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

hi

That article was written 2 years back and we still dont see that happening.
keep studying guys.

Regards

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 5:37 AM, Lindsay Hill <lindsay.k.hill_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> For many people, mobiles already have replaced VoIP systems.
>
> I do not have a desk phone now, nor do I expect to ever have one during the
> rest of my career. If I ever do get issued one once again, I will find it
> somewhat quaint, and it will probably just sit on my desk gathering dust,
> probably not even plugged in.
>
> There are some parts of the world where, for economic or cultural reasons,
> deskphones will hang on, but there are also large parts of the world where
> the
> economics don't stack up.
>
> See this: http://etherealmind.com/ip-telephony-over-no-cisco-voice/ for
> some
> more on it. For those who say "But there's plenty of demand here for Voice
> engineers!" - check the comments too. Certain places will retain demand,
> but
> the long term outlook for it is not great.
>
> Back to the R&S angle, I think the point is that you need to be aware of
> industry trends. No, OpenFlow won't change everything overnight. But the
> point
> is, networking will probably change dramatically over the next 10 years,
> and
> if you plan on staying in this industry for another 20-30 years, you need
> to
> stay on top of those changes. In many ways networking was pretty static for
> the last decade, but now there's a whole heap of pressures forcing change.
> You
> need to both look at the long term direction of your career - e.g. do I
> study
> CCIE R&S, or move towards application development - and the short-medium
> term,
> where you read enormous amounts, and stay on top of changes, so you don't
> want
> to get left behind.
>
> Sometimes I meet engineers who have gotten painted into a corner, where
> they
> know something really well, but they've gotten stuck, and the pool of
> potential employers is rapidly shrinking. OK, maybe they've got a good job
> now, but what happens if they have a falling-out with their employer? Not
> many
> options.
>
> Times change. But good engineers will adapt with those changes. Find a
> field
> that interests you, learn all you can, but keep your eyes open to change.
>
> - Lindsay
>
>
> On 26/05/2012, at 4:49 AM, Dark Fiber wrote:
>
> > Remember when cell's phones were going to take the place of voip
> > systems?
>
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