Is Networking software development a dead-end job?

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QGPu42

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Jul 14, 2020 32 Comments

Will it be around for long? Will future be about apps and data analyics? #tech #cisco #swe #networkengineer

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  • It’s not dead end but it’s morphed itself into cloud infra engineering. Kubernetes + AWS, Azure and GCP networking with a good bit of systems engineering knowledge is the new network engineering job. What you know is still relevant, but how you use it has changed.
    Jul 14, 2020 2
  • Google
    moseshrute

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    moseshrute
    Look at the pay to experience ratio If it is getting lower, then it means it's going to a dead end job. Do you see college kids who build apps making more than a network engineer with 10yoe? If so then network eng is dying.
    Jul 14, 2020 3
    • Cisco
      _Jane_Doe_

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      _Jane_Doe_
      Don’t take dead literally. Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering jobs are already commoditized. Meaning, they are able to find lot of them and hence pay is low.
      Jul 16, 2020
    • Uber
      djifiejehd

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      djifiejehd
      @Google it all depends on the company... NetEng jobs still pay well but it is MUCH more competitive since there are fewer openings at top tech companies then SWE.
      My TC is the same as SWE and I'm a network engineer
      Jul 24, 2020
  • If you are a really skilled Network engineer, then there's a huge market. If you're a mediocre NWE, it's better to be a mediocre SWE.
    Jul 14, 2020 0
  • Juniper
    LqGp47

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    LqGp47
    Few years back none of the FANG level companies had networking openings except for admin roles. Now I observe all of them are involved in networking and have networking openings. So I would say network software development will always remain critical as it is a infrastructure part of any software company and they will continue to invest to stand out.
    product life cycle in networking is very long as compared to app based products.
    Jul 16, 2020 3
  • AT&T
    lSYj72

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    lSYj72
    Networking will be cheap. Companies don’t make money’s because they have good networks. It’s just an expense for them. I’m moving to AI field.
    Jul 15, 2020 1
    • ViaSat
      LyUh25

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      LyUh25
      service providers sure do. Networks are constantly changing, look at StarLink and 5G. Networking is like plumbing, essential.
      Jul 20, 2020