The power of HN is that you have many resources to call on at once. Might it be a better idea to troubleshoot using the knowledge and tools available to you through the people on HN?
Ask YC: Any network gurus want a paid holiday?
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#12Doesn't the fossil fuel energy cost of the flight overwhelm any energy savings from living on renewables?
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#13you might want to post this on NANOG/SANOG mailing lists.
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#14The question is - can a network guru leave whatever company he is working at for a few months, and then come back with no problems?
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#15Doesn't the fossil fuel energy cost of the flight overwhelm any energy savings from living on renewables?
They won't probably fly you alone and not in an executive jet.
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#16Makes me wish for once I'd actually finished those Cisco networking classes.
I've taken a bunch of Cisco classes but never actually finished them and took the tests. My network of ~16,000 devices is at a pretty steady 99.99 uptime rate for the last 2 years. A big upward curve since taking over from my predecessor who was certified in half a dozen different ways.
yeah. and besides switches/PBX I don't see where would one need Cisco anyway.
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#17Doesn't the fossil fuel energy cost of the flight overwhelm any energy savings from living on renewables?
This is probably getting off topic, but I think that many times the concept of "green" energy is more about reduced footprint vs. zero or negative footprint.
The impact of the plane ride may take a very long time of renewable living to offset. Some things in life are unavoidable, but the net impact of plane+renewable is still going to be less than plane+standard/disposable lifestyle.
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#18The power of HN is that you have many resources to call on at once. Might it be a better idea to troubleshoot using the knowledge and tools available to you through the people on HN?
And 'greener' to boot.
If that matters to you anyway (and it probably should), then flying in people just to troubleshoot your network seems a bit excessive.
Other than physical cabling and things like that this seems to be one job where you could do most if not all of the work remotely anyway (hard to tell without a lot more background info).
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#19Makes me wish for once I'd actually finished those Cisco networking classes.
I grok your point, but will make a mild counter argument. Networking classes alone would not give you any value in this case. In fact, they'd give you negative value because the real world never works like the text book, and offering advice that you yourself have not applied in practice is bad form. I never finished Cisco networking classes either. I never really started them in the first place. I did however help de…
Appreciate your reply. But wasn't that too heavy for just a jovial comment?.
so, you ready for the vacation?. :)
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I grok your point, but will make a mild counter argument. Networking classes alone would not give you any value in this case. In fact, they'd give you negative value because the real world never works like the text book, and offering advice that you yourself have not applied in practice is bad form. I never finished Cisco networking classes either. I never really started them in the first place. I did however help de…
Appreciate your reply. But wasn't that too heavy for just a jovial comment?. so, you ready for the vacation?. :)
I didn't mean for it to be so heavy ;)
Part of the reason for my response is a bit of a personal nit, I guess. I come across a lot of talented and capable people who seem to feel that they need someone else to verify their skills. Schools and training programs and certs are all well and good for some people, but those things take time and money. Time and money that might be better invested on self-learning, or taking a mid-level job at a salary less than you are worth but such that your net income is still ahead of where you would be if you were going to school, and using that job as a learning/advancement opportunity. I'll take a guy with a GED and 4 years on an ISP tech support position before a guy with a Bachelors, 3 Cisco certs and no work experience in many cases. (YMMV).
The higher-ed/certification thing is so ingrained in so many people that I believe people do not often stop to consider the alternatives frequently enough. OR, they are led to believe that these degrees and certs are universally respected and the gate keepers to better career opportunities. This is of course not true.
My main point is that it's never too late to learn something new, and depending on how you personally develop new skills, the best approach may be non-traditional.