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At that time, ignorant into the network industry, did not think carefully to enter the industry, as the saying goes, a good network as deep as the sea, since then the backpack does not leave the body.

The legendary network engineer is a group of techies who go out day and night in shirts, jeans, sneakers and black bags, wandering around the computer rooms every dark.

After all, legends are legends, and network engineers in reality are divided into sales and after-sales like other industries. But network engineers have more pre-sales direction, what is pre-sales? Pre-sale is the sale that understands the technology. Customers have not yet purchased network equipment, provide solutions before sales, and provide quotations for sales. As the saying goes, dig a hole before sale and fill it after sale. Often before the sale of the function is very strong, after-sale hard to complete the demand.

Most of the students who have just entered the network industry start from after-sale, and when they are free, they will write about the pre-sale and sales sector. next, we will talk about the classification of after-sales in detail.

1. Network administrator (network manager)

1.1 Private enterprise network management

Network administrator, also known as desktop operation and maintenance (network management), network management to maintain the company's internal network, often have to do in addition to the network: reinstall windows system, maintain CRM system, maintain ERP, carry equipment, pull telephone lines, etc., any live equipment can not run away. When I was a network manager, the leader liked to ask me to fix the computer crazily. The network manager is usually relaxed and happy, go to work to visit Taobao, talk about life, life is very comfortable.

In many cases, the network management of private enterprises does not have high technical requirements, and they go to work relatively stably in and out of various buildings, from the bottom to the recent graduates, up to 10 years after graduation. The low salary of private enterprise network management and the small space for development are the problems that private enterprise network management is facing.

Conclusion: recent graduates do not have the corresponding vocational skills, if they have CCNA and the above theoretical basis is more popular, they can enter the private enterprise network management enough food and clothing, but the private enterprise network management time should not be more than 2 years.

1.2 computer room network monitoring

Computer room network monitoring is called IDC computer room operation and maintenance, this job is quite simple and unskilled, and the network equipment error reporting system will automatically prompt you. At this time, you will call the corresponding maintenance personnel for door-to-door maintenance, and the IDC computer room needs 7x24 hours to be monitored all the time, so this work requires three shifts and has to stay overnight several times a week.

The operation and maintenance of IDC computer room has few requirements for technology and ability, and the place of work is relatively stable. Many people who have just graduated or can not find a job can consider it. In many cases, the operation and maintenance of IDC computer room provides maintenance, and there is almost no pressure to read novels, play games and talk about life during office hours.

Many of my former students think that computer room operators can learn other skills when they are free at work, but things often go against one's wishes. Colleagues who work with you play games, read novels and watch movies. Don't think that you have strong willpower and don't gamble on such small probability events. In fact, the most terrible thing about people is the influence given to you by the circles around you. The average salary of your five friends is equal to your salary level.

Conclusion: there are not too many requirements for vocational skills, there is an urgent need to solve the problem of food and clothing personnel, this industry should not be engaged in more than one year.

1.3 State-owned enterprises / institutions

Many network administrators in state-owned enterprises and institutions are called information administrators, who have just entered this line with slight requirements for professional skills, and most of them are mainly supervisors in the later stage. The working hours are relaxed and pleasant, the salary is not high, but the welfare is good.

To enter the profession of information administrator, there are certain thresholds and opportunities, not fully considering technical ability, the main requirements: education, entrance examination, "relatives" relationship, and this is a job that parents do not look at salary. Drink tea at work and supervise the progress of the project.

In fact, life is not so stable, seemingly stable things are often the most fragile, only by constantly improving themselves, continuous learning can get more things they did not dare to think of.

Conclusion: the development of entering this line is slow, the improvement is slow, but stable. If the "relative" is good, you can try to join the profession. There is a saying on this trip that when you retire at 30, you will see your retirement treatment when you are 30. For many people who want to be stable! Steady! Steady! Students can try to join the profession.

1.4 Foreign Enterprises / Internet

The network administrators in foreign enterprises and Internet companies are more demanding, at least the old birds who have been mixed up in this industry for several years. First of all, foreign enterprises have certain requirements for English, at least they can send English e-mails normally, or at least communicate with foreigners in Chinglish, and foreign companies often study the working years of the first few companies. Foreigners should consider your stability and have requirements for learning experience, work experience, academic qualifications and so on. The salary must be not low when it is so difficult to get into. It is true that the salary is good, and the work intensity is not high.

But now foreigners are smarter and engaged in third-party outsourcing like China. The threshold has been lowered a lot, and the money is certainly much less.

Internet companies are now in the limelight, the network administrator treatment is also good, the requirements are also very high, but there are no requirements for English. High requirements for technical ability and learning ability, most jobs can be tried for 3-5 years, and occasionally can be allocated equity, options and so on. Most of the requirements have to be old birds, and there are very few fresh graduates. Do not listen to Internet companies and think that the network is very important, many Internet companies do not have any network management, directly outsource the network to other companies, pay for results.

Conclusion: foreign enterprises and Internet companies are good in network management, earning more and tired, but at least they are much better than those who earn less and tired, and the development is also good, at least there are channels for promotion, the company provides internal training opportunities, for many years CCNP or CCIE want to be stable, want to make money, and have a certain degree of development to enter this line.

1.5 humble opinions of the network management industry

For the above various types of network management, I often come into contact with several types, although network management is not very attractive to me now, but when I was running around 5-7 places to repair computers every day, with a salary of 1350, I feel that the network management industry is all kinds of good, the pay is stable, and the working hours are regular. People often don't know how to look back and see who they are after walking through it. Today, I look back at the network manager and think that I have climbed the foot of the mountain, but maybe I will recall after a few years that I am still at the foot of the mountain.

Finally, is the industry of network engineers really depressed? Why is there so much negative energy on the Internet?

First of all, you have to understand the law of looking up information on the Internet, it is really better to do a certain industry will not post on the network, are secretly making a fortune. And some people post all kinds of black posts online as soon as they encounter problems, and most people like to join in hacking the industry when they see some problems, maybe what they say is true, but in my opinion, this kind of behavior is irresponsible to those students who want to enter the industry. This reminds me of an actress who went to sea, because after her back teeth were blackened, some people of insight jumped out and shouted, "I asked for seed like a dog, but I said I was ugly."

It is true that every kind of work will encounter all kinds of problems at some stage. If we have to take it out of context, there is nothing wrong with it, but these people who have had all kinds of problems will not look back and clarify them after the trough, so looking up the information on the Internet knows how to distinguish what stage problems are, what is vision problems, and what is onlookers. For the network engineer industry, I would like to say a few words, because the entry threshold is low, at least give me food and clothing, food and clothing enough to find a way out of the comfort zone, jump out of the inherent circle, to better development, meet a better self is true. You say that the development of network engineers is not good. I disagree. As long as you really dig deep and do well in an industry, there are a group of people who are as good as you in the circle around you. At this time, you often have different vision and insight, and then consider doing something.

To be a man and do things, if you complain less, think more, and find a group of good people who also have ideals and live for 100 years, it is not in vain to live in the world.

As long as you believe in your heart, you will get it one day. (where the heart goes, where the body goes)

to be continued

My first LIVE will be held in Zhihu at 20:00 on the evening of May 21. The theme is the Advanced Road of Network Engineers. Interested students can attend it through the transmission door: Zhihu Live-a new real-time question and answer.

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