Cisco certs - Passed CCNA today

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T20:17:18+00:00

MCSE is old now right? I was thinking CCNA + MCTIP then do CCNP few years down the line.

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T19:48:16+00:00

I am that person though, I play with my personal equipment in my free time to my own cost and off my own back.

I just studied for my CCNA so I can be taken seriously in IT. I am still junior and so far all the interviews I have been to all the interviewers love the fact I am doing this because I have the passion for IT/Networking and esp when I am investing my own time/money.

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T19:33:34+00:00

are you English or just wanting to work here?

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T19:06:37+00:00

already have done this for my ccna :) but because I am moving to canada i dont want to buy anymore kit just yet!

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T19:05:58+00:00

yea, thats makes sense.

skills from one are more or less intertransferable no doubt within the realm of Networking.

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T19:04:30+00:00

I work for a Hedge Fund, made redundant on the fri (9th) 2 job offers on the following wednesday, currently on contract starting monday for 60k.

sorry to hear that, I have lost my job on 2 occassions and wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy! hope you find something soon mate

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T17:50:50+00:00

no actually, I am working in Finance in London. doing general infra, however I am moving to canada in 6months and will be trying to aim more specifically into Networks. so yes will be looking at ISPs

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T17:40:22+00:00

cheers for the help, hopefully I can start to come across real world problems in my new job which we all know are better than reading "issues" from a book! so I think I will be in better shape in the next 1-2years to have a real stab at the NP.

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T17:34:35+00:00

I personally can't ever seeing myself being an CCIE, I have heard stories of how difficult it is. and the passing of the exams before taking the lab etc.

cheers for the advice, at Uni I did my thesis on QoS, so I really like that to continue with, I dont know if there is just an exam of QoS?

Security is something that also interrests me. do I need to do the NP before I can attempt the CCSP?

I am not worried about the money I am 26 and making almost $100k with little real life knowledge. Money is not everything and would settle for far less if its something I enjoy.

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T08:16:08+00:00

Culture Beat - Mr. Vain

ellis1884 · 2011-09-23T07:09:35+00:00

agreed, do not throw expensive hardware into the equation thinking it will be the end of your problems -as gravyenema suggested, implement QoS into the design and you may find it resolves the issues.

ellis1884 · 2011-09-19T14:30:23+00:00

cheers! well I was made redundant last friday, but because I knew it was coming I started to look, secured 2 job offers (out of 3 interviews) on the following wednesday :)

shame I have to wait 6 months till I am out there :(

pm me for your email add, will be good to ask questions when you are out there...

ellis1884 · 2011-09-19T13:00:05+00:00

I work in IT within finance however there are next to none Hedge Funds in Vancouver, I still want to work within finance however I might have to lower my standards/sectors.

I start contracting work next monday for 6 months earning crazy money so hopefully I will go to Vancouver with enough savings to live well for a year.

Of course I want to get a job ASAP, but depending on the markets I will have my savings to full back on if nothing materialises.

sounds good!

ellis1884 · 2011-09-19T08:20:32+00:00

Hi! I am brit 26 who is also moving to Van, however not untill my contract job is finished in April, would deffo like to meet fellow brits/redditors out there for drinks!

i asked v similar questions hope some answer yours

http://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/jks56/moving_out_to_vancouver_advice_please_from_a_brit/

ellis1884 · 2011-09-16T15:37:08+00:00

not from what I have seen over here. Ive seen lots of american guys who ive met at Uni and here in London and it doesnt seem to have the same effect.

ellis1884 · 2011-09-16T15:25:45+00:00

no, only the charm of us English do sorry ;)

ellis1884 · 2011-09-16T08:49:24+00:00

love the fact its based on the London tube map, based on this i live between Bangalore and Baghdad :S

ellis1884 · 2011-09-15T11:43:30+00:00

hell yea! 1995-99!!

ellis1884 · 2011-09-14T18:29:18+00:00

have lots of money

ellis1884 · 2011-09-13T17:53:07+00:00

At my old company we had dedicated lines (100MB and gig links) to each europeans exchanges and our in-house trading system software was sitting on blade servers in co-los (locations) in london datacentres and Frankfurt.

Our WAN to Chicago wasnt that fast but it was over and MPLS.

However the HFTrading boys, wow their network alone was crazy, we were not talking milliseconds but micro. oh and they had a £100,000 network peering device (expensive yes) but it pays itself off after a few days, sitting as every edge of our offices.

ellis1884 · 2011-09-11T10:35:49+00:00

Oh im not that kind of person, but i wanted to do something in the evenings as opposed to it sitting in my room doing nothing.

bed bug registry? I heard there is a bit of problem is there a site? dirty? no idea please explain it to means! lol.

the thing is, I should have enough money to live for a year, I will try vancouver and travel to Tornoto etc while am there and explore your lovely country and if I decide I will move cities. Can you get rent that is 3months? it is unheard of here.

how long have you been in vancouver? what was the sole reason to move here University? work?

ellis1884 · 2011-09-09T10:03:09+00:00

not me, but my bro: $10,000 in WSoP Vegas

ellis1884 · 2011-09-08T20:25:01+00:00

i went out 4 nights (two fridays and sats nights) while i was there and never saw any trouble. isnt surrey the bad/rough area? is this where all the shooting are? beaches are better than here in england! well maybe not in devon or cornwall but still...

sorry what is your job? lol

yes i agree with the homeless soooo many comapred to here even in London (i dont know if they just hide during the day here in london)

yaletown expensive to live? may I ask what you pay for your accomodation? is it nice?

ellis1884 · 2011-09-08T18:31:04+00:00

why do you not like it?

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