and then there are the people who are excited to have one more person join the network of engineers. and (IMHO) the sentiments quoted by Quinn are signs of short-sighted people. Everyone is better at some things and worse at others. Don't ignore anyone, don't look down on anyone - you will find there are things to learn from everyone and you have something to teach everyone. as mentioned earlier - a good team player is hard to find. /bill On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 11:43:54AM -0700, Quinn Kuzmich wrote:
There are more than a few people out there that will look down on you for your efforts - ignore them.
"The people who want you to give up are jealous because you're better than them. The people who are already better than you don't care about you because you're not as good as them."
Q
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:52 AM, David Swafford <david@davidswafford.com>wrote:
Scott's point is very true! Motivation will help you go very far, much farther than certs/knowledge alone. As a soon to be college-grad, be ready for the initial disappointment, :-), even though you'll have your CCNP, you have no real experience, so you'll start at the entry level. That's not a bad thing, but you might see it as such. The reason it is good, is that while at the entry level (networking that is, I'm not talking about a helpdesk), you'll get to touch and interact with a lot of different things with very little "total" responsibility.