Monday, March 15, 2010

Network Dictionary — Mendicant

August 4, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments 

Mendicant ( Men — dee — cant) is a term I use to describe people who have chosen to pur­sue the CCIE study path. Although the dic­tion­ary refers to a Mendicant as a reli­gious per­son who relies on gifts or beg­ging for to sur­vive, I like to use the exten­ded defin­i­tion from Wikipedia

” in order that all their time and energy could be expen­ded on prac­ti­cing or preach­ing their reli­gion or way of life and serving the poor.”

While Cisco isn’t a reli­gion, the study and learn­ing pro­cess has some mon­astic qual­it­ies such as all time spent study­ing or prac­ti­cing, poverty due to study and lab time.

Thus, a CCIE stu­dent, should be con­sidered a MENDICANT.

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2 Responses to “Network Dictionary — Mendicant”
  1. Ferret999 says:

    Ouch you are scar­ing me and I am only just start­ing out on my jour­ney. I even thought I had been study­ing a lot already looks like things are only going to get worse. I think you should also sug­gest CCIE can­did­ates have to be a nego­ti­ator as that is what I am going to have to do with the wife.

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