Steve Ward from HealthStream takes us on a journey through the more physical components of a day in the life of a network engineer- it's not all behind a desk!
@@thyatiran Same thing you're doing now. i took selfstudy CCNA then i went all in continued on CCNP R&S (now enterprise) then went looking for any network related job to get experience. Keep in mind that networking is a growing industry and they may want someone with a degree. a certified technician is someone they can put to work immediately and be valueable for the company from the first day. Doubt will only lead to failure!
@@marcoslightspeed5517 i dont think its that much about intelligence but rather the ability to remember lots of facts and concepts. persistance and patience when starting out is more important. if you love doing the labs and get a kick out of learning how the internet works this is the job for you. It gets more fun the more you learn. the tools we have now with virtualised routers and switches makes it easy to start learning valuable skills right away. it will be alot of reading and learning subnetting etc. but if you persist you will do great. dont give up and you have yourself a VERY bright future in this field
@@svensubunitnillson1568 hey so I’m graduating soon from HS soon and I want to do something in the tech field. I was looking at Networking Architecture but it said that you can’t be one coming out of school you have to have years of experience. So I wanted to ask which way is the best way to go and is bachelors degree enough ?
This is what I want to do after the military. I love the mix of desk work and physical hardware. I love using my hands and being on the computer. It also helps me understand what I'm interacting with since I can both physically see it and virtually manipulate it. This makes me excited.
@@TV-nv8qq I actually have a cert in C++ so I do have some programming experience. I just haven't used it in ages so I'll probably need to brush up. I still understand the basic concept though.
@@KeaneCabrerai'm the marine corps equivalent of a 25S, hoping to get into the same thing, unfortunately there's only a limited amount of stuff in satcom that translates so i'm trying to get certs
I’m studying for my CCNA and it’s really nice to see concept of network architecture in real world, core, distribution and access switches and how they connect. Thanks for sharing this.
Just a bit of real world experience. If you want to make 6+ figures as a network engineer you need a CCNA, CCNP is much more desired though. You will also NEED a security+ certification and DOD clearance if you want to get on military contracting opportunities. There are many long term contracts that are looking for experienced SME technicians paying upward of 160k if you have everything from routing and switching, satellite, VoIP etc. If your just getting started out of help desk or Feild tech, only expect 60-82k even in high paying cities. Get the experience and keep on climbing!
I got this job at this IT company as a “ Cable technician” and my job is only pulling dead cables but idk if I want to move up more in IT or pursue something else. I was overwhelmed at first when I stepped into a data center. I just want to make good money but don’t want to hate my life either.
@@obijuankenobi420 if you have no experience then they’ll start you off at $16-17. If you have somewhat experience or know the environment then $18. Once you move up a little more you’ll become a tech and make around $22-25. It’s not really a lot but that’s why I’m trying to figure out the route I want to take for my career. I have a good boss who makes 100K a year and he’s a “ Data center senior analyst” he gets payed a lot because he’s been there for 17yrs and he has a passion for IT. I’m barely on the surface of IT as a cable technician and I’m learning from him. I want to make good money tho. I don’t wanna waste 5yrs just to make 60K a year.
Thanks for the inspiration. When I first stepped foot into a data center with very limited knowledge of everything, I was overwhelmed. Now that I have a CCNA and wanna pursue a career in networking, I can't wait to get into a DC so that many of the things I learned would make sense to me practically.
Cool office there. I really like the warm woods with some modern pieces in the ceiling; not like some sterile office enviroments I have seen most tech centers have. Lastly, thanks for this vid, it's helped me choose which direction of IT I have been looking to go into.
I love this! I am in my second year of cybersecurity and have had a lot of network classes and your design sounds a lot like a hierarchy model in a way. I could be wrong I am new.
i like watching lil day in the life vids of positions that keep things runnin. I could never mess with networking stuff, too confusing, so thanks to everyone who keeps them up.
