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 > <da...@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. > > > >