Re: questions asked during network engineer interview

[Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com>]

On 21/Jul/20 22:20, Nick Hilliard wrote:
 
> IOW, it works if you have a large and homogeneous enough network with
> a sufficiently narrowly product portfolio that you can justify the
> cost of getting enough programming skill to make the cost/benefit
> ratio work.
>
> Some networks are like this; many aren't.
>
> In fairness, most networks would benefit from some degree of automation.

We all could benefit from a sufficient degree of automation, whatever
that means to you.

That the cloud bags can throw warm bodies at the problem even more than
traditional vendors can is an advantage unique to them, even though they
are not network service providers in the strict sense of the term. This
is what leads to the divergence in our expectations, to some extent.

Mark.