The Art of Network Engineering
The Art of Network Engineering blends technical insight with real-world stories from engineers, innovators, and IT pros. From data centers on cruise ships to rockets in space, we explore the people, tools, and trends shaping the future of networking, while keeping it authentic, practical, and human.
We tell the human stories behind network engineering so every engineer feels seen, supported, and inspired to grow in a rapidly changing industry.
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- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 184
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Ep 84 – TAC – Technical Attorney Center
In this episode, Lex and Tim talk to Christopher Hart, from Cisco. Christopher was formerly a Cisco TAC Engineer focusing on the Cisco Nexus Data Center Platform, specifically Nexus run…
Ep 83 – Salary Negotiation
In this week’s episode, we bring back two previous guests – Tim McC and Brittany Mussett. The group discusses the art of Salary Negotiation, what has worked for us when previous job off…
Ep 82 – Automate your Network with Itential!
In this episode, we talk to Peter Sprygada. Peter is the VP of Product Management at Itential. Peter shares his career and experience and then, we dive into the Itential Automation Plat…
Ep 81 – Real World Design Discussion
In this episode, A.J. shares some of his experience overhauling IT for a small manufacturing company. Lexie and Andy ask questions and dig deeper into the process of revamping the entir…
Ep 80 – Nick Russo
In this episode, we interview Nick Russo! Nick is a Technical Leader at Cisco, a 2x CCIE in Routing and Switching and Service Provider Networks, as well as his CCDE. Nick is often calle…
Ep 79 – LabEveryDay
In this episode, we speak to Du’An Lightfoot! Du’An has recently moved into a new role as Sr. Developer Advocate for Amazon Web Services. Du’An talks about his time in the military and …
Ep 78 – Time to Move On
In this episode, we talk to Andy about his recent job change, from working as a Network Engineer in FinTech to a Product Manager at Juniper. Andy discusses imposter syndrome and how one…
Ep 77 – New Year, New Goals!
In this episode, A.J. and Tim are joined by Lexie (@TracketPacer) and they discuss their goals for the upcoming year! Hear how each of them goes about goal planning and the goals they’v…
Ep 76 – Deep Dive with Women in Networking
In this episode, women network engineers discuss the current realities for women in the network engineering space: the challenges, the support they’ve received, and how we can continue …
Ep 75 – The Automation Chou’sen one!
In this episode, we interview author Eric Chou. Eric has written one of the most important books in Network Automation – Master Python Networking. Eric shares his career journey which i…
Ep 74 – Holiday Special
The best way to spread some cheer is by recording a podcast for all to hear! Please enjoy our holiday special episode.
You can support the show at https://www.buzzsprout.com/2127872/supp…
Ep 73 – Zeros and Wons
In this week’s episode A.J. and Andy interview David Alicea! While David was exposed to the Cisco Networking Academy at a young age in High School he actually didn’t land in Networking …
Ep 72 – Cooking up a New Career
In this episode, we chat with Chris Randall. Chris was worked as a professional chef for over 13 years and has recently transitioned into a career as a Cloud Consultant. Chris’ work eth…
Ep 71 – Merlin the Auto-Magician
Please note that we had some latency challenges while recording so please excuse us talking over John at times, as well as John’s delayed responses.
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Ep 70 – It’s never too late!
In this, our 70th episode, we interview Chris Denney – a very prominent member of our Discord community! Chris has built an amazing career, and the foundation is his willingness to take…
Ep 69 – Girard Kavelines
In this episode, we interview Girard! Girard was inspired at a young age to fix some broken computers in his basement. His first tech job was in Geek Squad. There he got some essential …
Ep 68 – Cloudy with a Chance of Networking
This week we chat with Eyvonne Sharp! Eyvonne shares how she got her start working at a small ISP in her hometown and how she has progressed throughout her career to land as an Architec…
Ep 67 – The Buzz about NetBeez
This week we are joined by NetBeez CEO Stefano Gridelli! Stefano takes us through his career as a Network Engineer and explains how he identified the need for NetBeez and started creati…
Ep 66 – Cisco Live!!
In this episode, we talk about Cisco Live – aka Nerd Summer Camp! Tim and A.J. share their experiences attending our industry’s largest conference. We highlight reasons to attend, and e…
Ep 65 – Enterprise Network Design
In this episode, the team talks about Enterprise Network Design. We cover a lot – everything from the 3 tiered design and routed vs switch access layer, and they even dip into a little …