This is crazy, I’ve been studying for my A+ changing careers, and a few months ago everything he said would have sounded like Chinese. Really liking networking so far
Thanks for the video. Just retired from law enforcement. Getting into IT. Just passed the first part of my A+. Looking at where I want to take this new journey. Thanks again
I think my mistake in college was thinking I wanted to code. I don't mind the idea, but like him, I can't just sit there and code. I love the physical aspect of things, building and tinkering. I wish I knew about this back then. Though it's not too late to get started.
Really easy explanations. Nice stuff for anyone looking into ICT..if I may, I'd also say that ICT seems to come naturally or rather easier if you have high deductive capabilities...lovely career that leaves you satisfied and challenged
Wow...Man Fabulous job u are doing to make these essential videos tutorials..please keep going would like to have more videos like this...Thank You so much Sir...I really appreciate your all efforts to make these videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH Steve
this setup is very similar to a manufacturing plant IT network. where they have 2 networks 1 for manufacturing & another for Enterprise. all Process control panels are connected to an IDF where the IDF goes back to the Main Core switches where all the servers & PLC's are housed. really similar setup
@@haiderkhawaja7545 thanks for your reply , i am 37 ,but i am in china ,and have not got ccna. chinese edu is very low. i am using vpn . where are you from?
i'm studying for my CCNA and it has been really difficult the further i progress into it because I didn't have a visual or a reference to really visualize how Network Engineers would utilize everything within the CCNA course. This has helped a lot and gave me some inspiration to keep going. Thank you!
Local community colleges, they usually have a degree and or a certificate that teaches stuff you'll find on CCNA, that's why a lot of community college grads in whatever IT associates degree get their CCNA, because they get hands on experience with the stuff because community colleges usually have sever rooms if they have IT degrees. If all else fails, I recommend at least doing a certificate program at the college if they have it, or building a home lab for 200-400 bucks. The college here has a certificate program that does hands on teaching for CCNA.
Hi Steve, awesome setup you have there! Great job! 💪🏼👌💯😎 I just achieved my certification for the CCNA 200-301 (Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions). It's definitely superb to see all of the stuff I learned in the curriculum LIVE in action through your video. I can't wait till I can get my first Network Engineer role and get my hands on some physical equipment! 😁😁
Love it! Hopefully once I get out of the Military I get to do cool work like this. Our jobs all get contracted out so we really don't do anything anymore IT related and just sit around.
Great inspiration! I wish I took up IT sooner rather than later, especially with my dad being a Network Engineer when I was growing up. I feel like I really hampered my ability to grow by not learning then and learning in my late 20's (28).
Yeah man youre not alone,28 here, really wish I would have have gotten into cisco and networking like 10 years ago when shit was still simple and automation hadnt taken off.. Feels like theres so much to learn now in addition to the networking stuff
They didn’t have any type of network centric curriculum available when I was in college and nobody ever told me about certification paths. I found out about all of that after I started my career. (I think I was 25-26). Work hard, take initiative to dive in on projects. Ask lots of questions and don’t settle till you understand. There are a ton of resources for learning cert information out there. Read about the history of the tech you are learning, understanding where it all came from really helped me understand the “why’s” and not just the “what’s” a good narrative is always helpful for memory. Check out the SS7 protocols from way back in the day that were the foundation for packets switching and such. Cool stuff.
Same. I remember spending time in my dad's office in the early nineties when he worked at IBM. I used to just play Wolfenstein and never showed interest. Didn't get into it until my mid thirties. I feel like I wasted so much time!
This is awesome!! Currently I'm a low voltage electrician and I install all these switches and patch panels and racks and run all these cat6 cables to the station, all the backbone fiber. Dress and terminate all these cables in the idf and mdf. Pretty much create the physical layer from ground zero.
I have a love for low voltage, something about the satisfaction of a perfectly organized job when it is completed. I used to love to run my own stuff when a job allowed for it.
