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

You may have lost more of them at "Duke Nukem" rather than IPX. :)

*Scott Morris*, CCIE/x4/ (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713,

CCDE #2009::D, CCNP-Voice, JNCIE-SP #153, JNCIE-ER #102, CISSP, et al.

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Power corrupts.

Study hard and be Eeeeviiiil......

On 5/24/12 8:08 AM, -Hammer- 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
>
>
>
> 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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