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

Lol @hammer. Nice points were made though.

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:08 PM, -Hammer- <bhmccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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> On 5/24/2012 4:05 AM, MSDP multicast wrote:
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>> 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
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>>> On 23 May 2012, at 13:25, MSDP multicast<multicast100_at_gmail.**com<multicast100_at_gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
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>>> 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/<http://bhatkoti.com/2012/05/23/why-should-a-network-engineer-move-into-an-app-space/>
>>>
>>>> Thank you people.
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