a great product >but > the market for Novell pro's dried up a lot from the good ole days. >You > would be much less marketable if you didn't also know other >things such > as Microsoft or Routing or ....... > >I could go into my opinions of the > pros and cons of MPLS and where >I think it fits - but that's another > boring story for later :) > > >www.ccie4u.com > > > >On 1 Apr 2003 at > 15:47, nrf wrote: > > > ""Cisco Nuts"" wrote in message > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hello group, How > does one feel about a career in MPLS...I mean doing MPLS > > > as part of > your core job day in and out.....Is it worth it? Since our > > > network > does not use MPLS (maybe never will) inspite of being one of the > > > > Big Four Tier 1 SP's.... > > > > Let me guess. Do you work for Sprint? > > > > > >are there other SP's that use MPLS in their > > > backbone?? > > > > > Yeah, there are some. > > > > >I have just given myself a month or so > break from my CCIE Lab > > > Prep.(yeah!yeah! most would consider me > stupid on this) to study MPLS > > > for the CCIP and am thinking if I > should pursue this subject just like I > > > did for BGP.....know it > inside out cold.....and maybe consider a new > > > career/job in MPLS > (obviously along with BGP, MBGP, MCast etc...) Does > > > anyone know of > how MPLS is viewed out there? I mean, in terms of > > > implementation, > popularity and last but not the least , $$$ ??? >;->Which > > > of the > Big SP's or Enterprise networks have implemented MPLS? Has it been > > > > worth the advantages that MPLS proposes??Thank you.Sincerely,CN > > > > > The way I see it is this. MPLS is potentially powerful technology for it > > > can be used as a lingua-franca among a carrier's network and > transport >layer > > and also as a way to impose circuit-switching > discipline upon IP and > > therefore offer circuit-switching services > with a pure IP network. > > > > But MPLS is by no means a slam-dunk. > Certain carriers, most notably > > Sprint, have elected not to go down > the MPLS path because they believe the > > technology is immature (and > they are correct) and also because they believe > > that they can garner > the benefits of MPLS by other means (also correct). > > The point is that > while MPLS offers great potential, it also presents > > problems, so > implementing it is not a no-brainer. > > > > And furthermore, I don't > particularly like the way that Cisco is pushing > > MPLS, particularly in > its cert program. In my opinion, I think Cisco's >cert > > programs > emphasize the least useful parts of MPLS while neglecting the more > > > useful parts. For example, I don't understand why Cisco pushes LDP the > way > > it does, for LDP merely builds LSP's that correspond to the route > table, >but > > what's so useful about having LDP's that look like the > route table? It is > > far more useful to build LSP's that differ from > the route table, but the > > methods of doing that are not really covered > very much (if at all) in the > > Cisco curricula. Also, I don't > understand why Cisco places such an >emphasis > > on L3VPN's, as if > L3VPNs were the only important service that MPLS enables. > > L3VPN's are > only one of the new services that you can enable, and in my > > opinion, > one of the less important ones. Far more important are the L2VPN > > > capabilities and the ability to unify IP, ATM, and optical into a single > > > management plane. The point I'm making is that if you merely study > MPLS > > according to the Cisco curricula, you really haven't learned > much about it > > that's actually useful. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > > misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Protect your PC - Click here for McAfee.com VirusScan Online Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66729&t=66609 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
