I havn't found the start of this thread, so I hope you
don't mind me interrupting here.
I think I would be tempted to get one CCIE cert first
and then re-evaluate your position. From a marketing
angle I don't think you'll generate many more $$$/hour
having all five than just holding one CCIE cert.
Even holding one cert will give you the respect of
your peers.
If its knowledge you crave, then study for life and
you'll probably feel less anxious about proving how
good you are through pieces of paper.
I tend to use my bits of paper when I feel that I need
to which is generally once a year when I'm looking for
a contract.
Good Luck and keep watching the skies ........
Phil.
--- "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
>But what if you started at a young age and had time
> to get all of
> >these things banged out by the time you were 35 and
> then tried to
> >find a company that specializes in them all.
>
> One of the little things that bugs me in life is
> seeing ads for a car
> repair shop that "specializes in all foreign and
> domestic cars."
>
> It has been said that a generalist knows less and
> less about more and
> more until he eventually knows nothing about
> everything, while a
> specialist knows more and more about less and less
> until he
> eventually knows everything about nothing.
>
> >I would want to get these certs, if not for the
> money, just simply
> >for the hunt.
>
> Let me simply say there's more than one kind of game
> to hunt.
> There's a rush to seeing your name on an RFC or
> book. There's a rush
> when I see that I have massively simplified a
> network design
> (thinking of how I once moved one router from
> distribution to core
> and did away with the need for 100 static routes).
> There's a rush to
> figuring out the problem that an incoherent customer
> thinks they want
> to solve.
>
> At one time, I did rather pure IBM networking,
> including VTAM and NCP
> gens. I could probably fumble my way through one
> today, but I'm
> certainly not current and someone else would do
> better. But I'm
> incredibly better at IP routing than I was back in
> the days when
> subnets hadn't been invented.
>
>
>
> >I just love the rush of seeing "congradulations" at
> the end of a
> >cisco test. I do agree with you on your point of
> why a company would
> >hire someone who knew it all when they just wanted
> a piece of their
> >brain. I also think, on the other hand, that the
> sky is not the
> >limit and the only way to get higher in life...is
> to get better at
> >what you do. By the way, I did a double-take when I
> saw that you
> >replied to one of my posts. I know that you are a
> very respected man
> >in this field and wanted you to know that I
> appreciate your time in
> >writing on this topic. Thank you from a young
> hopeful,
>
>
> You posted something thought-provoking and worth
> replying to.
>
> >
> >Mark Z. ~ CCNA, CCDA
> >
> >
> >The most classic answer to many of the questions
> that deals with
> >networks: It depends...
> >
>
> And when your client won't accept that and demands a
> "quantitative
> answer," 42 works very well.
>
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