What impact is network management automation having on careers?
Moran: Contrary to what some believe, I think network management automation is a good thing for IT pros. Some think automation is taking away jobs. I see it as a way for network professionals to automate away their mundane tasks. If networking professionals can build more standardized and automated networks, they can concentrate on solving the actual user and management level problems within a company. By learning how to automate effectively, an IT pro learns skills that provide user-level automation, and that’s a great overall career strategy. For more information Learn more about IT job trends. Check out our list of dos and don’ts for IT resumes. Are there areas of IT you see disappearing in the foreseeable future? Moran: The vision of a network administrator who can add users, change passwords and move PCs around isn’t so much disappearing, but it is being relegated to a significantly lower spot on the professional totem pole. Technologist jobs morph just like technology does, but p