Cool video, thanks for sharing. Would you mind saying how many people work in this building? I'm curious to know how many people can be supported with the amount of hardware shown in that data center
@@marcoslightspeed5517 The CCNA is only difficult for those who don’t know the content. If you spend enough time studying each topic and doing labs to ensure that you understanding the content, you will pass. Check out CBT Nuggets, they have one of the best CCNA courses for beginners.
A question about network engineering: I’ve recently applied and passed an interview for a level 6 degree apprenticeship for BT as a network engineer. Ive still got to go to an assessment centre at BT for this apprenticeship but I was wondering if I need to learn how to code because I do not know how to code anything. Will they still accept me even with pretty much zero coding knowledge?
I have CCNP ENCORe 350 - 401 certification from cisco and also a computer science degree from my country but I'm currently living in the USA. I like to hear some advice from you and your viewer on how to start and get better good-salary jobs in the U.S. also I don't want to go to college again. unfortunately, I don't have my past college degree or school diploma as well because of the war that happened to us and the threats that I was faced at the time. I just left them behind. I'm looking for a shorter path to verify and evaluate my skills for the U.S standards and etc. please share your advice. what would you do in this kind of situation Thanks :
i've now been working in the networking-field for 10yrs and there is never a boring day. come join the fun and money
How do you become one? Im working towards CCNA but it seems like every job requires a degree or previous experience working with networks
@@thyatiran Same thing you're doing now. i took selfstudy CCNA then i went all in continued on CCNP R&S (now enterprise) then went looking for any network related job to get experience. Keep in mind that networking is a growing industry and they may want someone with a degree. a certified technician is someone they can put to work immediately and be valueable for the company from the first day. Doubt will only lead to failure!
@@svensubunitnillson1568 how difficult will network engineering be for someone with average Intelligence like a C student.
@@marcoslightspeed5517 i dont think its that much about intelligence but rather the ability to remember lots of facts and concepts. persistance and patience when starting out is more important. if you love doing the labs and get a kick out of learning how the internet works this is the job for you. It gets more fun the more you learn. the tools we have now with virtualised routers and switches makes it easy to start learning valuable skills right away. it will be alot of reading and learning subnetting etc. but if you persist you will do great. dont give up and you have yourself a VERY bright future in this field
@@svensubunitnillson1568 hey so I’m graduating soon from HS soon and I want to do something in the tech field. I was looking at Networking Architecture but it said that you can’t be one coming out of school you have to have years of experience. So I wanted to ask which way is the best way to go and is bachelors degree enough ?
The way he smiles when he talks about designing everything warms my heart.
This is what I want to do after the military. I love the mix of desk work and physical hardware. I love using my hands and being on the computer. It also helps me understand what I'm interacting with since I can both physically see it and virtually manipulate it. This makes me excited.
@@TV-nv8qq I actually have a cert in C++ so I do have some programming experience. I just haven't used it in ages so I'll probably need to brush up. I still understand the basic concept though.
@@TV-nv8qqCan you elaborate more on this ? Thanks
Imma 25B, tryna get into the same field. I only have sec+ though, going for that net+ or ccna soon.
@@KeaneCabrerai'm the marine corps equivalent of a 25S, hoping to get into the same thing, unfortunately there's only a limited amount of stuff in satcom that translates so i'm trying to get certs
That’s why I like networking. I don’t like sitting behind a desk all day, and I like working with my hands.
I’m studying for my CCNA and it’s really nice to see concept of network architecture in real world, core, distribution and access switches and how they connect. Thanks for sharing this.
This was awesome! Thanks so much for giving us a tour and showing us some of the tech and infrastructure 🙂
Awesome! Thank you for the tour!!!
Just a bit of real world experience. If you want to make 6+ figures as a network engineer you need a CCNA, CCNP is much more desired though. You will also NEED a security+ certification and DOD clearance if you want to get on military contracting opportunities. There are many long term contracts that are looking for experienced SME technicians paying upward of 160k if you have everything from routing and switching, satellite, VoIP etc. If your just getting started out of help desk or Feild tech, only expect 60-82k even in high paying cities. Get the experience and keep on climbing!
