Re: Salaries

marv:

getting Cisco skills are definitely great, but the big money is working for Cisco and getting some stock options. So you can work for a consulting company like KPMG, EDS... but think about how many more installations need new routers using BCP can be installed.. I don't know, probably alot.

Me, personally that stuff is not exciting. I am a software engineer by education... I'd rather
be writing the apps that run the routers or writing database applications to make e commerce businesses go.

Cisco certification is pretty tough... it's not rocket science though, like coming up with an algorithm like Djisksta Algorithm http://student.cqu.edu.au/lists/archives/85322/1998/09/msg00067.htmlhm

dennis.

plast wrote:
>
>
> Hi:
>
> I have a question about salaries for Oracle DBA's, Unix Adminis,
> and Network Engineers.
>
> Currently, I am an Oracle DBA with a strong Unix backgroud who is
> making the high 70's in the U.S.
>
> Recently someone tried to sell me on the idea of getting my Cisco
> certification and making a job change to tcp networking engineering.
> They claimed that it would pay far better then eith Unix admin or
> Oracle DBA.
>
> I've been doing Unix and Oracle for close to 10 to 15 years now; if
> I do as this guy suggested, I would be almost throwing that away.
Further,
> I find that it would cost approx 10,000 in classes to pass the exams
> and get the certification.
>
> I have a strong feeling that this would be a foolish move. Do you
> agree?
>
> Perhaps my salary of the high 70's is out of scale? Should I be
> able to get much more by hunging around in my current field without
> shlepping the bucks to get the Cisco cert and then changing gears?
> How much to top DBA's and Unix admins get verses tcpip guru's?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marv

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