The Study has paid off!

EdTheLadEdTheLad Member Posts: 2,111 ■■■■□□□□□□
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I'll be starting a new job with Cisco next week, so all my hard study has finally bore some fruit.
The ccie will probably have to go on the back burner for a few months while i get up to speed with the new job.It's a contract position, but its a foot in the door to bigger and better things. It's a senior role for which i had to do a tech exam and a couple of tech interviews.The tech interviews were fun and stressful at the same time,.
I have had alot of previous experience with large carriers, but just not in a Cisco environment so i'm not completely wet behind the ears.
Two months ago i was beginning to wonder was the whole Cisco plan a mistake , i received alot of negitive comments from agents due to my lack of Cisco experience, the certs i had didn't seem to matter to anyone.Anyway i got a break and an agent agreed to put me forward for a role which just happened to be with Cisco.
I'm very happy as this is what i've been hoping for since i started this epic cert quest. icon_lol.gif
Networking, sometimes i love it, mostly i hate it.Its all about the $$$$
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  • seraphusseraphus Member Posts: 307
    congrats, great job! icon_cheers.gif
    Lab first, ask questions later
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  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    WooHoo! icon_cheers.gif

    ... but for a second there, I thought you had snuck in a Lab Attempt (and Pass)!! icon_lol.gif
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  • markzabmarkzab Member Posts: 619
    Great news Ed. You must be happy as hell right now. :D
    "You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!" - Rocky
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  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    WhooHoo! Cool -- next week! Time to celebrate! drunken_smilie.gif

    Send Ed a Cigar! :D
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  • moss12moss12 Banned Posts: 220 ■■□□□□□□□□
    yeah ed do what it do baby :D
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  • markzabmarkzab Member Posts: 619
    mikej412 wrote:
    WhooHoo! Cool -- next week! Time to celebrate! drunken_smilie.gif

    Send Ed a Cigar! :D

    Done. icon_lol.gif

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    "You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!" - Rocky
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  • seraphusseraphus Member Posts: 307
    Perhaps he'd like a cult favorite...





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    Lab first, ask questions later
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  • SieSie Member Posts: 1,195
    Well done!! Let us know how it goes! icon_cool.gif
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  • mgeorgemgeorge Member Posts: 774 ■■■□□□□□□□
    wow thats a fattie cig!!
    There is no place like 127.0.0.1
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  • sprkymrksprkymrk Member Posts: 4,884 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats Ed! icon_thumright.gif
    Drop us an update on the job after you've been there a couple of weeks. icon_cool.gif
    All things are possible, only believe.
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  • EdTheLadEdTheLad Member Posts: 2,111 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Thanks guys, by the way, i'm feeling a little under the weather, you guys should have told me not to inhale the cigar smoke!
    Networking, sometimes i love it, mostly i hate it.Its all about the $$$$
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  • rossonieri#1rossonieri#1 Member Posts: 799 ■■■□□□□□□□
    EdTheLad wrote:
    Thanks guys, by the way, i'm feeling a little under the weather, you guys should have told me not to inhale the cigar smoke!

    heheheheheeeh... icon_lol.gif

    CRASHed and BURNed ed ;)

    CONGRATS... icon_cool.gif
    the More I know, that is more and More I dont know.
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  • romainromain Member Posts: 222
    Congratulations Ed, we all wish you the best for your new job ;)

    Enjoy your cigar!
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  • DW [banned]DW [banned] Inactive Imported Users Posts: 240
    Hey,

    Good Luck!

    Congrats!!!

    :)
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  • SlowhandSlowhand Mod Posts: 5,161 Mod
    Congratulations, that's great news! I know it can seem a little hopeless, when you're looking for a specific job and you keep getting turned down. It's nice to see you didn't have to settle for a 'lesser' position, doing CCNA-level work, when you should be doing exactly what you just got hired to do. Let us know how the job goes, and how that CCIE path comes along.

    (And I'll join you in a cigar. I could use one, after stumbling at the finish line today, with the CCNA.)
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  • WaynooWaynoo Member Posts: 12 ■□□□□□□□□□
    What kind of capacity at Cisco will you be working in? And at What Cisco Site.
    I am a Cisco Employee at the SJ Campus on the Network OP's West and Latin America Team. Just curious what your role is going to be as a vendor at Cisco?

    Thanks,
    Wayne Goularte
    Cisco Systems
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