Paolo Flores is an Australia-based network engineer who has been in the industry for slightly over a decade. He mainly dabbles in the Network and Security spaces. He considers himself a generalist; a jack-of-all-trades that likes to play around with any new technology. Some may call him a bit of a cowboy, but he just likes to get stuff done! Paolo enjoys life inside and outside of work. He likes basketball, travel, photography, gym, music, and church. He also loves having a laugh with his wife and three children. The views expressed here are not necessarily that of his employer (so don't fire him).
If I had a penny for every time I heard a child say they want to be a CCIE when they grow up, I’d probably be in debt (although now that I have 3 kids, I am). Having a career as a Network Engineer isn’t as glamorous as one would think.