Vegas again

whiskeytown · #1 06-16-2006, 09:23 PM

heads up to the regulars -

WT will be in Vegas the 18th-23rd - convention during the day, poker at night - probably at the Palms where I'm staying courtsey of the company.

calls will be going out and dice will be rolled -

first time I ever came to Vegas and someone else paid for it - woohoo -

RB

lockenvar · #2 06-16-2006, 10:57 PM

networkers?

whiskeytown · #3 06-16-2006, 11:35 PM

si -

don't know if they're sending me cause I quit drinking, cause I can find the Convention Center, or if they thought it was time for me to take another trip, but for the first time I'm going to Networkers and it's the first Vegas trip I've taken on someone else's dime -

(not counting the poker money I win, of course [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])

RB

itsmarty · #4 06-17-2006, 12:00 AM

I'm there for the same, at the Venetian. I'll PM you my number.

If you're a CCIE, don't skip the party. Last year it was at the Palms, and they treated us very well.

Martin

whiskeytown · #5 06-17-2006, 12:37 AM

only a CCNP - aiming for the written when I'm there but it's a hail mary - don't think I'm qualified yet but I'll see what I'm in for.

RB

IHateKeithSmart · #6 06-17-2006, 01:12 AM

Not to completely derail, but how is the CCIE viewed these days? When I was considering it 6-7 years ago, it was very highly regarded. Now that there are so many tracks, though, has it become less of a big deal?

whiskeytown · #7 06-17-2006, 01:48 AM

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Not to completely derail, but how is the CCIE viewed these days? When I was considering it 6-7 years ago, it was very highly regarded. Now that there are so many tracks, though, has it become less of a big deal?

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the lab is now just one day instead of two - I don't think it's as a big a deal as it was just because of all the stuff written on it now - (I also worked for the same company as Karl Solie, who wrote the book on the CCIE Lab exam - innerestin dude - always wore suspenders.) -

think it's pretty big - but for me it's almost a personal goal - once you get it you're pretty much elite - so to speak.

RB

neuroman · #8 06-17-2006, 02:09 AM

What the hell are you people talking about?

whiskeytown · #9 06-17-2006, 02:24 AM

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What the hell are you people talking about?

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the stuff I'm going to Vegas for is Cisco Networkers - Cisco Technology - they build routers/switches and stuff that helps run networks -

CCIE is a network certification that is considered to be the elite of the Networking industry -

more info here - http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le...aths_home.html

RB