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The value of Connectors in the workplace
In Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point [affiliate link] the author identifies key roles that individuals play in spreading knowledge and ideas. Gladwell outlines two key roles, the maven and the connector. The maven is a person who accumulates subject matter expertise and is willing to distribute that knowledge on request. Think of a maven […]
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Invest in great tools for your engineers
Can you remember your last newly hired engineer, all shiny and happy and new? Can you also remember the look on their face when they received their corporate craptop? Or maybe they received a decent laptop, but it came in a ten dollar laptop bag. The tech industry spends a lot of time and effort […]
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Networking Learning Paths – Route/Switch or Speciality Knowledge?
I spent the first ten years of my career in mobile telecoms. I learned a ton of lessons and I really enjoyed it, but I’ve always been drawn to networking. However I wasn’t getting hands-on exposure to data networks in my telco job so I had to teach myself. In 2002 I began the transition […]
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Consider an International Relocation
Over three years ago I saw an opportunity to take an assignment to my company HQ in Seattle. After debating this for some time with my wife we took the plunge and moved to the US. The question is, “was it worth it?”. For me the answer is an overwhelming ‘yes’. I’m moving back to […]
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How much are you worth per hour
[This content was originally published on thenetworksherpa.com] Have you ever sat at your desk repeating the same task again and again, getting that groundhog day feeling. Arrrghhh, this is so inefficient someone should automate this. I could even do it myself with five days of focussed work. Sadly, you don’t have five days and the […]
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Your Company Doesn’t Care About You
Companies are Systems for Making Money We’ve all heard corporate leadership speak about ‘human resources’ and that ‘people are our most important asset’. This is true but the words ‘resource’ and ‘asset’ were carefully chosen. A resource is something to be mined for value. Please don’t be fooled into thinking that your company cares […]
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Build a Career with Relationships
Your job hunt traditionally starts with websites like monster.com or dice.com. However, some surveys suggest that between 70 to 80 percent of jobs are found through personal contacts and relationships. So why not spend your efforts building your relationships instead of surfing jobs sites? I can sense some of you getting uncomfortable already. Dont worry, […]
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Tough Questions To Ask Network Vendors When Evaluating Products
Introduction In my previous post, I proposed investing in careful planning to extract the maximum value from your vendor meeting. But what happens when the presentation begins? In this post, I’ll outline a few high-level questions and lots of in-depth questions to help you get a better understanding of the ‘real’ product that’s being sold. High-level […]
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Extracting The Most Value From Network Vendor Presentations
Vendors love nothing more than getting in front of their customers and talking about their products. You’ll always learn something from a presentation, but mostly they are an exercise in death-by-powerpoint. In this post, I’ll provide some some tips on getting the most from your time in these presentations. Vendor presentations can be really informative […]
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