Wassim

One of my collegues is an old CCIE, from the days of Cisco WAN certifications. He worked with Telefonica, a big Spanish Telco company. He managed to take a bunch of spare routers to build a lab on his office desk. He studied for the written exam during three months, then took a year to pass the lab exam on his second try (from January to December). He studied during his free time at work, and during weekends. He also participated in a bootcamp. He said that it was helpful, because some guys have taken a first shot, and they have a feedback already on the lab exam. Tomorrow, a fresh CCIE is visiting the company. I’ll be glad to ask him some questions.

The CEO rejected my resignation. He had a very strong personality and self-confidence, I admit it. In my one-and-a-half year of working at SATEC, I only discussed with him twice. In a second attempt to quit my job early, he refused. One of my collegues was blaming me. Some may be making fun of me. He told me that I made big mistakes. I don’t believe it. They are just mistakes, and I learned from them. At least, I’m courageous enough to get rejected twice despite what some people here may think. At least, I’m trying and growing. So what now? my future employer told me that it’s OK to wait for me until the 1st of March. Good news. Besides, I won’t care for the future of this company anymore. Everyday I’ll come here, have some chat, learn some Cisco stuff and leave. That’ll be the schedule until the end of this month. They wanted it that way, they’ll get it. A good thing too is that all of the Support team are cool. I enjoy their presence a l...