The Beginning of Good Things to Come

Ok well, maybe. But I'm here aren't I. And hopefully for the next few months (or years) I'll still be here.

So I'm taking the plunge towards attaining a CCNA certification and hopefully proceeding to the professional level after that.

A little bit background about myself: I'm Aragoen Celtdra and I have been in the IT industry for about 9 years now. My path towards this industry did not arise from a conscious decision to pursue technology but rather, more of a response to a trend that we all infamously call the dotcom era. I graduated college in 2000, and not knowing what to do with my life, and still "searching" for my "true calling", I found it very easy to land a job in the technology field. Back then anyone and everyone who can say "comp-yu-ter" could easily get their foot in the door. And so that's what I did. With a minimal experience working as a PC technician in my university computer store, I had lined up 3 jobs with dotcom companies 2 months before I even graduated. My first job was a dsl installer. I was a dsl "cable guy". =) I didn't know anything about telecom or networking back then, so they trained me.

Fast forward to today, I still don't know anything. So, that brings us to the overall purpose of this web/blog page. I plan to train myself with more advanced knowledge with a goal of landing a higher level position in this industry we love and hate - maybe I'll post a little something about this love/hate dichotomy. ;) My plan is to take over the world. Not really. Truth be told, I've been more or less relegated to what you equate to "mop up" duties in my support position. I've been doing tech support for over 6 years now and yet there doesn't seem to be a way out for me. It's not that I don't have any technical acumen or anything - I created this website just by thinking it, didn't I? It's just that I've never really set out to pursue a deliberate and stated goal or purpose. I was always content where I was. No, change that. I was always content about complaining where I was. Then I decided it's time to stop complaining and bitching and start doing something. Most of what happens in our lives are not caused by other people's actions or influence. Where we are in life is usually a result of our thoughts, decisions, and actions. I decided to change that. I'm no longer going to be a lowly tech. I'm gonna be a rock star of tech. And it begins with this journey....