I just lost alot of respect for Nokia knowing that they hire people with no experience for their security engineer positions. I guess it demonstrates how big the tech bubble was in 2000...
Nokia HR Person Do you have any experience in networking and/or security? CCNP with no practical experience... No, but I have my CCNP! Nokia HR Person Great... you're hired... does 90k a year sound ok or would you like more? CCNP with no practical experience... Yea... I guess I'll be nice to you and start with that... Just remember me at bonus time... I am a CCNP after all... JR -- Johnny Routin ""mike greenberg"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I can't help but jump into this discussion. Prior to joining the neworking > field, I've > > zero experience and I wouldn't get where I am today if I didn't have the > CCNP cert > > (back in Jan. 2000). As a biology major fresh out of college, I don't think > any > > managers would be interested in a guy with no working experience and no > certs. > > However, through the braindumps, I was able to get the CCNP cert in 2 > weeks. > > Granted that I didn't have networking experience but I can pick up things > very > > quickly. Furthermore, the one advantage I had going for me (at that time) > is that > > I know how to build a franken pix firewall. Arm with this knowledge, I > actually put > > this on my resume and look for jobs. I got several network security job > offers > > including Nokia with a very nice salary (90k in Jan. 2000). I am making a > lot more > > today. > > The point I am trying to make here is that CCNP braindumps is not such a bad > > thing if you know how to use it to your advantage. It will further enhance > your > > career and financial rewards. > > my $0.02c > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more > faith.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=55261&t=55166 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

