How I became a network engineer - What I do for a living

[@ardentdfender4116]

A Day In The Life is always something fun, interesting and relaxing to watch. Sometimes you just wanna give new people what a day May be like or with something happening if you can tell us all about it. I work in Industrial Automations Controls with PLC Systems and SCADA so it’s not IT for me but OT.

[@jolejo7]

Did a similar track , start with it support, advance to system/admin(with network in mind,was doing the basic networking), got my ccent,ccna, i was hire at the network shop not because of my experience in networking but because of my drive and because i knew scripting(programming). Start again at the bottom in networking but climbing fast. If networking if really what you want to do try to switch at some point to a position fully doing networking. Having background in sys admin is a good advantage since you understand the application a lot better than people that just did networking.

[@ChadEmery]

I’ve had plenty of opportunity come open since taking the position I’m in now doing a full time networking role. I’ve actually turned them all down as I really enjoy where I’m at. Thanks for the recommendation and for stoping by the channel!

[@atticus3532]

Hey Mate, your story is definitely inspiring, I am making a career change from Nursing to Networking, and just moved into a Service Desk Analyst role while studying my CCNA. Your story gives me that belief that I can become a high level Engineer. Thanks :D

[@ChadEmery]

Hey, that’s awesome! That’s definitely a good place to start. I’m glad you found my video helpful. Chase those dreams!

[@godwilldoctortandoh4243]

@@ChadEmery hello, your video is really great. I am currently a chemical analyst in Ghana and trying to change my carrier to IT networking. I have studied he ccna course and now preparing to write the exams. I hope to excel in my IT Carreer and I know you will be of help to me. Thanks for the inspiring video

[@ChadEmery]

@@godwilldoctortandoh4243 You will never know how much that means to hear people say things like this. Wishing you all the best on your journey. God bless!

[@jamesbadger9459]

@atticus How is your journey going? Weighing up what route to take in IT and would love to hear other people's perspective.

[@danielclement7491]

Tanx man for the video really helped shaped me.

[@ChadEmery]

I’m so glad my video could help in any way. Thank you so much for watching!

[@abdikanimohamed3885]

thanks, bro I really got great information from your video now am somehow confusing which path I have to follow networking or programming even though I have a CS degree so please which way can you recommend me to do networking or programming.

[@ChadEmery]

Why not try both? There’s plenty of great resources to help out. I would check out the Cisco DevNet track and also visit developer.Cisco.com they have a bunch of great resources and even free labs. There’s already a good demand for network engineers that can also program to automate the network and detect issues before they become one. I was planning on doing some type of video on this in the future since I use tools like python and specifically ansible at work.

[@abdikanimohamed3885]

@@ChadEmery thanks bro i really appreciate that

[@rafikbouchenafa6257]

Thanks For Sharing! what do you suggest a skill or skills to master in the networking real world that needs to be focused on?

[@ChadEmery]

Verbal communication is a really important skill a lot of engineers lack in. Being able to hold a conversation and read a room is a really nice non technical skill to have. For the network side of it basic python will come in handy automating redundant tasks. You may dread that answer but it really is useful and while you don’t need to be an expert being able to read and construct basic scripts would be really helpful. Lastly I’d say the willingness to accept being wrong. You will make plenty of mistakes and you’ll learn while it’s not fun, you’ll learn.

[@donaldsawyer2618]

I’m use to being mobile and dealing with people at work. Exploring tech. HTML and solidity were not very interesting. Maybe A+, Network

[@ChadEmery]

I don’t have to travel as much but there is some. I actually enjoy it though. Thanks for watching!

[@ejay2075]

How did you learn the CLI and all those damn commands?

[@ChadEmery]

I wouldn’t say I know them all. The tab key and the ‘?’ Are a huge help. Knowing the troubleshooting commands/show commands are really helpful though. Practicing the commands in a lab setting really helps!