Re: questions asked during network engineer interview

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 12:41 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com> wrote:
> I'll try this again...
>
> There will be tooling required to operate your network. Cloud,
> connectivity, content, e.t.c.
>
> The tooling will help the operator accomplish the task required as
> efficiently as possible, as long as they keep investing in and improving it.
>
> I don't want to box that tooling into "SDN tech". It is tooling. It may
> or may not smell like "SDN". All I care about is that it helps me
> achieve my objectives. If it is internal to my operation and not
> standardized with a ton of other operators, that's fine too.

Hi Mark,

Who said anything about boxing your tooling in to SDN tech? You
described Software Defined Networking as a rabbit hole and snake oil.
It isn't. It's a class of tools in the networking toolbox and an
increasingly useful one.

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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