Update on TWTC job

Aldur

So as many of you know I was offered a job with Time Warner to work on there IP backbone in there top teir support. We'll in this process I passed the JNCIE-M exam and so I asked TW if they could give me a higher base salary. It had been a little bit since I heard back from them so I called to see what was up. The recuriter who I talked to let me know that since I passed the IE exam they wanted to put me in a higher position to fully utilize my skills and raise my base salary a bit. The package went from 87k to 93.5k and the new position will be opening in a few weeks.

Not a bad deal at all if I say so myself

Also, on a side note I am interviewing with Juniper for a Resident Engineer position in NJ. Just had the first interview and it went really well, second one will be coming shortly.

I'm so glad I got into Juniper equipment, things are looking very different from what they did a year and a half ago

dynamik

That's awesome! I'm looking forward to where you end up after another 18 months

nel

Congrats man,

have you only been working on juniper for the last 18 months?

networker050184

Congrats on all the good fortune!

dynamik

nel wrote:

have you only been working on juniper for the last 18 months?

Isn't that insane? Smarty Pants over there even set a record!

networker050184

Well there are only about five people certified on Juniper equipment so the positions are just falling out of the sky

Just kidding.

Aldur

dynamik wrote:

nel wrote:

have you only been working on juniper for the last 18 months?

Isn't that insane? Smarty Pants over there even set a record!

Thanks for all the congrats guys and yup, I've only been working with Juniper products for 1 1/2 years, hell I've only be doing networking for that long I still feel like such a newb, I'm always working with ppl who have been working in the field for 10+ years...

Aldur

networker050184 wrote:

Well there are only about five people certified on Juniper equipment so the positions are just falling out of the sky

Just kidding.

well you know you do have a point, Juniper has been selling like crazy, they're ending this year at 2 B revenue and are projected to end 2009 at 8 B revenue. Tons of Juniper routers/equipment out there and very few ppl to work them.

Anybody want to jump on the Juniper wagon with me

BradleyHU

congrats holmes!!!

nel

Aldur wrote:

dynamik wrote:

nel wrote:

have you only been working on juniper for the last 18 months?

Isn't that insane? Smarty Pants over there even set a record!

Thanks for all the congrats guys and yup, I've only been working with Juniper products for 1 1/2 years, hell I've only be doing networking for that long I still feel like such a newb, I'm always working with ppl who have been working in the field for 10+ years...

Jeez man,

Honestly hat off to you. What's your secret? ...no seriously!

LBC90805

BradleyHU wrote:

congrats holmes!!!

Odele, holmes is the Juniper Medo-Medo Chingon!

the_Grinch

As someone who lives in NJ allow me to warn you before moving here (if you don't already live here). One, we have a very large cost of living! Two, property taxes are high. Three, car insurance is high. Four, tolls are going up and its a pain! Other then that feel free to come on over! But seriously, all these factors should be considered when taking a job here. If you don't live here, lemme know where you are thinking of living so maybe I can point you in the right direction. I live in South Jersey, but I have family in North Jersey.

undomiel

Yay! People are paying attention to you!

Congrats on your skyrocketing on up in the world!

Aldur

the_Grinch wrote:

As someone who lives in NJ allow me to warn you before moving here (if you don't already live here). One, we have a very large cost of living! Two, property taxes are high. Three, car insurance is high. Four, tolls are going up and its a pain! Other then that feel free to come on over! But seriously, all these factors should be considered when taking a job here. If you don't live here, lemme know where you are thinking of living so maybe I can point you in the right direction. I live in South Jersey, but I have family in North Jersey.

Thanks for the insights, and your very right, the cost of living in NJ is crazy, I ran some figures and found that to match the 93k at TW in Co I would need to pull in 115k in NJ.

Also the position would be in Middletown, know the place?

undomiel wrote:

Yay! People are paying attention to you!

lol undomiel, i thought that would be the best avatar for a forum

ULWiz

I currently live in NJ myself. Middletown NJ is a extremely nice area

the_Grinch

Not a horrible place to be and large police force so shouldn't have any issues!