#43: Ivan Pepelnjak 1: 2019 CCNA future? Ivan Pepelnjak: The straight talking genius tells us what's important! CCNA | SDN

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