Author: blambert

The “Novice Threat”?

Novice threat…

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The idea that novice or inexperienced people pose a threat belies the fact that the process to get those individuals to mastery is a very secure method due to the process of passing through those apprentice, novice, journeyman, and master programs. Absent of that, how will one read about it, write about it, talk about it, and do it?

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In IT, certification is insufficient without seat time at the consoles of those tools and devices. The addition of deep problem solving skills and a great deal of experience are the necessary requirements of these complex IT jobs.

For those new to IT, the question is often “How will they get any experience when locked out of job experience?”.

Your thoughts please

NANOG > NewNANOG

November 11, 2021 – Bernard Lambert

The North American Network Operators Group originally came out of Merit University as a function of network study and research. I always found it handy to track Internet core transit problems and solutions. It began over thirty years ago. You can join NANOG lists at https://www.nanog.org/resources/nanog-mailing-list/nanog-mailing-lists/

Back in February 2011 – https://www.merit.edu/news/new-agreement-transfers-nanog-trademark-and-resources/

At this seclists.org you can read all the listserve messages that come from them up to today as well as a wealth of other network operating and security lists. They keep all the messages nicely indexed so you can see what is going on or has gone on in the past.

Another resource for you may be the http://readlist.com lists archives.

Bernard Lambert – November 11, 2021

Your Favorite Monitoring Tool

Network and system gurus I am searching for your favorite tools. Please indicate the most used tool you use in your networked enterprise to do things like monitor addresses, desktops, virtual systems, physical nodes, or network performance.

Please rate the tool 1 (poor) to 3 (best)

Select the cost of your favorite tool.

The Job I Want

With the decades of experience that I have, it is hard to find a contract to perform network or systems work that commands $85 an hour. Please consider these things prior to contacting me:

  • No third party recruiters.
  • All work is contracted either W2 or 1099.
  • Remote work is the only type desired.
  • Equipment can be provided, leased, or sold to customer.
  • All monitoring activities available:
  • zabbix, SolarWinds, Netscout, SOC, NOC, ISE, pandora
  • Firewalls and Load Balancers
  • Palo Alto, F5, Cisco, Checkpoint
  • Scripting bash, powershell, python, ansible, chef, puppet, etc.
  • Orchestration Salt, Ansible, Kubernetes
  • Cloud, hybrid, and captive enterprise systems and networking capable.

Please send your inquiries to System Wrights:

Return To Work?

Bernard Lambert September 12, 2021

What are your main concerns with returning to work while the pandemic rages on?

  • Catching a virus?
  • Giving someone a virus?
  • Bad ventilation on-site?
  • Lack of testing offered or on-site?
  • Mandatory vaccination?
  • Non-mandatory vaccination?
  • Lack of remote work?
  • Poorer wages or rates?
  • Unreasonable/unsafe work conditions?
Pick your topmost issue with returning to work during the pandemic.(required)

Code Monkeys?

Bernard Lambert September 12, 2021

I was approached by an organization to utilize their talented people from elsewhere in the world. Coders were being quoted at eight dollars an hour. It is described as using talent from a place in the world where costs and wages are considerably lower than here in the US.

Every venture entrepreneur wants low development costs. Sometimes this can be overshadowed by low quality. Adjustments are made. Costs rise but eventually fix.

In the meantime I charge eighty-five dollars for every hour I spend on a project. Still, the low-cost seekers call. What happened to stating what you expect to pay somewhere near the beginning of the conversation?