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Week (All About Me)
Jun. 27th, 2008 10:00 amI spent Sunday through early today in Orlando attending Cisco Live! (formerly known as Networkers), a networking-oriented training event. It was, as usual very good -- the people holding classes are the engineers making the products or sitting on the standards boards, so they really know what's going on and can give good information about what the future directions of various technologies are. Very work-oriented, very boring, very useful. While in Orlando this time, instead of Las Vegas or a similar locale, it still annoys me to no end when people assume that a trip like this is some kind of vacation. The typical day consists of wakeup at 6 am, breakfast on site at 7 am, class start at 8 am and then classes and presentations until as late as 9 pm at night. Lunch is served between classes on site, dinner consists of buffet tables in the vendor showcase, so there's not even escaping the environment for food. Sleep deprivation for the win!
I did also take my CCNA certification exam, since the last one had lapsed (quite a while ago), and appear to have passed, which is nice. I really would not have had any excuse not to pass and should look at the more serious certifications soon. I was fairly impressed by the exam, though. Apparently there are any number of classes that will get you through it without really imparting a useful knowledge of networking, but to me it seemed to be quite thorough and a good measure of the "basic" understanding of networking in the real world.
One aspect of Networkers is the customer appreciation event, which is a party -- albeit one spent among engineers talking shop. This year was at Universal Studios, where, for various reasons, I ended up riding "The Mummy." As many of you know, I usually stay away from rides since I'm quite susceptible to motion sickness. The Mummy confirmed two things -- I love roller coasters and I shall not ride roller coasters. It was short enough that I didn't really get too bothered for the duration, but two hours later, to quote Moe, "Dude! You're still green!"
Afterwards I lingered in Orlando for a (too short) while to visit with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
moonwolf and company. Cory guided us to a Colombian restaurant, Oh Que Bueno, which was a treat, the cuisine being surprisingly different from other Latin American dishes I've had. The fig/caramel/cheese dessert in particular was memorable.
I did also take my CCNA certification exam, since the last one had lapsed (quite a while ago), and appear to have passed, which is nice. I really would not have had any excuse not to pass and should look at the more serious certifications soon. I was fairly impressed by the exam, though. Apparently there are any number of classes that will get you through it without really imparting a useful knowledge of networking, but to me it seemed to be quite thorough and a good measure of the "basic" understanding of networking in the real world.
One aspect of Networkers is the customer appreciation event, which is a party -- albeit one spent among engineers talking shop. This year was at Universal Studios, where, for various reasons, I ended up riding "The Mummy." As many of you know, I usually stay away from rides since I'm quite susceptible to motion sickness. The Mummy confirmed two things -- I love roller coasters and I shall not ride roller coasters. It was short enough that I didn't really get too bothered for the duration, but two hours later, to quote Moe, "Dude! You're still green!"
Afterwards I lingered in Orlando for a (too short) while to visit with
moonwolf and company. Cory guided us to a Colombian restaurant, Oh Que Bueno, which was a treat, the cuisine being surprisingly different from other Latin American dishes I've had. The fig/caramel/cheese dessert in particular was memorable.
