Want to learn from the best? Learn from Ivan Pepelnjak! The "grumpy old network engineer" tells us about OpenFlow, SDN, Network Automation, Certifications and a lot more in this interview. Is it worth my time learning OpenFlow? Is network automation and SDN hype? Are certifications still worth it?

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ioshints

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanpepelnjak/

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Introduction: 00:10

Ivan's books and the old days: 01:23

ipSpace overview - why?: 2:33

One story from the early days: 04:00

How ipSpace can help you: Real world and multivendor: 04:45

80% of what they tell us is @£$@£$%: 6:05

Distributed Data centers across bridged networks and SDN and OpenFlow: 6:48

What would you do if you started today? Are certs important today? 07:50

Where did the Cisco CLI come from? 10:00

Study Cumulus Linux and other vendors while doing your CCNA: 11:15

How to increase the value of your knowledge: 11:44

Networking hasn't changed in the last 40 years and whatever you learn about networking will still be valid 20 years from now: 13:15

Certifications are still valid. Networking will become like power transmission networks: 15:00

There will be fewer jobs for network engineers in future: 19:35

Low end jobs will disappear. Make sure you learn network automation: 22:00

ipSpace automation courses and SDN: 25:30

Why should I learn and implement network automation? 30:26

When should I start learning automation? 33:25

CCNA before automation or at the same time? 35:30

Are you scared of spiders? Ansible or Python? 36:25

Nornir / Netmiko / NAPALM: 37:20

Should I learn SDN / OpenFlow in 2019? 42:28

David's details:

YouTube: www.youtube.com/davidbombal

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