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Building a Career in Networking(2)
Posted Date: 26 Mar 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: Entertainments
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Posted By: Olufemi Member Level: Diamond
Rating:  Points: 5
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Building a successful career in Networking can not be complete without some of the highlighted points below:
Network Coordination and Management
Administrators need to be able to coordinate and monitor network activity. You should never make the mistake that the net admin’s function to solely to install and troubleshoot. You monitor the network, checks users’ activities, and keeps an eye on error logs, as well as other network activities. This requires effective coordination on the part of the administrator. A network professional must notice details, while observing the big picture.
Ability to handle the Stress factor –long hours, nonstop pressure
Successful network administrators have the ability to work well under stress. How motivated are you? How passionate are you about what you do? For many organizations that are dependent on networks, once the network goes down, the business too goes down. Network disruption puts immediate pressure on the network administrator for a swift and effective resolution. You must expect such pressure at anytime.
Network administration also requires long hours on weekends and evenings to sometimes upgrade networks, install patches or to maintain them in an effort to keep them up and running. Most of the time, upgrades and maintenance need to be performed outside normal office hours.
Lifelong Learning
In the fast changing world of IT and computer networking, you need to develop ways of keeping up with tech developments. The IT market changes all the time. What is in demand today may be obsolete tomorrow, especially in IT. This is particularly important in networking with the fast pace of change as evidenced in wireless networking.
Network professionals need to keep up with the changing technologies and must be able to use the most up to date operating systems and hardware.
Communications skills
Good communications skills are particularly important for interacting with users and other IT professionals in the technical team. You may need to work together with users in instances where tech support-networking issues come up.
Other communications may take the form of meetings, where the current state of the network is discussed along with the analysis of any recent issues. In addition, because networks are in a constant state of advancement, new projects and products must be discussed.
Network Knowledge and skills
Just like in other areas of IT, knowledge is key. Every network career starts at the beginning – connecting two computers together to provide service.
You need to have a solid understanding of the network operating systems that are in use, the products with backup capabilities, and adequate knowledge of the products that run on the Network you’re supporting. As well as an understanding of network infrastructure issues, cabling, machine locating, and so on. Some general knowledge of computer hardware is helpful in most organizations.
Network Technologies
Networking offers a diverse range of technologies – Microsoft, UNIX/Linux, Cisco, Novell, etc. The question should not be which network technology is the best, rather it should be which network technology interests you? Companies and individuals have various preferences. Some even combine different technologies. And you find that in networking as in other fields you may have to learn more than one technology.
Not to bore you I have decided to conclude the article in the next post, do watch out for it.
Olufemi
Nigeria
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| Author: Shinu 31 May 2008 | Member Level: Gold Points : 2 | Excellent Details and well written articles always require appreciation. Very Good
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