good advice?
Written by jlgaddis on March 24, 2008 – 2:30 am -it’s 3:30am and i’m surfing aimlessly. i’ve been reading a bit on “ccie candidate”. at the bottom of the “still slogging away” post, ethan writes:
“if ccie is important to you and you still have a choice, don’t get married, have kids, or buy a house until after you have your digits. the rest of you feel my pain, i have no doubt.”
the girlfriend and i have been talking a little about the future and marriage lately (nothing serious, trust me) so those words really hit me. i’m not working on the ccie just yet — eventually; have to knock out the ccnp first — but it’s definitely something i’ll keep in mind!
thanks, ethan!
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March 24th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Case in point, my first day back home after a week in Pasadena for another CCIE bootcamp, and what do I have to do? Fix a broken garage door.
I’m telling you man, home ownership conspires against the CCIE candidate.
BTW, if your partner/spouse is supportive of you getting the CCIE, it will make a huge difference. But even if they are supportive, being married will eat into study time, no way around it.