The Push To Make Network Engineering Cool Again
Search Networking, Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
What does it mean to make networking cool again? To most network engineers, it means building awareness about networking and making it more accessible. But there's still work to do.
Most network pros who have been active online have likely seen the hashtag #MakeNetworkingCoolAgain pop up in their social media feeds.
Without network engineering, the internet wouldn't exist or function. From its beginning, the internet revolutionized information sharing and business practices, laying the foundation for new technologies and innovations.
But network engineering has seemingly become less cool or sexy with the growth of cybersecurity, programming and AI -- at least, that's what students or others might think when planning or pivoting in their career journeys. While most network engineers believe that networking has always been cool, the job salaries, marketing pitches and news stories highlight a disconnect between the networking industry and hotter tech industries.