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READ MOREWhen reading marketing literature as an engineer, you must always be careful to parse the words correctly. For example, I was reviewing a vendor’s pitch deck on a new hardware…
READ MOREThe following post originally appeared in Human Infrastructure, a weekly newsletter from the Packet Pushers. You can sign up and see every back issue here. Earlier this year, Google spent…
READ MOREOpmantek’s network management platform provides network visibility, flexible event management, and powerful automation. The software streamlines workflows and lets network engineers and operators accomplish more work with fewer distractions, allowing…
READ MOREProductivity monitoring tools and short-sighted managers desperate to ensure employees keep busy could poison distributed work, making working from home even more unpleasant than being in the office.
READ MORERavi asks the following… I’m trying to figure out what makes a network engineer truly a “senior” engineer. What skills, mostly non-technical, do they possess in order to bring value…
READ MOREWith video conferencing as the common medium of business communication, you’re going to be judged on how you look and sound. It may not be fair, but how you present…
READ MOREDon't use your team—use their curiosity. Don't hand down decrees—tell them what you want to accomplish and let them run with it.
READ MOREDo you struggle to balance work and life? Here's how Human Infrastructure Magazine readers responded to our latest survey.
READ MOREThe Human Resources department is there to protect the company from you, not the other way around.
READ MORELately I’ve been bouncing some generic DMVPN questions off the twittersphere. I’ve used DMVPN sporadically in tiny single-use cases before, but now I am planning to roll out a somewhat…
READ MOREThe positions I have held as a network engineer have had a predictable life cycle. I’ve been through it 3 times now. Thought I’d share, and see if others have…
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