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Re: Programmers with network engineering skills
From: Doug Barton <dougb () dougbarton us>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:31:13 -0800
On 2/27/2012 2:23 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
----- Original Message -----From: "Owen DeLong" <owen () delong com>I think you're more likely to find a network engineer with (possibly limited) programming skills. That's certainly where I would categorize myself.And you're the first I've seen suggest, or even imply, that going that direction instead might be more fruitful; seemed to me that the skills necessary to make a decent network engineer would support learning programming better than the other way round -- though in fact I personally did it the other way.
I think it depends on what level of "coding" you're talking about. If you want someone that can whip up a few scripts to easily manage routine tasks, then sure, network guy -> "coder" is usually a safe and easy path. OTOH, if you're talking professional application developer working on a project with more than one moving part, and/or more than one person on the team, you really need someone who thinks like a developer, and can be trained to understand network concepts. .... and yes, the latter is the path that I've taken, so I have a built-in bias. Doug -- It's always a long day; 86400 doesn't fit into a short. Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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- RE: Programmers with network engineering skills, (continued)
- RE: Programmers with network engineering skills Holmes,David A (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Randy Bush (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Michael Thomas (Feb 27)
- RE: Programmers with network engineering skills Holmes,David A (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Daniel Schauenberg (Feb 27)
- RE: Programmers with network engineering skills Holmes,David A (Feb 27)
- RE: Programmers with network engineering skills Brandt, Ralph (Feb 28)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Owen DeLong (Feb 28)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Lamar Owen (Feb 28)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Jay Ashworth (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Doug Barton (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Doug Barton (Feb 27)
- RE: Programmers with network engineering skills Jared Newell (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills William Herrin (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Rodrick Brown (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Jason Bertoch (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills George Herbert (Feb 27)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Robert E. Seastrom (Feb 29)
- RE: Programmers with network engineering skills Jamie Bowden (Feb 28)
- Re: Programmers with network engineering skills Jeroen van Aart (Feb 28)
- RE: Programmers with network engineering skills George Bonser (Feb 28)