The stress and being on call is the reason why I am no longer a network engineer. I was a network engineer for 14 yrs. I learned a lot during that time and I did a lot of cool stuff. I was able to help build out 6 greenfield datacenter networks with equipment from Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto, F5, etc. That experience helped me when I moved over to Cybersecurity 5 years ago.
I totally get what you’re coming from man when I first got started it was tough on me, but I learned a lot as well. It can really take a toll on you specially with all the stress that weighs on us. I am glad that your networking skills were able to transfer into Cybersecurity!
Great video and advice ….dont forget to make that video on the methods of troubleshooting….. currently studying for my ccna, lab evry chance I get… videos like this really helps👍🏿
Also studying for my CCNA. Taking the exam at the end of this month. Labs are definitely critical, but don’t forget to study the stuff that you may not necessarily run across in configurations. Some of the knowledge is just things you need to memorize. Good luck!
Your videos are really motivational. I am 3 years into the networking and planning to get ccna certified soon. All the points you discussed are true. Being network engineer is a stressful job and sometimes can get boring by doing repetitive work. But you got to be strong to be able to support the infrastructure. Thank you for the motivation !!!
Absolutely it can be stressful at times, but you really can deal with the stress from doing it more and more. Your confidence will get higher every time you troubleshoot a problem. Think of it like XP in a game the more you play the game the better you get the more confidence you get and the more “easier” the game gets.
One thing that I’ve liked about learning networking so far is that the learning path is relatively straightforward compared to other parts of IT. My IT degree was so broad that it was extremely difficult to retain the information because when you got one thing down it’s on to the next and they may not be connected. I feel like fields like system administration must feel like drowning in information all the time. Not that networking isn’t it just feels more focused.
What did your IT degree consist of? My IT degree that I’m working on is pretty broad too. Learning everything from programming to networking to Linux to security
Yes, to fill the networking is quite I would say logical in a sense. Because it comprises of many protocols that all follow a set of rules. Almost like math and away, which is kind of nice. The best part about not networking is that it can open doors to so many different career paths later on and there’s so many different places you can jump into it really gives you some sort of advantage for later on.
Great video! I currently work as a IT specialist for an energy company and want to transition into a network engineer role. Currently studying for my CCNA
You are definitely on the right track. Keep it up. Remember when studying for the CCNA focus on the main concepts as well as doing as many labs as you can. Remember the CCNA is a multiple-choice exam so also practice the process of test taking and you’ll do fine.
Your videos are fantastic; please keep them coming! I'm currently pursuing an Information Technology degree in college. Did you ever feel uncertain about pursuing IT when you first started your journey? I’m trying to juggle with all new concepts and theories and for me it can discourage me bc of it.
Yes! You will always feel like you’re making the wrong decision. I don’t know what it is, but that is how it goes. The best way to deal with it is to always stick to one path and be firm on that. You’ll always feel like you’re not doing the right thing but always stick to your guns because if you work hard things will always fall into place. I really appreciate you for watching my videos really means a lot. I’ll continue to make more!
One day hopefully I can switch from field tech to network engineering. I will say from my end, I was always upset having to get up in the middle of the night and go fix an outage the network operations center caused because they were playing around on a live network and locked up the router or switch 😂 I do love troubleshooting though, good hit of dopamine once you finished
It really depends man both of those certifications have overlap within each other. So if you plan to be a network engineer, I would say go for the CCNA however, if you don’t see yourself being a network engineer, then the network plus is a great certification.
In the time it took to introduce this video, I spent $5 to hire a remote network engineer from India to replace three FTE in my office demanding salaries of $90k a year.
@@AD-nd5ex It's great. They barely speak English and ticket resolution only occurs when they get frustrated with the end user and force resolve the ticket but my numbers as a manager couldn't look better. By the time our network entirely shuts the bed, I'll be up the ranks as a VP.
I’m making a video pretty soon on troubleshooting and documenting the process of troubleshooting. So stay tuned for that, but really all I do is anytime I run into a problem that I haven’t seen before. I’ll go ahead and obviously fix the problem first and then once the problem is fixed, I’ll have sort of notepad or notebook and write down the solution and then how I went about fixing it, then once it’s written down, I can always come back to it and see what it was whenever I run into it again
The stress and being on call is the reason why I am no longer a network engineer. I was a network engineer for 14 yrs. I learned a lot during that time and I did a lot of cool stuff. I was able to help build out 6 greenfield datacenter networks with equipment from Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto, F5, etc. That experience helped me when I moved over to Cybersecurity 5 years ago.
I totally get what you’re coming from man when I first got started it was tough on me, but I learned a lot as well. It can really take a toll on you specially with all the stress that weighs on us. I am glad that your networking skills were able to transfer into Cybersecurity!
So networking or network engineering comes first before cybersecurity!?
