Re: OT - After SDN, does CCIE still make senese ?

I follow the SDN space pretty closely and here are some thoughts for the
CCIE:

1) Learn the crap out of the inner-workings of these boxes. If you play
with Cat6K, for example, learn it inside and out. Spend time in this
area because SDN will continue to ride on these sort of boxes for
various reasons.

2) Programming is already very useful to the network engineer. Learn it
regardless of SDN. It will make life much easier.

3) As a network engineer, we're asked to figure out crap that our server
guys don't understand. Best to understand a lot of what they understand
as well. If you go into virtualization, you're just expanding your mind
and able to deliver better.

SDN is not going to be some magic bullet that a lot of folks are
imagining it to be. It is going to up the game for network engineers
though. If you're middle of the pack, you may find things more
difficult. The basics included in the CCIE will help differentiate you
and give you a much broader understanding. It sure helps to actually
understand what SDN offerings are doing and be able to support them vs.
just be the point-and-click guy. For the leaders, there will be more
opportunity and money from SDN.

The protocols we use today are not going away. They're set to be adapted
to the new world because they're reliable and well understood.

--WM

On 07/07/2013 12:45 AM, sameer khan wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I am in pursuit of my CCIE R&S but now and then i am hearing about sdn or
> openflow that crushes my motivation and stops me for moving forward, as what i
> seem to perceive is that some point in future, i am not saying tomorrow or any
> time soon, the commands and protocols that i am trying so hard to learn,
> understand and memorize will be transformed into mouse clicks and with fancy
> GUI that can make all the task easier but at the same time will make CCIE a
> thing of the past.
> I don't know if my assumption are any right but i am really really confused
> should i continue with CCIE R&S or take up programming and VMware stuff (
> though i already consider myself a decent programmer) ?
> I would be grateful if any one can be please help me out clear the this
> confusion.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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