Network Engineering: Do I REALLY Need to Learn to Code?

Is learning Python really necessary for your networking career? Let’s investigate

October 13, 2021 · 7 min · 1374 words · Matt Schmitz

CCIE Progress Update

It’s been a while - let’s talk about where I’m at with my studies

October 19, 2018 · 9 min · 1842 words · Matt Schmitz

Tips for Working with Vendor Support

The key to a successful support case is to work with your vendor, not against them…

May 9, 2018 · 9 min · 1830 words · Matt Schmitz

What is Risk Acceptance?

Are all risks bad? If not, how do we determine what is acceptable?

February 14, 2018 · 5 min · 867 words · Matt Schmitz

How Does Maintenance Scheduling Affect Your Network?

My thoughts on years of off-hours maintenance windows

February 7, 2018 · 5 min · 952 words · Matt Schmitz

2018 Cisco Champions

#CiscoChampion

January 19, 2018 · 1 min · 109 words · Matt Schmitz

You Should Automate Something This Year

Need a push to start learning network automation?

January 9, 2018 · 6 min · 1149 words · Matt Schmitz

How to Improve: Stop Doing, Start Understanding

The best way to truly understand a technology is to dig deeper than surface-level configurations

November 28, 2017 · 6 min · 1158 words · Matt Schmitz

My 2018 Goal: CCIE R&S

I’m finally starting to work toward one of my long-standing goals: The Cisco CCIE Certification

October 10, 2017 · 4 min · 793 words · Matt Schmitz

Ten years of Cisco Certification

It’s hard to belive I started my networking career ten years ago.. How quickly time flies!

August 29, 2017 · 3 min · 527 words · Matt Schmitz