#100DaysofCode: Set Up My Python Dev Environment

In my last post, I covered some compelling reasons why network engineers should consider adding Python to their skillset. I want to be clear, however, that the goal isn’t to become a Python developer. The goal is to be a network engineer who can use Python to help build and Read more…

Why (and How) Network Engineers Should Start #100DaysofCode

But I’m a Network Engineer! We all know that network automation is setting the industry on fire. Scaling out talent via automation is the new drive for companies to maximize their investment in engineers. Like many other network engineers, I leapt into the deep end of the pool to embrace Read more…

Desperately Seeking Server

As part of my new initiative to learn Linux and VMWare Administration, I started looking at what it would take to put together a homelab server. There’s just one minor complication. I live in an apartment and don’t have an office where I can put a rack. In fact, my Read more…

Time To Relearn Linux!

I’m leaving Cisco Advanced Services in a week, and I’ll be starting a new job with the Cisco Customer Engagement Center of Excellence (Formerly Proof of Value Services). This organization includes CPOC and dCloud, and so it’s time I retreaded very old ground and started re-learning things like VMWare administration and Linux. Read more…