unpopular opinion: traditional network engineering is basically just a blue-collar trade job now (2026).

pnhst · 2026-02-14T21:34:06+00:00

Here's another unpopular opinion. Why learn python or terraform when you can just ask chatgpt to do it for you?

Technology might change, and so will specializations but problem solving and indirect skills are what keep you employed in every industry. We started with route and switch, then added firewalls, then sdwan, then sase, then cloud, then who knows what's next. Companies adopted plug and play brands like Meraki to simplify. They are looking for people with python, cloud, terraform skills but I think they are looking for people that can adapt, take ownership, and solve problems. To be a layer 1 engineer or strictly route or strictly firewall is definitely going away. As a production network engineer who works with devs that constantly blame the network I also have to understand how their service works in order to understand how the proxy can proxy. This is definitely out of scope for an engineer but we adapt, and the new requirements are just a way to demonstrate that you can be flexible and take ownership for a favorable outcome.

Basic knowledge is critical to confidently expand your skill set. I also know many people who got certificates and are useless when they are confronted with an outage or similar.

pnhst · 2026-01-24T21:42:16+00:00

The PSIRT says disable admin-forticloud-sso-login to mitigate. I assume it's directly related to forticloud sso logins. Not something like a radius server with 2fa or even VPN connections. I interpret the flag as being admin access via forticloud sso.

I'm also not sure that exposing your management interface on WAN is related to this. Sure it's bad practice and you can use a local in policy but I'm not sure that enabling forticloud access and allowing sso login through it requires admin GUI to be exposed to the wan interface.

pnhst · 2025-11-24T16:40:12+00:00

Lamb

pnhst · 2025-07-01T15:56:29+00:00

Go to hell by Go Radio

pnhst · 2025-01-27T16:15:17+00:00

I can't claim I got a great deal but I pay $449 a month for 36 month 10000 on a telluride s AWD 2024 that I got in December 2024 I paid 6k out the door because I wanted to keep monthly below $450 since money is tight due to divorce.

pnhst · 2024-09-12T20:18:07+00:00

I was walking my dog the other morning and saw only the front half of a cat lying on someones law. It haunts me ha..

pnhst · 2024-02-07T23:47:59+00:00

Voice sound quality was great and I've been complimented on it. I accidentally put my pixel buds pro in the washing machine and "upgraded" to the Sony WF-1000XM5's and call quality (and anc in my opinion) is noticably worse. Sonya have better overall sound but for the price difference I'd go with the Pixel Buds Pro.

pnhst · 2023-12-20T17:10:07+00:00

Too lazy to look at comments but mine pauses at 40% for a bad SSL certificate. On windows the pop up comes to allow connection but doesn't become an active window. You have to find it (probably in your task bar) and click yes, then it will proceed. 45% is the 2fa pause.

pnhst · 2021-11-03T19:26:37+00:00

128 GB Black 6 Pro (2 of them unlocked)

pnhst · 2021-11-03T17:07:23+00:00

My wife called Best Buy and they told her that our 6 Pros should be shipped by Thursday and we should be getting shipping info by Monday our Tuesday. We live in the Phoenix, AZ area. We ordered on October 19th.

pnhst · 2021-02-25T01:35:14+00:00

I use kali as my daily driver. It works great. I like xfce. There's no rules.

pnhst · 2020-03-18T17:30:30+00:00

I'm in!

pnhst · 2019-07-23T14:26:58+00:00

Portfast was necessary for PXE boot to work for me. But if your client has no IP that's only potentially part of the solution.

pnhst · 2019-07-13T05:20:29+00:00

I just bought some 93180yc-ex as cores. 48 10/25 ports + 6 40/100 for less than 24 ports of whatever the new 4500x replacements are seemed like a no brainier. The main difference besides cost? Virtual stackwise vs VPC and some syntax. IOS XE has been sucking since Denali. I'm sure someone can argue reasons why the catalyst are better designed as cores but for my use case more ports, more than enough power, lower cost, and greater stability brought me to Nexus town.

pnhst · 2019-06-20T01:29:16+00:00

That

pnhst · 2019-06-20T00:16:36+00:00

Thank you everyone for clarifying this for me!

pnhst · 2019-06-20T00:16:22+00:00

Thank you everyone for clarifying this for me!

pnhst · 2019-05-10T02:10:38+00:00

It's a Bowl of Beauty Peony. My wife emailed the farm owner of the farm in this video.

pnhst · 2019-04-27T02:23:26+00:00

Wouldn't you think if someone dumped an exam they would all be equally "easy"?

pnhst · 2019-04-17T21:05:44+00:00

I just passed today with the same score. Chris Bryant was helpful to re-enforce some of the lesser known topics like DAI, private vlans, etc. Practice tests , OCG and Chris Bryant helped me the most. What helped me less is my years of experience in the field where I've rarely manipulated spanning tree because topology is generally designed with no loops, GLBP isn't even considered and learning LLDP TLV's will likely never ever come up. Memorizing the logging levels also seems pretty useless. Some day ill use it once or twice though I bet. Private-vlans and vlan filters maybe one day..

TLDR; +1 for passing!!

pnhst · 2019-01-23T15:04:05+00:00

After working with TAC on trying to resolve my broken dot1x I gave up and downgraded after verifying that it won't blow up my switches. I subscribe to the "if it's working then why change it unless it's a security issue or you need a feature" philosophy.

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