Will be starting down the CCIP track soon (got the job)

networker050184

Congrats Paul!! I knew you would be back to some exciting work in no time.

So I guess you will be leaving the Cisco community for a while. Its ok though, we will still be here in the Cisco forums when you are ready to come back home.

APA

Congratz Paul

Please keep us informed..... I'm probably the fourth TE member who would like to get into this line of work!

Paul Boz

networker050184 wrote:

Congrats Paul!! I knew you would be back to some exciting work in no time.

So I guess you will be leaving the Cisco community for a while. Its ok though, we will still be here in the Cisco forums when you are ready to come back home.

Never. I study for the CCIE every day. That is my ultimate goal.

shednik

Congrats Paul! I was pretty sure you'd have it.

Mishra

Congrats. I'm the 1st member who would not like to try this line of work.

shednik

Mishra wrote:

Congrats. I'm the 1st member who would not like to try this line of work.

Why not?? too much excitement all at once??

Mishra

shednik wrote:

Mishra wrote:

Congrats. I'm the 1st member who would not like to try this line of work.

Why not?? too much excitement all at once??

Security stuff is just not any fun for me. I'm not **** enough to be that picky. I like making things work, not telling people that they suck.

Paul Boz

Mishra wrote:

Security stuff is just not any fun for me. I'm not **** enough to be that picky. I like making things work, not telling people that they suck.

My new job isn't telling people they suck. It's politely letting them know that they have a vulnerable network then going the extra mile to ensure that their issues get fixed. My job also isn't to make people look bad in front of their bosses. I think your conceptions of the security industry are a little off.

Also, you should be **** in every line of work you undertake. Being **** means being thorough. Most of the time "just making it work" isn't enough.

Mishra

Paul Boz wrote:

My new job isn't telling people they suck. It's politely letting them know that they have a vulnerable network then going the extra mile to ensure that their issues get fixed. My job also isn't to make people look bad in front of their bosses. I think your conceptions of the security industry are a little off.

Also, you should be **** in every line of work you undertake. Being **** means being thorough. Most of the time "just making it work" isn't enough.

I understand if others want to be in the field but it just not something I would enjoy. I've seen security departments in a few jobs and quite a few of the roles just aren't my cup of tea.

I'm not trying to devalue the field at all. And I don't want to post a long post on how I feel about the field. So I posted a short narrowsighted view of kinda how I feel about it.

dynamik

Did you guys check this out?

http://techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37723

networker050184

Mishra wrote:

Security stuff is just not any fun for me. I'm not **** enough to be that picky. I like making things work, not telling people that they suck.

You and me both. Security isn't my cup of tea.

Slowhand

dynamik wrote:

snadam wrote:

let the jealousy commence!!!

I wish this site had a "friend's list" just so I could remove Paul from mine. Was that jealous enough?

There ya go.

Congrats on the new job, Paul, sounds like you've got not only excitement ahead of you, but a lot of challenges as well. Best of luck, you'll have to report back on how things are going.

Paul Boz

Clearly I don't have specific experience in the security field but I can say that I agree that it's not for everyone.

jbaello

dynamik wrote:

It's hard for me to be happy for you since I'm so jealous

Good luck man. That sounds like a sweet gig; I hope you land it!

Me too... Congrats Boz, this is definitely a unique nice job...

Paul Boz

I've gotten about 250 pages (1/4) of the Shon Harris book read over the last few days. I really enjoyed the material on risk management.