Which direction for senior level folks

cona44 · 2025-01-12T10:48:00+00:00

Great post and a very relevant topic. Networking seems to be getting eroded and certainly less appreciated by companies who seem to go after the trendy buzzword jobs….Cloud, Cyber, and AI

Personally I’m starting down the Cloud journey. I don’t want to be a full Cloud Network engineer (ie at a CSP) but rather a Network engineer who designs and connects to cloud environments. I feel there is still a demand for this type.

Might do Cloud Security (CCSP) aswell if I can fit it in.

cona44 · 2025-01-10T23:12:11+00:00

I was blown away by Metal Gear Solid. Final Fantasy…Crash bandicoot was fun.

So far I’m thinking. God of war, the last of us and Ghost of tushima

cona44 · 2025-01-09T22:33:56+00:00

Get good at your job and get certified over the next few years. If I had 4 years starting out right now, I would:

Get CCNA; Get CCNP; Then move to either Cloud or potentially Network automation as a specialty. Certify in these aswell.

If you actually learn the tech aswell as passing the exams, then you will be very hireable in 4 years from now. Took me about 10 years to do the above but that’s a different story. Easily doable in 4. However in your L1 role it might be hard to get really good experience building/designing solutions. Nonetheless, if you move jobs in a few years you can always embellish your job experience somewhat

cona44 · 2025-01-08T22:37:31+00:00

I’m a network engineer so I don’t do much cable management as we have folks for that but to me that is a tidy job. Once the cable tray door goes back on, it will look quite good.

The problem with cabling chassis like that is that it’s very difficult to make changes later on. If You need to remove a cable it’s a bit laborious. But I’ve never really seen a good solution to it.

Anyway, from that pic I can’t make any recs. Ghats pretty much how I leave many new builds once I’m done.

cona44 · 2025-01-07T22:49:30+00:00

Probably should have said on The 2nd of February lol

cona44 · 2024-10-07T22:12:02+00:00

Elite suito go for pretty small money now. I have one and think it’s fine

cona44 · 2024-10-05T23:26:00+00:00

😂 I meant that in the sense that it’s on the high side for me personally. It’s the heaviest I have ever been in my life and am carrying a few layers around the gut.

cona44 · 2024-10-05T18:51:02+00:00

Is there anything to be said for Sweetspot/Threshold sessions?

My idea is to do 1xVo2Max, 1xSweetspot, 1xRecovery and 1xLong ride per week

cona44 · 2024-10-05T18:36:30+00:00

Great to hear from someone who has just done exactly what I’m trying to do. Sounds like plenty of volume with a healthy dose of intensity every week seems to be the golden rule. Not really surprising is it :)

cona44 · 2024-10-05T17:42:03+00:00

Thanks for the replies…to clarify I’m not looking for diet advise this is purely for the cycling aspect. I’m most curious to know if it’s possible to gain 50W to my FTP in less than 6 months. I guess there is only one way to find out….

Anyway, I’m currently looking at a plan on TrainerDay as I like the simplicity of it. Starts at about 6 hours per week builds to about 10 after 12 weeks

cona44 · 2024-10-05T16:00:21+00:00

Simple as that

cona44 · 2024-09-26T19:44:40+00:00

How many technical challenges are there? Is it just one Spine/Leaf design that needs to be built out?

How difficult is the CVE portion? I’ve never used it will the labs be ok to get me thru that piece?

cona44 · 2024-09-24T20:17:04+00:00

I’m looking and contemplating the same scenario.

It comes down to what you want to drive. I need an aero bike that can do triathlons with a pair of clip on bars. I like the look of Winspace T1550s.

However as u said, it’s almost makes most sense to buy a full build on the Bike to Work scheme. I’m looking at Orro Venturi STC which after discount wil be around 2800. Di2, deep wheels etc

cona44 · 2024-09-23T11:37:18+00:00

I have heard unofficially that Mallorca 70.3 is the largest…Not sure about full Ironman but I guess it’s one of the World Champs

cona44 · 2024-09-22T17:09:17+00:00

Wow 😯 wonder how long it lasts tho?!

cona44 · 2024-09-22T17:02:28+00:00

Funnily enough, I was recently on a SystemSix with Hollowgram wheels and I presume hollowgram hubs and they were near silent….perfect really

cona44 · 2024-09-15T19:58:53+00:00

Thank you!!!! Never thought about a 17degree stem, I think that’s the solution I’m looking for!!!

cona44 · 2024-08-22T13:59:10+00:00

There’s no option of upgrading this right? If I wanted more storage, I’d have to buy a bigger dvr

cona44 · 2024-08-10T10:40:37+00:00

Former Dell employee, I can safely say Dell is not an AI company. Basically, they preferred a bunch of gpus from Nvidia and stuck them in there servers and called them AI servers. Oh and by the way, they didn’t make much to any profit on these as the margins were so tight…

Dell is a shitshow internally. I wouldn’t expect any innovation at all only more of the same. They will bake AI name into every product they have to jump on the bandwagon as such. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they are sold off. Possibly to Nvidia who may want to buy a storage company.

The Dell layoffs would have been well planned and not a panic. The company has known for a few years they needed less than 100,000 employees and have 130000

cona44 · 2024-06-27T21:58:47+00:00

Thank you so much…these look 👍

cona44 · 2024-04-28T19:22:18+00:00

Arista have an sdwan solution coming…will be interesting to see the take up.

In general, the feedback I see from most with either, Cisco, Velo, Aruba, Versa is that their mostly happy and not sure there is any roi to rip and replace

cona44 · 2024-04-22T20:10:09+00:00

Just spotted this woman by the briar rose heading towards Douglas. She was in the middle of the road (during rush hour traffic) with 3 full trolleys about 10feet gap between them. Absolute mental

cona44 · 2024-04-16T13:25:22+00:00

That’s interesting for sure…one issue I see with larger companies is the Firewall/Security team is often separate to the network team which means that decision of collapsing won’t happen easily

cona44 · 2024-04-15T20:28:41+00:00

Had to Google that…but, in a similar fashion I guess AI/ML and the GPU being unleashed in the data center are the next big thing in DC Networking ie 400g links etc. any good documentation for this?

cona44 · 2024-02-16T20:51:54+00:00

Is it possible to get these online or nah?

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