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CCNP versus CCIE - Here's what I did today...
My employer calls for a CCIE as the first selection criteria for employment.
I am the first employee in my position in over a decade to not have a CCIE coming in the door that I'm aware of.
So... some employers do require a CCIE but due to supply/demand/interviews (by a proven CCIE, etc.)... every once in a while a CCNP - like me might actually get a break and make the cut.
They make me work for it:
Today:
1. CSS Load Balancers
2. Firewall/NAT TS.
3. IPSec VPN
4. Misc. Switching
5. Wireless
6. Layer 1 TS for Cabling.
7. Wireless Design and Provisioning
8. Nexus/Switching BoM Review
9. Cisco WCS Planning Tools
10. Mentoring Co-worker on CSS, FW, and Switching + TS with Debugging and Visio
11. Writeup for Trunking/Etherchannel/Spanning-Tree BPDUFilter/Guard/PortFast etc.
12. Writeup for Debugging Spanning-Tree
13. Visio Diagram for the Load Balancers
14. Meet with vendor for Fluke Optiview
15. Certificate Validation
16. Step by Step Write-up for Load Balancer Config with Validation.
That was all today... alone and I'm sure I left some stuff out.
On the private side:
Review of broadcast traffic effecting network performance and design, backup and procedures, review of a network analysis I performed with Sniffer Pro and my findings...
The list goes on and on...
Not bad for a Thursday - I was almost burnt out from Wednesday - didn't give up till I gave out after midnight Wednesday night.
We are on Friday morning...
This is Sparta baby and every day is a CCIE Lab or maybe more...
Darby
I don't sleep as much as some. I study when I'm not working. I consult sometimes when I want to since I get regular offers as my luck would have it.
I work hard to stay in the field. I regularly answer questions of just about anything in the Cisco spectrum on mostly a day to day basis (hit google and see if your question has been addressed yet)...
The list goes on and on...
And I'm the guy who failed the CCIE....
There are lots of guys who passed and they make me look like a rank amateur.
My co-worker is a CCIE and he does as much or more every single day and keeps the CCIE standard upheld in the North.
I've got the South and I have to work hard to hold down my side of the fort.
This is what it is to be a CCIE - I am a resource for my entire team and other teams and so is my partner.
That's how life rolls. Don't step up if you can't keep up.
No rest for the truly wicked!
I'm writing this at 2:33am and my day starts fresh in a few short hours with a Design Meeting for a brand new hospital... and it don't stop or slow down from there... it just doesn't work that way.
Wanna earn the salary and privilege of a CCIE... gotta wear the stripes of the tiger and learn to roar...
BTW - We are hiring for one more to work with me... as you might can tell... I got a little bit on my plate.
I am the first employee in my position in over a decade to not have a CCIE coming in the door that I'm aware of.
So... some employers do require a CCIE but due to supply/demand/interviews (by a proven CCIE, etc.)... every once in a while a CCNP - like me might actually get a break and make the cut.
They make me work for it:
Today:
1. CSS Load Balancers
2. Firewall/NAT TS.
3. IPSec VPN
4. Misc. Switching
5. Wireless
6. Layer 1 TS for Cabling.
7. Wireless Design and Provisioning
8. Nexus/Switching BoM Review
9. Cisco WCS Planning Tools
10. Mentoring Co-worker on CSS, FW, and Switching + TS with Debugging and Visio
11. Writeup for Trunking/Etherchannel/Spanning-Tree BPDUFilter/Guard/PortFast etc.
12. Writeup for Debugging Spanning-Tree
13. Visio Diagram for the Load Balancers
14. Meet with vendor for Fluke Optiview
15. Certificate Validation
16. Step by Step Write-up for Load Balancer Config with Validation.
That was all today... alone and I'm sure I left some stuff out.
On the private side:
Review of broadcast traffic effecting network performance and design, backup and procedures, review of a network analysis I performed with Sniffer Pro and my findings...
The list goes on and on...
Not bad for a Thursday - I was almost burnt out from Wednesday - didn't give up till I gave out after midnight Wednesday night.
We are on Friday morning...
This is Sparta baby and every day is a CCIE Lab or maybe more...
Darby
I don't sleep as much as some. I study when I'm not working. I consult sometimes when I want to since I get regular offers as my luck would have it.
I work hard to stay in the field. I regularly answer questions of just about anything in the Cisco spectrum on mostly a day to day basis (hit google and see if your question has been addressed yet)...
The list goes on and on...
And I'm the guy who failed the CCIE....
There are lots of guys who passed and they make me look like a rank amateur.
My co-worker is a CCIE and he does as much or more every single day and keeps the CCIE standard upheld in the North.
I've got the South and I have to work hard to hold down my side of the fort.
This is what it is to be a CCIE - I am a resource for my entire team and other teams and so is my partner.
That's how life rolls. Don't step up if you can't keep up.
No rest for the truly wicked!
I'm writing this at 2:33am and my day starts fresh in a few short hours with a Design Meeting for a brand new hospital... and it don't stop or slow down from there... it just doesn't work that way.
Wanna earn the salary and privilege of a CCIE... gotta wear the stripes of the tiger and learn to roar...
BTW - We are hiring for one more to work with me... as you might can tell... I got a little bit on my plate.
Posted by darbyweaver@...
6th Jan 2011
