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Originally Posted by HKStallion,Aug 15 2010, 08:24 PM
Definitely get networking certs, Cisco rules all others.
PC work is a dirt cheap commodity with no upward mobility.
I am trying to get a guy hired for our company in charlotte for $20/hour and that is a steal for us. Our bill rate is $225 minimum.
best part is that as you get more certs ie. CCxA ->CCxP ->CCIE your pay moves with you. the quicker you go, the quicker you accelerate your pay.
CCIEs can easily make $150k and up, but you will have to work your butt off to get there.
Don't work at Cisco, they are slave drivers now. maybe you can get into a development program, but be prepared to move with them. no more stock market millionaires being made over there.
PC work is a dirt cheap commodity with no upward mobility.
I am trying to get a guy hired for our company in charlotte for $20/hour and that is a steal for us. Our bill rate is $225 minimum.
best part is that as you get more certs ie. CCxA ->CCxP ->CCIE your pay moves with you. the quicker you go, the quicker you accelerate your pay.
CCIEs can easily make $150k and up, but you will have to work your butt off to get there.
Don't work at Cisco, they are slave drivers now. maybe you can get into a development program, but be prepared to move with them. no more stock market millionaires being made over there.
I'm a CCNP/CCDP. You are right CCIE rules, but that is a difficult cert!
And yep, Cisco seems to chew 'em up and spit them out these days - my neighbor routinely works 80 hour weeks for them, and spends 4 months out of the year in China. I wonder why their turnover is so high???
Yet, Cisco, as an employer on your resume, is still a good draw.
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Originally Posted by parkerdt,Aug 14 2010, 07:35 AM
and occasionally both an NFR and a GPW out on Airport Blvd.,
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Originally Posted by hsuis2cool,Aug 15 2010, 11:40 PM
The GPW might had been me, I work around that area too. Been doing IT since 1989. But things really get moving once got my mcse and some Cisco certs.
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I guess it depends on where and who you work for at cisco.
It probably has more to do with the fact that i'm a contractor, but damn people not even close to being associated with my team running around tattle-tailing on us, calling managers and mess is getting REALLLLLY fn annoying. I'm allowed to work from home damn it, dont go telling people i'm not in the office not doing my job when i'm only "in" the office for 4 hrs a day.
hsuis2cool- which building do you work in?
It probably has more to do with the fact that i'm a contractor, but damn people not even close to being associated with my team running around tattle-tailing on us, calling managers and mess is getting REALLLLLY fn annoying. I'm allowed to work from home damn it, dont go telling people i'm not in the office not doing my job when i'm only "in" the office for 4 hrs a day.
hsuis2cool- which building do you work in?
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Originally Posted by wadzii,Aug 16 2010, 09:44 AM
I guess it depends on where and who you work for at cisco.
It probably has more to do with the fact that i'm a contractor, but damn people not even close to being associated with my team running around tattle-tailing on us, calling managers and mess is getting REALLLLLY fn annoying. I'm allowed to work from home damn it, dont go telling people i'm not in the office not doing my job when i'm only "in" the office for 4 hrs a day.
hsuis2cool- which building do you work in?
It probably has more to do with the fact that i'm a contractor, but damn people not even close to being associated with my team running around tattle-tailing on us, calling managers and mess is getting REALLLLLY fn annoying. I'm allowed to work from home damn it, dont go telling people i'm not in the office not doing my job when i'm only "in" the office for 4 hrs a day.
hsuis2cool- which building do you work in?
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I appreciate all the info. I guess I need to check on getting network certs. Standard going rate isn't much more than I'm making now. So, I guess it all depends how much they want to pay me. I'll just be the IT guy for 4 car dealerships, not for Cisco or any other tech company. What cert should I start out with?
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Originally Posted by wadzii,Aug 16 2010, 01:38 PM
Cool, I work in 12 also.. you drive the white ap2 with the white wheels and I think i have seen it with a hard top as well?
I drive the beat up black ap1
I drive the beat up black ap1
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Originally Posted by offroad2000,Aug 16 2010, 01:48 PM
. What cert should I start out with?