Career - Tag - MickoD:> https://modonovan.codeberg.page/ahugo/tags/career/ Career - Tag - MickoD:> Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-gbSat, 14 May 2016 00:18:53 +0100 A (overdue) change of Direction https://modonovan.codeberg.page/ahugo/posts/2016-05-14-a-change-of-direction/ Sat, 14 May 2016 00:18:53 +0100 xxxx https://modonovan.codeberg.page/ahugo/posts/2016-05-14-a-change-of-direction/ All in all I have been working within the same team within BT for about 12 years now. In certain situations this would be a sign of either

  • A lack of motivation to progress your career
  • A real enjoyment and motivation for the current role

In the role that I am in currently it’s not really that simple if I’m honest. This is probably just me trying to defend my position but I have to say I fully believe this statement. You see when you work for a highly technical team in the field of Network Engineering, by necessity the role will be somewhat ever changing due to improvements in technologies. For instance, when I started in the role in 2004 WAN technologies were all about TDM based leased lines or frame relay networks, etc. Whereas today’s WAN technologies can very from using Ethernet delivered MPLS type networks, IP VPN, VxLAN and many more. I guess what I’m saying is that over the passing of time in the role, my learnings have been vast. To that end I haven’t really felt at any time that I was staying stagnant or trapped. The role has seen a progression from junior engineer to subject matter expert/lead engineer.

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