I got this job at this IT company as a “ Cable technician” and my job is only pulling dead cables but idk if I want to move up more in IT or pursue something else. I was overwhelmed at first when I stepped into a data center. I just want to make good money but don’t want to hate my life either.
@@quantum0151How much are they paying for a cable tech ?
@@obijuankenobi420 if you have no experience then they’ll start you off at $16-17. If you have somewhat experience or know the environment then $18. Once you move up a little more you’ll become a tech and make around $22-25. It’s not really a lot but that’s why I’m trying to figure out the route I want to take for my career. I have a good boss who makes 100K a year and he’s a “ Data center senior analyst” he gets payed a lot because he’s been there for 17yrs and he has a passion for IT. I’m barely on the surface of IT as a cable technician and I’m learning from him. I want to make good money tho. I don’t wanna waste 5yrs just to make 60K a year.
Thank you, I appreciate the information.
@@trask9100 Lucky person and that's awesome.
Those network racks look so well put together & carefully thought out. I'm excited for my field of choice in Computer Security & Networking!
So great! Thanks for this. Been in IT for a few years but at a small location and seeing this is so awesome.
Thanks for the inspiration. When I first stepped foot into a data center with very limited knowledge of everything, I was overwhelmed. Now that I have a CCNA and wanna pursue a career in networking, I can't wait to get into a DC so that many of the things I learned would make sense to me practically.
thank you for actually showing us what you do & explaining it
Cool office there. I really like the warm woods with some modern pieces in the ceiling; not like some sterile office enviroments I have seen most tech centers have. Lastly, thanks for this vid, it's helped me choose which direction of IT I have been looking to go into.
Great day in the life.... actually showing you doing the work 💪🏽
Awesome video. This is exactly what I want in my career. So glad to see my guy find his passion in tech!
Feel exciting to see all the switches. Thanks for sharing!
I love this! I am in my second year of cybersecurity and have had a lot of network classes and your design sounds a lot like a hierarchy model in a way. I could be wrong I am new.
i like watching lil day in the life vids of positions that keep things runnin. I could never mess with networking stuff, too confusing, so thanks to everyone who keeps them up.
Thankyou for your time.
This is crazy, I’ve been studying for my A+ changing careers, and a few months ago everything he said would have sounded like Chinese. Really liking networking so far
that was a great video. thanks man. your excitement shines through
Awesome setup you have there. Thanks for sharing. Currently training to also be a network engineer. 👍
Great video! Great details as well as you can tell he loves what he does!
Thanks for the video. Passed my CCNA 3 weeks ago.
Thank you for sharing this. I have always been intrigued and curious about networking and all that goes into it. Thanks again!
Great stuff, man. Thanks for the tour.
Thanks for the video. Just retired from law enforcement. Getting into IT. Just passed the first part of my A+. Looking at where I want to take this new journey. Thanks again
As a technologist get the ccna
The comptia certs are very broad and will get you a ok salary CCNA gets you ready for a career and will get you out of poverty
@@davei2938 thanks so much for your help. I hear the CCNA is difficult but I appreciate your help.
While the CompTia certs are good, I agree with the rest. If you can, get your Cisco certifications.
The A+ is fantastic as a foundation good job passing one of the exams!
I think my mistake in college was thinking I wanted to code. I don't mind the idea, but like him, I can't just sit there and code. I love the physical aspect of things, building and tinkering. I wish I knew about this back then. Though it's not too late to get started.
The kind of work environment I love currently doing my Bsc IT and CCNA .I enjoy hands-on stuff
Great video Sir. Much appreciated for your time. Good luck in your future endeavors!
Thank you for making a very realistic and informative video.
Thank you for sharing your system with us, it's very valuable!
I'm also following CCNA right now to become a network engineer one day, your speech and video inspired me lot. Thank you.✌
thank you, very useful information for someone who is planning to study network engineering.
