If you really want to make big money, go for MPLampS: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-bala-mplamps-04.txt
Very specialized, but big market, :-) Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "nrf" To: Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:20 AM Subject: Re: A career in MPLS..... [7:66609] > ""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=66792&t=66609 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