@@Merhawi213 you don’t have to be network engineer but the skills can transfer over since networking knowledge helps with cyber
Very transparent breakdown Wali, thank you!
Great video and advice ….dont forget to make that video on the methods of troubleshooting….. currently studying for my ccna, lab evry chance I get… videos like this really helps👍🏿
Absolutely that’s coming down the line!
Also studying for my CCNA. Taking the exam at the end of this month. Labs are definitely critical, but don’t forget to study the stuff that you may not necessarily run across in configurations. Some of the knowledge is just things you need to memorize. Good luck!
@@NetworkWali wow! subscribed waiting for the troubleshoot video mate!.
Your videos are really motivational. I am 3 years into the networking and planning to get ccna certified soon. All the points you discussed are true. Being network engineer is a stressful job and sometimes can get boring by doing repetitive work. But you got to be strong to be able to support the infrastructure. Thank you for the motivation !!!
Absolutely it can be stressful at times, but you really can deal with the stress from doing it more and more. Your confidence will get higher every time you troubleshoot a problem. Think of it like XP in a game the more you play the game the better you get the more confidence you get and the more “easier” the game gets.
One thing that I’ve liked about learning networking so far is that the learning path is relatively straightforward compared to other parts of IT. My IT degree was so broad that it was extremely difficult to retain the information because when you got one thing down it’s on to the next and they may not be connected. I feel like fields like system administration must feel like drowning in information all the time. Not that networking isn’t it just feels more focused.
What did your IT degree consist of? My IT degree that I’m working on is pretty broad too. Learning everything from programming to networking to Linux to security
Yes, to fill the networking is quite I would say logical in a sense. Because it comprises of many protocols that all follow a set of rules. Almost like math and away, which is kind of nice. The best part about not networking is that it can open doors to so many different career paths later on and there’s so many different places you can jump into it really gives you some sort of advantage for later on.
Informative, thank u
@@Initiate_Solutions thanks
Great video! I currently work as a IT specialist for an energy company and want to transition into a network engineer role. Currently studying for my CCNA
You are definitely on the right track. Keep it up. Remember when studying for the CCNA focus on the main concepts as well as doing as many labs as you can. Remember the CCNA is a multiple-choice exam so also practice the process of test taking and you’ll do fine.
Thank yoy for discussing. Studying to be a Software Engineer.
Your videos are fantastic; please keep them coming! I'm currently pursuing an Information Technology degree in college. Did you ever feel uncertain about pursuing IT when you first started your journey?
I’m trying to juggle with all new concepts and theories and for me it can discourage me bc of it.
Yes! You will always feel like you’re making the wrong decision. I don’t know what it is, but that is how it goes. The best way to deal with it is to always stick to one path and be firm on that. You’ll always feel like you’re not doing the right thing but always stick to your guns because if you work hard things will always fall into place. I really appreciate you for watching my videos really means a lot. I’ll continue to make more!
One day hopefully I can switch from field tech to network engineering.
I will say from my end, I was always upset having to get up in the middle of the night and go fix an outage the network operations center caused because they were playing around on a live network and locked up the router or switch 😂
I do love troubleshooting though, good hit of dopamine once you finished
Yeah the dopamine rush is real man. But yeah it is even harder for field guys since they have to go to the hub and at weird times of the day haha.
Do you think I should go after the nwt+ before the ccna?
It really depends man both of those certifications have overlap within each other. So if you plan to be a network engineer, I would say go for the CCNA however, if you don’t see yourself being a network engineer, then the network plus is a great certification.
In the time it took to introduce this video, I spent $5 to hire a remote network engineer from India to replace three FTE in my office demanding salaries of $90k a year.
Is that a good thing or bad ?
@@AD-nd5ex It's great. They barely speak English and ticket resolution only occurs when they get frustrated with the end user and force resolve the ticket but my numbers as a manager couldn't look better.
By the time our network entirely shuts the bed, I'll be up the ranks as a VP.
Which company do you work for?
All pro's. No con's
Always getting blamed. Most times its user errors but you can't blame the user. lmao. Create more baby documentation and distribute. lol
Yep super annoying but that’s just a game bro
Real Network professionals don't have time to post youtube videos.
because you works in a crappy company.....don't blame the rest of us for your mistakes....we have had plenty of free time to undertake even devops
What kind of documentation do you do? I’m not in the work force yet and would like to know how to document things
I’m making a video pretty soon on troubleshooting and documenting the process of troubleshooting. So stay tuned for that, but really all I do is anytime I run into a problem that I haven’t seen before. I’ll go ahead and obviously fix the problem first and then once the problem is fixed, I’ll have sort of notepad or notebook and write down the solution and then how I went about fixing it, then once it’s written down, I can always come back to it and see what it was whenever I run into it again
@@NetworkWalithanks!