How To Become a Network Engineer in 2020
The title Network Engineer is sexy. It may also be one of the vaguest titles in the tech. In some places you could be running cables.
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Du'An Lightfoot
- Jan 6, 2020
- 3 min
Do Network Engineers Need to Know Programming
Hands down if you are in a Cisco environment your first language should be Python. They have written many of their tools in Python. Like the
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Du'An Lightfoot
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
8 Python Resources for Network Engineers
With all the changes all the changes with the new CCNA and all other certification tracks in Cisco. One thing is for sure. WE MIGHT NEED TO
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Du'An Lightfoot
- Dec 30, 2019
- 5 min
Six Skills You Need to Know to Become a Network Automation Engineer
Writing Python scripts is a top-notch skill to have as a network engineer. But if your code is not modular, unit tested,
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Du'An Lightfoot
- Dec 25, 2019
- 7 min
30 DevNet Network Automation Modules To Help You #LabEveryday
Everyone is talking about Cisco’s new Devnet platform and certification track. But who is it for? I have received a ton of messages asking
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Du'An Lightfoot
- Aug 30, 2019
- 4 min
11 Tips On How To Be A More Organized Network Engineer
With so many projects, tasks, tickets, escalations, meetings, one offs, and emails it’s hard to keep up mentally. And dropping the ball will
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Du'An Lightfoot
- Jul 15, 2019
- 5 min
My Top 10 Reading List For 2019
I did not read my first book until 2013. And when I did. It changed my life completely.
Can't lie, the only book that was encouraged for me
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Du'An Lightfoot
- Jul 14, 2019
- 2 min
Should you take an IT contract position?
I have taken several contracts in my career. They are often more lucrative than a permanent position, but come with many risks.
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Du'An Lightfoot
- Jun 30, 2019
- 4 min
Are IT certifications worth it? Or are they just one huge cash cow for vendors?
Let’s say you go to college for four years. Spending 50k on a computer science degree with a minor in Turfgrass Science. Only to land a job
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Du'An Lightfoot
- Apr 14, 2019
- 7 min
How I Passed the Cisco NPDESI 300-550 Exam
What’s good LabEveryday family? Recently, I passed the 300-550 Cisco Designing and Implementing Cisco Network Programmability Exam v1.1....
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