CCNP - Hows the job market for you Cisco ppl?

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Hows the job market for you Cisco ppl?

sean34

2002-05-20, 6:41 pm

Sup fellas,

havent been to this forum in a long time and was wondering how the job market is treating those interested in supporting Cisco product...

i got my CCNP/CCDP and its been of some help in my current job. I think its helping me stay on board as we take on water, if ya know what i mean.

it seems like there is a constant stream of ppl studying hard and learning the world of cisco but no job market, even with this situation ppl still eat cisco up...Im skeptical now cuz at the end of the day its about putting a roof over ya head and food on the table.

as for me, Im done with certifications... going back to school for the old masters. in my book ya cant loose with a masters

anyway, let me know how things are for ya'll, im very curious what your situations are like especially since your putting a lot of effort into cisco certs...has it paid off?

ok,back to work

...

Sean34

peterd

2002-05-24, 2:52 am

Hi,

I'm currently in the middle of a project that will lead to me being made redundant later this year. There doesn't seem to be much on the job market right now but it's predicted to improve towards the end of the year.

I may end up going back to being a telephone engineer though...

it looks like all the telephone engineers are training on Cisco and moving away from phones, which is creating a 'hole' and opening up jobs in that area!

Although I had a guy in from Fluke Networks talking about various testers and he reckons that with a CCNP I shouldn't have any problems getting another Network Engineering job, but I'm still not that confident.

I'm happy enough to do almost anything that puts food on the table and pays the bills and have a part-time business selling on local markets on weekends. If I can't find anything technical to do then I'll do that full-time.

It's a wait and see situation I reckon.

Regards
Peter

beenframed

2002-05-28, 10:28 am

- My last job I was the Network Engineer, everything from Cisco to Load balancers and firewalls. I spent a lot of time getting my Cisco certs too. The company I was with downsized and laid off my whole department. I found work in less then 3 weeks in NYC but I am using none of my skills. I spend the whole day on the phone with vendors negotiating contracts. I have a 10 location ip vpn but VP's in the company would rather pay a vendor 7k a month to manage it then let it be done in house. I am getting sick of this place and am starting to look for new work. This is my first big experience with management and so far my impression is that it sucks. I still do the hands on work but since I'm on the phone all day my time is limited and I'm not about to stay late, not here anyways. My last job i use to work till 3-4-5 in the morning no problem, with a smile on my face. Over here, come 5-530, I'm grabbing my lunchbox and pulling the steam whistle, if ya know what I mean. Anyways, not sure how the market is out there right now, but I suspect it has to be better then 3-4 months ago. Cisco is flooded that's for sure and I too am done with Certs (for now) I am going back to school for Master's in September as well.

disgruntled - bf

peterd

2002-05-31, 3:05 am

Hi guys,

I got the latest copy of Network News delivered yesterday...

12 - 18 months ago there would have been 4 -6 pages of job adverts...

over Christmas/New Year it dropped off to no adverts but it does that every year...

a couple of months ago they had one or two adverts each week...

now it's dropped back to none at all!

I think we still have a long way to go to be back in a position where a reasonably qualified person can guarantee to find a job within a couple of weeks.

It seems that governments on both sides of the 'pond' have decided to allow quick visa applicatins from 'qualified' foreigners as they reckon there's a shortage of workers.

And with more and more 'local' people getting Cisco qualifications I reckon it'll only get harder in future.

My son is a radio tech, can work on PC support too, and he's just starting his CCNA studies. I was thinking of telling him not to bother! I reckon he'd be better off studying more on the radio side of things...

the only thing that stopped me is that he's 25 and makes his own choices about what he thinks is best for his family.

Regards
Peter

onoski

2002-05-31, 4:39 am

I for one personally, think the IT job prospects are not looking good at all. However, serious ITer's would be motivated by the passion they have for IT otherwise frankly speaking people should look into areas such as SAN's, Linux and Unix including database's as I don't think you can go too wrong in these routes. Cheerio

just my sincere opinion. Quitters don't win and winners don't quit. Keep on the good work and as well as the knowledge pool flowing.

sean34

2002-05-31, 2:56 pm

All Quiet on the Cisco Front

Peterd,

granted your son is grown but you can still offer advise. I would inform him of the bad job market and the oversaturation that has taken place. Tell him his best bet is to radio a distress call and get off the cisco front...

cheers,

Sean34

AndyC

2002-05-31, 4:08 pm

quote:
All Quiet on the Cisco Front

I really hate to sound like an arrogant twat but it's all go from where I am!....sorry guys

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