Would you rather have Cisco certification or a girlfriend?

Am I the only lonely, pale-faced, computer science nerd with the dreaded "single" label? I love Cisco, but studying would be SO much easier if I had support from someone other than my immediate family.

I guess the plus side is that with enough hard work and dedication I'll someday have enough money to purchase the woman of my dreams. That's how it works right?

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KGhaleon

CCNA will last longer.

amp2030

Is that an exclusive OR?

The woman of your dreams is on sale?!

<borat>Very niiice, how much?</borat>

Megadeth4168

wat08 wrote:

I love Cisco, but studying would be SO much easier if I had support from someone other than my immediate family.

HA! That's funny, like a GF would allow you to have time for yourself to study!

Partially kidding of course.... I say partially, because a new relationship starting out usually requires so much attention that you won't have any time for study.

eMeS

I really wish I could put the response that I want to....

But I'll say it in a PG-rated way...

I'd rather have one of the things that comes with some girlfriends in a no-strings-attached and cost-free manner, than either of the choices given....

Then again, I'm pretty sure that my wife would be contrary to any of these options...

MS

BeaverC32

Just put some makeup and a wig on a router of your choice and then *BAM* you kill two birds with one stone.

Stotic

Gives a new meaning to interface FastEthernet0/0

LarryDaMan

BeaverC32 wrote:

Just put some makeup and a wig on a router of your choice and then *BAM* you kill two birds with one stone.

Yes and a woman doesn't have 48 useable ports!...

Stotic

LarryDaMan wrote:

BeaverC32 wrote:

Just put some makeup and a wig on a router of your choice and then *BAM* you kill two birds with one stone.

Yes and a woman doesn't have 48 useable ports! Only 3...

and one of them you can never shutdown

MonkeyBolt

A girlfriend who's mega rich would be nice :P

nevolved

I may be lucky, but my girlfriend is all about letting me take as much time for studying as I want. That may be because she is going to school too, but it still works out:).

N

TonyDuffy

Dude.

I'd much rather have a cisco cert , women are to much work.

dynamik

Girlfriend. I'm sick of the wife's nagging...

cisco_trooper

TonyDuffy wrote:

Dude.

I'd much rather have a cisco cert , women are to much work.

+100

msteinhilber

Cisco cert... I need to recertify my wife much more often than every 3 years.

averyjas

Silence is golden. I'll take the Cisco cert!

the_Grinch

Don't worry, I'm single too!

I'd take the Cisco Cert any day of the week. What women can you start up to have fun, shutdown when it's annoying, smack when it doesn't work, and doesn't speak?

P.S. I would never hit a women, but it was good for the joke!

jbaello

I'm divorce my ex. wife was a nagger who like swallowed a megaphone she's like a DJ/Auctioneer, if your single you can find alot of time studying and no one would complain, ofcourse always good to have an understanding GF, if I ever become single I will surely knock out every certification and be a ninja, but ofcourse I can date whoever I want and just be single and have fun, there's ups and down to both situations, but what's for sure is if I knock out all this cert and get my S5 those chicks will notice me...

Daniel333

hmm..

Cisco = Money = Women? I'd say take your router out for dinner and movie.

JDMurray

dynamik wrote:

Girlfriend. I'm sick of the wife's nagging...

What'll'ya do when the girlfriend starts to nag? Back to the 6500 with the blond wig you'll go...

dynamik

JDMurray wrote:

dynamik wrote:

Girlfriend. I'm sick of the wife's nagging...

What'll'ya do when the girlfriend starts to nag? Back to the 6500 with the blond wig you'll go...

Not if it comes with her: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/

cisco_trooper

Or Cindy Goodwin. Smoking hot CCIE R&S, CCIE Voice, CISSP....

cisco_trooper

jbaello wrote:

I'm divorce my ex. wife was a nagger who like swallowed a megaphone she's like a DJ/Auctioneer, if your single you can find alot of time studying and no one would complain, ofcourse always good to have an understanding GF, if I ever become single I will surely knock out every certification and be a ninja, but ofcourse I can date whoever I want and just be single and have fun, there's ups and down to both situations, but what's for sure is if I knock out all this cert and get my S5 those chicks will notice me...

