Re: OT: is this true? I am worried about studying for CCIE R&S

Seriously?

Yes. Openflow is pretty cool. So is fabric path. So is OTV. So is blah
blah blah. I'm not going to be the guy who says "openflow is a fad"
because I don't think that's true. But I am pretty sure my job is safe
even at an escalated adoption rate of the technology. The reason us "CLI
monkeys" make a little more than an MCSE or an RHCE or a Desktop Support
Representative is because we understand the technology. And that
understanding of a complicated world is what separates us. That's why
you get called in to troubleshoot other peoples problems. Other folks
who are "experts" in their field. That's why you laugh when a server
admin calls himself an "architect" on his sig line. That's why you are
the go to guy. It's not whether you've adopted a particular technology
or not. It's whether you are a competent resource who UNDERSTANDS the
technology. Routers and Switches probably won't go away before you
retire. They may change roles and protocols but I doubt they will go
away. How else can we play Duke Nukem over IPX?

PS: If you don't understand that last sentence I forgive you for being
young. IPX is a protocol. Not a training company.

-Hammer-

"I was a normal American nerd"
-Jack Herer

On 5/24/2012 4:05 AM, MSDP multicast wrote:
> Tony - what did you get out of this blog post?
> I don't know if I am going on the right path here doing R&S.
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Tony Singh<mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Great blog man!
>>
>> --
>> BR
>>
>> Tony CCNP CCNA R&S JNCIS-SEC MCSEu get
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone on 3
>>
>> On 23 May 2012, at 13:25, MSDP multicast<multicast100_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> hello people,
>>> Looks like someone posted about next big move in networking world.
>>> My question is, should I study R&S or I should move into application
>> world
>>> more?
>>>
>>>
>> http://bhatkoti.com/2012/05/23/why-should-a-network-engineer-move-into-an-app-space/
>>> Thank you people.
>>>
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