Really easy explanations. Nice stuff for anyone looking into ICT..if I may, I'd also say that ICT seems to come naturally or rather easier if you have high deductive capabilities...lovely career that leaves you satisfied and challenged
Wow...Man Fabulous job u are doing to make these essential videos tutorials..please keep going would like to have more videos like this...Thank You so much Sir...I really appreciate your all efforts to make these videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH Steve
Awesome, more and more I'm loving this field.
this setup is very similar to a manufacturing plant IT network. where they have 2 networks 1 for manufacturing & another for Enterprise. all Process control panels are connected to an IDF where the IDF goes back to the Main Core switches where all the servers & PLC's are housed. really similar setup
Awesome video. Thank you!
Thanks brother, love from heart.
I will get there soon! Thanks sir
Wow🤩that was so cool! Can’t wait to work with the networking team
Fantastic job, everything looks beautiful! I'm sure the end users must be ecstatic with the bandwidth too.
Easy to understand and best explanation videos i watched so far
i can feel the passion spilling out :D
Thanks !
Such a great guiding! Thank you sir
MDF stands for Main Distribution Frame and IDF stands for Independent Distribution Frame.
New subscriber here! Keep it up boss man. I’m currently IT Technician here in texas and working on my first cert CCNA.
This is very sophisticated design good work
Great video. I’m studying for my CCNA. it was good to see all the hardware in a working environment.
me too
@@haiderkhawaja7545 hello ,how old are you? have you got ccna ?
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@@haiderkhawaja7545 thanks for your reply , i am 37 ,but i am in china ,and have not got ccna. chinese edu is very low. i am using vpn . where are you from?
Also studying ccna. I’m in month 4 now and studying Jeremy It lab. I’m on video 68.
that's impressive bro, I love your network, dope
Very inspiring. Keep it up
wow, loved the video.
Excellent video, keep w the good work
Nice to see someone take pride in their work
Thanks for this video!
May God bless you! This video is clutch for me ATM. Hope you are winning 🙏🏾
Great video
Thank you for this video!
more videos like this please!!!
Thank you for the video this was very helpful.
i'm studying for my CCNA and it has been really difficult the further i progress into it because I didn't have a visual or a reference to really visualize how Network Engineers would utilize everything within the CCNA course. This has helped a lot and gave me some inspiration to keep going. Thank you!
Local community colleges, they usually have a degree and or a certificate that teaches stuff you'll find on CCNA, that's why a lot of community college grads in whatever IT associates degree get their CCNA, because they get hands on experience with the stuff because community colleges usually have sever rooms if they have IT degrees. If all else fails, I recommend at least doing a certificate program at the college if they have it, or building a home lab for 200-400 bucks. The college here has a certificate program that does hands on teaching for CCNA.
Awesome video. 👌
You did a good job and you’re a cool guy.
Thank for this video to show real-time video I want
Hi Steve, awesome setup you have there! Great job! 💪🏼👌💯😎
I just achieved my certification for the CCNA 200-301 (Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions). It's definitely superb to see all of the stuff I learned in the curriculum LIVE in action through your video. I can't wait till I can get my first Network Engineer role and get my hands on some physical equipment! 😁😁
What should be the first thing to get into to be Network engineer. CCNA?
Love it! Hopefully once I get out of the Military I get to do cool work like this. Our jobs all get contracted out so we really don't do anything anymore IT related and just sit around.
You Are great Sir
Nice explanation of networking devices
Thank you for this
Good video !
Thanks for showing us all this. What certifacations do u reccomend to step into it?
Thank you very informative site survey
Cisco, PA and Forescout in one rack, is this a dream?!
I want this for myself. I just enrolled in for network specialist. Once I'm in the field I'll go back to school for Network Engineering
no cap the IT community is the best group of ppl i came across on the internet.
Thanks sir. 😊 nic office..
Great inspiration! I wish I took up IT sooner rather than later, especially with my dad being a Network Engineer when I was growing up. I feel like I really hampered my ability to grow by not learning then and learning in my late 20's (28).
