CCNP - How does everyone stay motivated?

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How does everyone stay motivated?

ClearSky

2001-09-09, 10:44 pm

I was just wondering if I could ask everyone in this forum a question.. How do you keep yourself motivated towards CCNP? I have just passed one of them for CCNP and haven't studied much these days. I am kind of losing my earlier motivations. I know I would like to become CCNP one day but it has been hard to be motivated..

Any advise?

Thanks!

peterd

2001-09-10, 2:14 am

Hi ClearSky,

I'd say that in most cases it's because this is our hobby as well as our work.

Add to that the fact that we're all getting older, technology is always moving on, and there are youger people coming along getting qualified...

we'd be out of work within a couple of years if we stood still!

Regards
Peter

vr2zjw

2001-09-10, 7:25 am

...when you are jobless.

peterd

2001-09-10, 9:46 am

Hi vr2zjw,

in that case you have to decide for yourself just what you want to do. My brother is (or was) a highly qualified programmer and he came out of work with stress problems.

He hasn't worked for about ten years and he probably never will work again because he doesn't want to. He has nothing to motivate him to find work, he's happy wandering around the town, playing golf, playing around with his PC, etc.

You can do the same if that's what you want, or you can decide that you need to make changes in your life...

in which case you've got to make changes in your life. You can't keep on doing the same things and expect a different result.

If you want to change your situation enough, then that's the motivation that you need.

Some may disagree with me, but really we're all adults and must take responsibily for our own lives.

Sorry if that sounds like a 'rant' it isn't meant to be, it's just my way of looking at things.

Regards
Peter

depamo

2001-09-10, 10:32 am

Personally I am not a young buck anymore, my degree and experience say quite a bit but with the deluge of certified people in the market, it has been stressed that these certifications both increase your viability in new jobs, help you to negotiate a higher salary, and are an up-fornt way of telling a potential employer your ability with an industry standard to gauge it by.

I am sure that some won't agree with that last statement but at least it will identify your degree of exposure to new technologies. These days I compete with new IT wanna'be's that don't even have a high school diploma but are certified through the roof.

My worry isn't my boss that understands that I have the technical knowledge as he works with me all the time and he himself is also a rather discerning techno geek, it is that Human Relations weenie that digs in books and determines promotions, raises and other great cool stuff based soley on performance reviews and your ability to provide for the common good of the company. If you sit on your 4th-point-of-contact and don't attempt to improve yourself as the job market changes, it will pass you by and you won't even know it.

If nothing else, I am actually embarassed with only having the CCNA with the amount of experience that I have. Hope they give me a tee-shirt at least!!
Later--

sean34

2001-09-10, 11:41 am

ClearSky,

very easy question...

I want to stay employed.

I've been rippin' through these exams because I know it can only help me when they think "who's next?" Or so I hope!

Sean

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