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On our 56th episode of the Route to Networking podcast, our Director James Dean was joined by  Federico Olivieri.

Federico Olivieri is a Network Automation Engineer at Network to Code, and by no surprise discusses all things Automation in today's episode. 

Federico helps advise Networking Engineers on how they can transition in a Network Automation role, as well as breaking down all the different components to what makes up Network Automation. 

The pair talk about what the future holds for this industry.

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On episode 55 of The Route to Networking podcast, our Director James Dean was joined by Stephen Paynter.

Stephen has been in the industry for 26 years, originally starting out as a Customer Support Technician at MARi. Since then, he has built his way up into more senior roles and is now in a high-up position as an Automation Engineer at Network Bright.

Stephen talks about the importance of embracing change within the Networking industry, highlighting that it is important to evolve with the technology, in order to not get left behind.

He talks to us about the future of traditional Networking Engineers and how the skills required for this role will take a massive shift. 

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On episode 54, our Co-Founder & Director George Barnes was joined by Stuart Clark the Senior Technical Leader Developer Advocate at Cisco.

Stuart has had a long and interesting career in the Tech industry, starting out as an Information Technology Coach, working his way up the ranks doing Support Engineering, Network Infrastructure Engineering to now working at Cisco, one of the largest companies in the Tech world.

Stuart tells us about the challenges of trying to enter a career in Networking, without having any form of experience. He advises us on different ways you can get your foot in the door.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuarteclark/

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This Thursday our Director James Dean, was joined by Tom Strickx, the Edge Network Technical Lead at Cloudflare. 

'Things break, and normally at the most inconvenient times. It is vital to understand how to respond to things when they go wrong'.

Tom tells us that the most important lesson that he's learned during his time in the industry, is that incident management is one of the most important skills to have.

Tom runs us through the fundamental skills that he believes every Networking Engineer should have the ability to do, in order to troubleshoot these issues. 

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On the 52nd episode our Director, James Dean, was joined by  Jessica Meijer.

Jessica is an international business professional, who has over 8 years of experience in Corporate & StartUp environments. She is currently at VodafoneZiggo as the Business Process Improvement/ Knowledge Specialist/ Communication (Agile WoW).

Over her career, Jessica has not been shy to try out new opportunities. She walks us through why she thinks 'job hopping', is so important for personal development and growth, and how she disagrees that many businesses tend to frown on it. We learn a lot of important advice to help you be happy in your career. 

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For our 51st episode, our Director James Dean was joined by Fergus Iness, the CCO at Crosslake Fibre.

James and Fergus speak all things Fibre. The pair discuss the evolution of Fibre over the last 10 years, highlighting some of the main changes, and how they can imagine this industry will continue to grow in the future. Find out how strong relationships and trust with your colleagues can help benefit you in your career. 

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On our 50th episode of the Route to Networking podcast, James Dean had the pleasure of being joined by Pavel Odinstov, the Project Leader at Fastnetmon.

Pavel is a Software Engineer with a passion for computer networks, with his work being orientated around delivering affordable DDoS protection.

During the episode, the pair delve into a professional discussion around everything DDoS-related, involving the biggest changes that Pavel has seen in this space during his career, as well as some of the main concerns he has for this industry.

Pavel helps us understand how having skills within computer science are applicable to every industry, and people need to be more forward-thinking with making a conscious effort to learn these skills.

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For our 49th episode of the Route to Networking podcast, Director James Dean was joined by Raymond Maisano the Head of Australia and New Zealand at Cloudflare. 

Raymond & James discussed what skills and personality traits make a good fit for someone looking to enter the industry.  Raymond highlights that having a passion for continuous learning and problem solving will take you very far.

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This Tuesday our Head of Cyber Security, Lewis West had the pleasure of being joined by Sunil Karrir, the Information Security Analyst at Concentra Analytics.

Sunil is an Information Security professional, he speaks with Lewis about the challenges he faced when trying to enter the Cyber Security industry. 

They also discuss how a degree is not essential to starting out your career in the Cyber Security space, to get an entry-level position without qualifications your employers need to see that you're proactive and still making an effort to learn. Sunil tells up tips and tricks on how this can be done.

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Michal Dobrzynski is MBA qualified, and CCNP, CCNA, CCIE, CMgr certified and is currently the Technical Manager at Sky. In the 47th episode, James Dean was lucky enough to get the opportunity to talk with Michal about his experience completing these qualifications.

it was insightful to learn from Michal that you should never give up, after failing his CCIE he walks us through how he triumphed on and didn't give up until he achieved his goal. He shares his words of wisdom on how to stay motivated and on track, even when there are bumps in the road.

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