It’s doable just don’t give up. I didn’t start learning that and programming till 26-28. Also, python is really fun to learn
I feel the same way. Im 33 and learning. Had i learned this right out of highschool I'd probably be some highly laid IT pro by now
Yeah man youre not alone,28 here, really wish I would have have gotten into cisco and networking like 10 years ago when shit was still simple and automation hadnt taken off.. Feels like theres so much to learn now in addition to the networking stuff
They didn’t have any type of network centric curriculum available when I was in college and nobody ever told me about certification paths. I found out about all of that after I started my career. (I think I was 25-26). Work hard, take initiative to dive in on projects. Ask lots of questions and don’t settle till you understand. There are a ton of resources for learning cert information out there. Read about the history of the tech you are learning, understanding where it all came from really helped me understand the “why’s” and not just the “what’s” a good narrative is always helpful for memory. Check out the SS7 protocols from way back in the day that were the foundation for packets switching and such. Cool stuff.
Same. I remember spending time in my dad's office in the early nineties when he worked at IBM. I used to just play Wolfenstein and never showed interest.
Didn't get into it until my mid thirties. I feel like I wasted so much time!
Great video! Best practice design of corporate office. Btw, any job position opening?😄
wow i loved the environment
MDF and IDF: Main Distribution Frame / Intermediate Distribution Frame
Love your videos and do you have a certain pathway for us fresh graduates to the network engineer path? especially for remote works?
3:30 Awesome explained. Sir why every corporate always aggregate connection cable in server room?
Love it thank you
4:35 - ahhh that beautiful sound of server and switch fans blaring away; the MDF is my place of peace.
This is awesome!! Currently I'm a low voltage electrician and I install all these switches and patch panels and racks and run all these cat6 cables to the station, all the backbone fiber. Dress and terminate all these cables in the idf and mdf. Pretty much create the physical layer from ground zero.
I have a love for low voltage, something about the satisfaction of a perfectly organized job when it is completed. I used to love to run my own stuff when a job allowed for it.
At that point your basically just a regular network engineer just not a network architect
Is network engineering a safe job? Is there radiation you get exposed to that could be harmful in the long run?
currently in the same position, I'm curious how things turned out for you?
Cool video, thanks for sharing. Would you mind saying how many people work in this building? I'm curious to know how many people can be supported with the amount of hardware shown in that data center
thank you
wiring is so beautiful
Thank u
Great my brother.I wish to join networking too
That is the main reason why I’m interesting in computer networking technology…cause is not stagnant , you get to be in the field and also in desk
Thxs for the video
Thank you so much for sharing. I’m working towards my CCNA.
How difficult is the ccna
@@marcoslightspeed5517 The CCNA is only difficult for those who don’t know the content. If you spend enough time studying each topic and doing labs to ensure that you understanding the content, you will pass. Check out CBT Nuggets, they have one of the best CCNA courses for beginners.
@@david57989 OK cool, thanks 👍🏾
@@david57989 also I'm a C student, will that limit me in any way even if I put in the right time.?
@@marcoslightspeed5517 No. Anything is possible if you believe and work hard towards it.
This is dope
thanks man
Very informative
A question about network engineering:
I’ve recently applied and passed an interview for a level 6 degree apprenticeship for BT as a network engineer. Ive still got to go to an assessment centre at BT for this apprenticeship but I was wondering if I need to learn how to code because I do not know how to code anything. Will they still accept me even with pretty much zero coding knowledge?
I have CCNP ENCORe 350 - 401 certification from cisco and also a computer science degree from my country but I'm currently living in the USA. I like to hear some advice from you and your viewer on how to start and get better good-salary jobs in the U.S. also I don't want to go to college again. unfortunately, I don't have my past college degree or school diploma as well because of the war that happened to us and the threats that I was faced at the time. I just left them behind. I'm looking for a shorter path to verify and evaluate my skills for the U.S standards and etc.
please share your advice. what would you do in this kind of situation Thanks :
Very nice networking infrastructure
Thanks, Steve! But how to get started and become like you? By a degree or certification? Which ones are still worth it?