>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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