Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-21 Thread Michael Dillon
On 13 July 2011 14:08, Larry Stites nc...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? Number 1 - Learn how to learn. If you can't already do what Scott Young

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-17 Thread Florian Weimer
* Larry Stites: Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? Law. _ NANOG mailing list NANOG@nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-14 Thread Don Gould
* OSI layers 1 to 3 - so CCNA, MCP (or something dumb MS like), RHCE * Electrical eng - to best understand about the basics of copper and fibre. Also some focus on power systems - understand how a psu actually works! * wireless eng - you need to understand how a radio actually works, how an

RE: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-14 Thread Leigh Porter
On 14/07/2011 9:08 a.m., Larry Stites wrote: Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? Rebeccah Harris in my physics lectures. She was clearly up for it. -- Leigh

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-14 Thread Jason Baugher
On 7/13/2011 4:28 PM, Saku Ytti wrote: On (2011-07-13 14:08 -0700), Larry Stites wrote: Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? Again? Buy AAPL, INTC and MSFT with loan money

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-14 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Jason Baugher ja...@thebaughers.com said: If I had to have a job where I did the same thing every day, year after year, I'd stab a pencil in my eye. I love that our industry is constantly evolving. Definate +1 to that. I look at how my father's job has changed in his 49+

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-14 Thread Daniƫl W . Crompton
Hi Larry, I would learn 2 things: * having fun learning * time management It's been almost 14 years since I was 21 and I concur with many of the things mentioned in this thread, and learned a few of them. However it wasn't all the time I spend studying and learning, it's all the time I spend

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-14 Thread Joel Maslak
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Larry Stites nc...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? Make sure you are always learning. You can't stop learning in

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-13 Thread Jeroen Massar
On 2011-07-13 23:08 , Larry Stites wrote: Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? Google. Greets, Jeroen

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-13 Thread Saku Ytti
On (2011-07-13 14:08 -0700), Larry Stites wrote: Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? Again? Buy AAPL, INTC and MSFT with loan money and study *cough*, finer things in life.

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-13 Thread Richard Irving
/lurk Learn how to delegate -everything-, and actually do -nothing-... .. how to blame someone else when something goes wrong, even if it's -your- fault, and take full credit whenever anything goes well, even if it -isn't- yours.. Then, and only then, Grasshopper, you will be ready for

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-13 Thread -Hammer-
Women -Hammer- I was a normal American nerd -Jack Herer On 07/13/2011 04:08 PM, Larry Stites wrote: Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? Thanks Larry Stites

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-13 Thread Jay Ashworth
Original Message - From: -Hammer- bhmc...@gmail.com On 07/13/2011 04:08 PM, Larry Stites wrote: Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? Women +30. Cheers, -- jra

Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-13 Thread Scott Berkman
Saku nailed it. Learn the networking basics and underlying concepts (OSI!), everything else is an application that runs on that, and can be picked up pretty easily if you understand what it depends on. Wireshark (or your favorite capture tool) is your friend. That said, I feel knowing some of

RE: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-13 Thread Mark Gauvin
...@sberkman.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 7:01 PM To: Saku Ytti Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again... Saku nailed it. Learn the networking basics and underlying concepts (OSI!), everything else is an application that runs on that, and can be picked up

RE: OT: Given what you know now, if you were 21 again...

2011-07-13 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
Given what you know now, if you were 21 and just starting into networking / communications industry which areas of study or specialty would you prioritize? But in all seriousness, networking like I suppose most professions are not about knowing one thing and stopping. It's evolving