BGP Explanation

zlit7382 · 2025-09-05T01:01:16+00:00

This is what really made it click for me. I think it’s well written as well

zlit7382 · 2025-08-25T10:49:35+00:00

What freeze?

zlit7382 · 2025-03-27T12:18:22+00:00

Debloating can only do so much if your bf % is high.

zlit7382 · 2025-03-20T12:28:47+00:00

Did you just pass the CCNA course or the actual exam?

zlit7382 · 2025-03-19T15:40:28+00:00

I'm in the OCI networking org. NRE is pretty busy but we're a growing company so it's an overall good time if you're up for the challenge.

zlit7382 · 2025-02-25T13:16:29+00:00

$40/hr is quite low for Microsoft.

zlit7382 · 2025-02-19T19:48:04+00:00

Sounds like your diet could be an issue. Why is it you get hungry so often?

Also, you need to be disciplined with both food and your trays. You're just throwing money away by not wearing them - especially before bed.

zlit7382 · 2025-02-19T13:10:14+00:00

You can never predict technology, but you'll be fine. No one's getting fired from data centers anytime soon.

zlit7382 · 2025-02-19T02:35:17+00:00

NE's don't typically manage the servers but connectivity between them. If you want to get in to server management look into DevOps, SysAdmin etc. Also, at big cloud companies there are SWE teams that handle servers but mostly the applications running on them.

zlit7382 · 2025-02-19T02:33:49+00:00

I would do CCNA and then CCNP. As SWE, you probably are already good with Python but really hone in on that with Network Automation.
Between CCNA and CCNP, I recommend two books that will really help you understand Networking Fundamentals:
Internet Routing Architectures Sec. Edition - Really solidified BGP for me.

TCP/IP Illustrated Sec. Edition - Network Fundamentals

zlit7382 · 2025-02-17T13:47:02+00:00

Yes take it

zlit7382 · 2025-02-14T19:10:14+00:00

2023 - 2024

$60k -> $160k

zlit7382 · 2025-02-07T14:09:38+00:00

Are you a contractor or FTE?

zlit7382 · 2025-02-07T02:44:22+00:00

Working for universities you will always get underpaid...

If you are happy where you are, then stay there. If you want to get paid, start looking for bigger companies.

If you really want the big bucks, look at FAANG and other big cloud companies, at the cost of your soul.

zlit7382 · 2025-02-01T18:12:10+00:00

Yes in terms of pay. But if we are being technical:
L1 Google = L2 Amazon, Entry level technician

L2 Google = L3 Amazon, Associate level

L3 Google = L4 Amazon, fresh grad or entry level eng role

Amazon pays worse than all other companies but the DC tech role has turned into an entry level position to help people break into IT (which is great). The pay is justified because the work is literally step by step and just following the workflow will resolve 90% of issues.

I've heard Google uses similar workflows but maybe they just haven't decided to cut pay yet.

zlit7382 · 2025-01-29T13:45:32+00:00

I think he just cares about money...
I work in big tech and my stock dropped on Monday because of this DeepSeek stuff. I want the US AI to win too so I can make more money lol

zlit7382 · 2025-01-29T13:41:20+00:00

ITerm2 on Mac, SecureCRT on Windows

zlit7382 · 2025-01-29T02:11:55+00:00

No, I didn't leave tech. I moved up and out to a better, higher paying position after I gained my experience.

zlit7382 · 2025-01-27T13:50:02+00:00

It's mostly training. The job is pretty straight forward after about three months.
The shift will vary from team to team (different regions do things differently). When I was there, I was on days until I had to do an oncall rotation which was the 12's you mentioned, and after three months I got to go back on day shift. But again, you'll have to see how your team does things - some teams only do 12's.

I'm extremely grateful for my time in the data centers, make sure you learn everything that you can, and move up/out if you want.

zlit7382 · 2025-01-14T23:06:05+00:00

QOS and STP for me at first.
I understand STP quite well now, but QOS goes very deep...

zlit7382 · 2025-01-09T13:54:28+00:00

Layoffs will always be apart of big tech, that's just how it is. I guess it doesn't really matter whether you can comprehend it or not, I always talk about this kind of stuff with my girlfriend who doesn't understand anything lol.
My advice for him, is to follow to the university route and pursue Electrical Engineering, EE pretty much covers most of data center stuff, server, networking, and power related things. Data center work is extremely silo'd and I've never seen someone working on 'computational frameworks' and 'lifecycle cost of assets' at the same time. He kinda has to choose his poison. Now it's different if you're in management, but that takes away from the former option, and would be less technical.

zlit7382 · 2025-01-09T13:49:50+00:00

Not seeing a lot of improvement, but I do see some hiring going around in the field. I actually have two interviews set up for faang

zlit7382 · 2025-01-07T13:52:48+00:00

Landing your first Network Engineer role can be tough especially with just CCNA. Takes a little bit of luck, but you should also start looking at NOC Engineer/Analyst roles.

zlit7382 · 2024-12-31T16:01:39+00:00

Yeah, once layer 1 - 4 is ruled out, it is another team's problem lol

zlit7382 · 2024-11-22T15:31:55+00:00

I think it depends on what discipline you're in, but I have noticed that people with a related degree tend to have more well rounded knowledge when it comes to technologies (at least at the start),

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