[Ilugc] decision[OT]

[steve]

On 10/08/2010 03:48 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 15:29 +0530, karthik ponnappan wrote:
>>  Hi, peers i had already asked about how to continue my career with
>>  networking&  i got a good idea from all friends especially "Ambika"
>>  and
>>  "Yuvaraj" thanks guys.... Now i have decided to finish two courses and
>>  i
>>  want to finish in 4 months time which courses should i choose to  add
>>  a good
>>  weightage to my resume...Once again thanks for the guidance.
>
> do you have a laptop/netbook?

+1 on this. Nothing beats getting hands-on experience. Investing money in 
hardware is a better option than joining a training course. Get a system, if you 
already have one, get another :)

...or since you mentioned you were interested in networking, search ebay or 
something similar for cheap second hand routers[1] and start hacking. For 
instance, installing and configuring and managing (for example implementing 
traffic shaping or security) using OpenWRT or Tomato (or any one of these[2]) on 
an old wireless router can be a learning and gratifying experience which would 
never be taught in any training course.

If you already have hardware or if you /do/ want to join a course, I'd suggest 
taking up a hobby class instead. Expanding your field of interests helps in many 
subtle ways, including career progression.

cheers,
- steve

[1] Something like:
http://computers.shop.ebay.in/Routers-/3706/i.html?_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_router_or_firewall_distributions
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