A ? for all the network & system admins

[HappyScrappy]

Actually, I'm working on that right now. I'm gonna call it snaggletooth. The box is going to be navy blue though.

 

[Delinquent]

I heard of company called avisent or something like that just introduced a fully digital router that no one has yet. What about juniper also, they seem like they're an possible competitor too

 

[slickdadd]

bump. I can't figure out what i wanna do. Confuses the hell out of me every day. The plan is to get an business degree and my a+ net+ mcse and ccna, like many others but it just seems like a lot of work for little return from what so many are saying.

 

[slickdadd]

see thats what im afraid of. That it would be so much work, and constant learning, just to rise up to better positions, constantly, never having security, and never settling in and being happy. A constant climb with no set destination. Am i wrong? Current IT people opinions?

 

[L.A.X]

Like anything computer related, you have to keep up with technology

This is the truth...I was forced to re-evaluate my situation when Sony launched the playstation 2. But I feel I did pretty well retaining all the information I picked up in their handy instruction booklet, and being that the (sorry for all the technical jargon) "paddle" has not changed, people should be able to ease in to the new era ....

 

[8pack]

So what if everything goes wireless. That doesn't mean sysadmins will be obsolete. Someone will always be needed to run the software and install the relay antennas for wireless. Please people.

 

[supersizeme]

that's why i thank my lucky stars i am a unix pimp. the demand for my shit is not going to go away anytime soon and technology is not going to all of a sudden change the operating system that the majority of internet servers run on. right now everyone who's in the NT server, networking, pc support business that got laid off is basically screwed because of how saturated the market is. they are a dime a dozen in this day and age. flaming heterosexual spoke the truth - get into either database admin, unix admin, or some sort of relatively hot, new programming and you should be ok. don't get stuck doing what everyone else is trying to do in the IT field.

 

[manny78]

Wireless communications scare me. All that sensitive information floating in the air.

why not at least you're sure nobody gonna cut the wire.....

 

[grip'n'rip]

Personal Experience

I am the IT Manager for the company that I work for and I don't have one certification. I was hired based on my experience with networking, database administration, troubleshooting etc. I work for a big company in my area and I will tell you all that it is not the piece of paper that you received from college or a training facility that will get you a good job. It is the experience that you have and how good you are at what you do. I beat 11 other people for my job and I'm sure at least some of them were certified but lacked the experience to get the job done. Knowledge is power and that is what it all boils down to......knowledge.

 

[slickdadd]

well im confused what to pursue as usual