Sometimes people fake the truth, mutilate reality, lie and hide feelings with logic. Sometimes you think that somebody is bad, untrustful. But you discover by yourself that he wants to help and that he's innocent.I'm worried these times about my transition to the new job. It's not about the job itself, but about making peace with my employer. These times I'm discovering people who are willing to give...
Thursday, December 17, 2009
"It's Who You Know". But I'm OK with That
Posted by Wassim on 7:27 PM
"What's her background? she studied at INSAT? ok, I have a friend at Divona Telecom. I'll suggest her to him and we'll see what happens". This is a pattern I hear a lot.I remember myself, struggling to have a job after I graduated from college. I remember being the Sys Admin of a small company. I remember how I used to go upstairs and downstairs all day long trying to "fix" everything related to...
It's About to Change
Posted by Wassim on 7:21 PM
I signed a new contract with an emerging bank, the one I talked about in previous posts. The IT infrastucture is still basic: no routing yet, no VLANs, no IP Telephony. work late most days, with an experienced IT team, being one of the few first people who built the network... I'm going to be the network engineer. It sounds so interesting.However, my current employer doesn't want to release me before...
Tough Choice - part IV
Posted by Wassim on 7:16 PM
In my previous post "Tough Choice - part III" I talked about a job offer that has been presented to me. It was about computer&network security in a large emerging bank.After I declined it, the Network&Security manager called me a few weeks ago to tell me that an equal opportunity rose, in networking now. I was very happy to hear that. Not only the company is building its network from the ground...
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Improving Memory
Posted by Wassim on 11:03 AM
I got a famous memory improvement book: How to Develop a Perfect Memory, by Dominic O'Brien. I only tried one technique to remember numbers in my BCMSN exam. It works!For example, I want to remember the Bridge Priority that results after spanning-tree vlan x root primary. It's 24576. Here's how I do it:24: is my birthday.5: there are 5 presents on my birthday table7: 7 guests are sitting in the living...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Life Upgrade #1 : Junior Businessman
Posted by Wassim on 10:22 PM
I've been busy few days ago working as an Independant Representative for Questnet. It's the largest E-commerce company in Asia. Immediately after my daily 8-to-5, I meet people and talk to them about my business. It's a direct selling business. And, from what I've learned, it's the business of the next decade. Meanwhile, I felt my Cisco studies are slowing. Fine, as long as I don't rush, I...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
After the Interview
Posted by Wassim on 1:35 PM
I attended an interview this morning. Orange Telecoms is opening in our country so I gave it a try.They called me the day I was in Kef and scheduled an interview.There were 3 preliminary tests. Too many logic tests. Where the Hell did they come from? :) I got a headache after.Then I met the recruitement agent, a young man in his early 30s. After some routine questions he asked me where I "see " myself...
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Personal Power II - Finished
Posted by Wassim on 1:15 PM
I consider it as a small accomplishment. As I was listening to Tony's words, I recalled all those chunks of time I spent during the program.Now, the challenge is to take action and do the exercises continual...
Near the Storm
Posted by Wassim on 1:07 PM
I've been on a little mission in Kef. We had to setup the networking "stuff" of a new office. As usual, my job was to ensure that the configuration meets the IP scheme of the office. It was a regular task.What was interesting, is that it was heavily raining. On the radio, we heard that storms and floods killed 17 people in the south. We're not in the south, but the storm is said to be coming near...
Friday, September 18, 2009
Tough Choice - part III
Posted by Wassim on 5:20 PM
I'm almost fed up with my current job. The tasks become too monotonous, and my learning curve is hitting the ground. I need an exciting job. I need a new job.But I'm confused. On one hand I want to improve my routing&switching skills so that I could one day prepare for CCIE. On the other, I'd like a more financially-rewarding job. But The opportunity I'm offered doesn't really include routing&swiching....
What's wrong?
Posted by Wassim on 5:06 PM
I attended my second interview session. This time, I mentioned to the interviewers that I'm interested in their offer.However, today I called my potential boss. He told me that I looked hesitant.Yesterday evening, I was thinking too much. I was watching TV with my family, but not really watching. "I don't know why you looked hesitant" kept on playing and playing in my head.I didn't want to look that...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Personal Power II - Progress
Posted by Wassim on 7:09 PM
I'm on my day 23. This far, I am aware of some changes I'm experiencing: feel calmer, know better what I want, can understand my innerself better,less limiting beliefs; beliefs restructuring (in progress)...I'm happy that I got this program. I'm committed to ...