I'm never going to look like I'm made of money....I want a chick with a brain. If they don't notice that, then you'll likely get sick of their stupidity/crap anyway....

datchcha

CCNP all the way does she have a CCSP for a sister???...hmmmmm that CRS-1 Carrier Routing system is drop dead sexy at 2:00am as you try to work through a problem.

Kaminsky

BeaverC32 wrote:

Just put some makeup and a wig on a router of your choice and then *BAM* you kill two birds with one stone.

HAHAHA !

wat08 -
Things will happen when they happen in life like a GF, wife, kids. That is the way of it.
Life and studying/working are not mutually exclusive and you would be pretty much "Jack the dull boy" if you did do it that way. You can't put the rest of your life on hold just because your studying. What happens when you get the cert and start going for the next one, and the next one and the next one... ?

In logical terms, AND is good. OR only leads to regret !

Find a happy balance in all things and you end up having a fulfilling life.
{ I am really starting to sound old these days }

Mrock4

CCIE > Girlfriend

LarryDaMan

This thread is getting a little nutty.

Yesterday driving home from the post office, a beautiful young latina girl in tiny pink shorts was running on the sidewalk along side the road. As perfect timing would have it, she stopped at the stop sign just seconds before I stopped and began stretching. She was touching her toes in a long stretch while facing directly away from my vehicle in those tiny pink shorts. (reads like the beginning of a Penthouse story, but it is true.)

At that very moment, a friggin CISCO certification was the last thing on my mind. I would have given two top-of-the-line routers and one switch for 5 minutes with her. :P

Most of you are just choosing CISCO because you have never been in the same room with a girl, right?

Mrock4

LarryDaMan wrote:

Most of you are just choosing CISCO because you have never been in the same room with a girl, right?

I assure you quite the opposite my friend

Besides, unless you acted on that impulse, you still went home to the routers, am I right? Beggars can't be choosers..

Although I joke about chosing cisco over a girl..they can coexist..and very well

I don't know about all that marriage stuff though

datchcha

LarryDaMan wrote:

This thread is getting a little nutty.

Yesterday driving home from the post office, a beautiful young latina girl in tiny pink shorts was running on the sidewalk along side the road. As perfect timing would have it, she stopped at the stop sign just seconds before I stopped and began stretching. She was touching her toes in a long stretch while facing directly away from my vehicle in those tiny pink shorts. (reads like the beginning of a Penthouse story, but it is true.)

At that very moment, a friggin CISCO certification was the last thing on my mind. I would have given two top-of-the-line routers and one switch for 5 minutes with her. :P

Most of you are just choosing CISCO because you have never been in the same room with a girl, right?

hmmm, doesn't DC have a 1-20 AIDS rate...? no thank you. But Md is known for illegal **** sites...so who am i to say...Mutants...

LarryDaMan

datchcha wrote:

LarryDaMan wrote:

This thread is getting a little nutty.

Yesterday driving home from the post office, a beautiful young latina girl in tiny pink shorts was running on the sidewalk along side the road. As perfect timing would have it, she stopped at the stop sign just seconds before I stopped and began stretching. She was touching her toes in a long stretch while facing directly away from my vehicle in those tiny pink shorts. (reads like the beginning of a Penthouse story, but it is true.)

At that very moment, a friggin CISCO certification was the last thing on my mind. I would have given two top-of-the-line routers and one switch for 5 minutes with her. :P

Most of you are just choosing CISCO because you have never been in the same room with a girl, right?

hmmm, doesn't DC have a 1-20 AIDS rate...? no thank you. But Md is known for illegal **** sites...so who am i to say...Mutants...

1. AIDS is a myth, do you know someone with AIDS?

kidding
2. What is an "illegal **** site"?
3. I am just a harmless married dude who happens to leer at young unsuspecting joggers who bend over in front of my car in tiny shorts.

Mrock4

Can't say I blame you larry