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

I enjoyed the thread. I work on all our security environment as well.
Framing your words for my point of view ;)

On Friday, May 25, 2012, Jay McMickle wrote:

> Just for the record- I said that because I have a Security background, but
> wanted R&S. So, I did the more difficult one (R&S) first, to do the easier
> (Security, in my opinion) second (dessert).
>
> I hope to make my first SEC lab before summer is over.
>
> Back to labbing.
>
> Regards,
> Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (R&S)
> Sent from iJay
>
> On May 24, 2012, at 11:54 AM, marc edwards <renorider_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I tend to agree with Hammer. How long has IPv6 been around and how many
> > people use it today? SDN is on the rise and worth learning, but from a
> day
> > to day perspective and looking out at the next decade, I don't see
> > traditional R & S being completely eliminated. Novel is a great example,
> > and as hammer states, there will always be the need to play some Duke
> Nuekm
> > on IPX, so that stuff will also stay around.
> >
> > SDN's also come with their own challenges. Many un observered and unknown
> > due to the infancy of the movement. An obvious one being loss of the
> > Controller can deem the entire architecture unavailable.
> >
> > Go get your R & S. Quoting recent CCIE in R & S Jay McMickel "R & S is
> the
> > supper and security is the desert!"
> >
> > I tend to agree that not being an expert in R & S diminishes expertise in
> > any area (except maybe SAN...) That is why despite my past failures, I
> > still don't consider another track untile I finish R & S.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Tobi Babatunde <tobibabatunde_at_gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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<
> >> 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

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