Saturday, September 12, 2009
A new Turn?
Posted by Wassim on 3:18 PM
Last month, I was interviewed for a position of Security & Quality Engineer. The position encompasses all the aspects of network security (solutions design, firewalls, IDS, monitoring,...), software security (patch management, code verification,...) and some management aspects (policies, writing procedures,...).At first, I told the interviewer - who is luckily an old collegue- that I'm not really...
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Anthony Robbins: Personal Power 2
Posted by Wassim on 1:57 PM
I recently got back to this personal improvement program. Actually, I'm a personal development fan. I always seek knowledge to improve myself. I'm a person who's always seeking for better. I believe there's always another level.Let's return to the subject. Personal Power program is easy to learn and to practice. It's organized in days: day 1, day2,...Here's day 7 mind map:Things...
Saturday, August 22, 2009
New Skill acquired
Posted by Wassim on 11:10 AM
I always have been a fan of colors. Even at work, when I'm learning a new technology, I usually have highlight color pens with me.Months ago, I discovered mind mapping. It's a brilliant idea. But, I found it a little painful to draw them on paper: layout choice, what to write, choice of colors,...Now, I discovered Imindmap software, by Tony Buzan. A great tool. However there...
Friday, July 24, 2009
Time goes on
Posted by Wassim on 12:19 AM
I need to restructure my time. My CCNP studies are still pending. I do have free time. But I lost a bit of the drive to continue these days. I feel I need to unwind for a while and to reevaluate my time.Online chat is a time-consuming fatal drug. Many people I chat with were VERY close-minded. I'd rather stick with my "off-line" friends and to my dear lonely guitar.I need to go on a holiday to refresh...
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Working with the Best
Posted by Wassim on 8:42 AM
I've been working and interacting with IBM Tunisia during a VOIP migration project. I'm responsible for LAN segmentation into VLANs. The equipement is mainly Nortel switches and few cisco ones.I learned that, since they are a Cisco Gold partner, they have unlimited access to online cisco labs. A guy told me he uses these labs for his CCNP preparation and client testing.Well, I'm not a Cisco partner....
Sunday, May 31, 2009
One Year and An Evaluation
Posted by Wassim on 10:59 PM
It's been a year since I've been designated by my company as a resident network administrator within UBCI BNPParibas bank, which is one of my company's favourite clients.This one year was:- one year of improving social skills,- almost 7 monthes of learning,- 9 monthes of eating lunch outdoors,- 4 monthes of wearing suits :)- 3 monthes of absolute boredom and routine,- 3 weeks of anxiety.Overall, I...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Taking Calculated Risks
Posted by Wassim on 9:09 PM
I decided to suspend my Cisco studies and engage Juniper ones. I'll take the "risk". I'll give it a chance.It's been a while since I began studying M/T series routers. This gear is nicer than Cisco. I'm in love with it...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tough Choice - part II
Posted by Wassim on 10:00 PM
In my previous post "Tough Choice", I mentioned that I was offered a job in a bank.Yesterday, I had a co-worker who was advising me to accept the offer. He told me that it's a good opportunity in terms of financial stability.Yes, this may be true. But I'm crazy not to accept it, according to a majority of co-workers . I don't seek stability at this moment. I believe that there's still a lot to cover...
Saturday, March 7, 2009
A motivational mini-movie
Posted by Wassim on 11:11 PM
I liked this one. It says that we should enjoy our life more than accomplishing it.http://www.simpletruths.tv/movies.php?movie=R...
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
What I hide is what I feel
Posted by Wassim on 11:32 PM
I sometimes feel alone in my quest to CCNP. I sometimes drown into some thoughts ,even in crowded places. I even feel overwhelmed when I see a collegue, a senior engineer, memorizing a CCDA braindump sheet.I 'd like to know how other CCNP-wannabes feel. How they face the huge amounts of knowledge alone. How they face people's destructive criticism. How they isolate their world from people's world.It's...
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Tough Choice
Posted by Wassim on 7:22 PM
Days ago, I've been asked by a client if I would accept to work for him, instead of my current employer. The job is about network and voip administration in a bank. I already worked for this bank. I know their people, their network,... I knew the feelings of boredom, anxiety.In fact, I didn't like my last months with this client. I got bored and I was stuck into doing non-networking and irrelevant...
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