#43: 2019 CCNA future? Ivan Pepelnjak: The straight talking genius tells us what's important!

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? Connect with Ivan: Website: http://bit.ly/2Hci4oL Twitter: https://twitter.com/ioshints LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanpepelnjak/ Connect with David: Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbombal/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal/ Menu: 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 Twitter: twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidbombal/ LinkedinIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal/ #Ansible #CCNA2019 #Python