I am simply thrilled to introduce my former SE manager from Cisco, Rusty Heird. He has one of the lowest CCIE numbers I’ve seen at #1753 in R&S for 20 years and was great mentor to me helping me push myself to always grow. I can’t wait to dive into his past and current projects and gather his thoughts on what it takes to become a rockstar SE on his team and what he looks for when recruiting for top talent and more!   Sponsor: www.zerotoEngineer.com - Level up and become a full stack network engineer!   Your favorite quote? Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison   Favorite Tool or Application? Pomodoro Technique   6 Steps to Troubleshoot a Network

1. Dont panic
2. Get the right resources engaged
3. What was the last thing that changed?
4. Get the Data that you can (Layer 1-3)
5. Learning when to escalate
6. Was this a process problem? How do we avoid this?

  Favorite Book: Strength Finders 2.0 https://www.amazon.com/StrengthsFinder-2-0-Tom-Rath/dp/159562015X   What is a Vampire Tap? A vampire tap is a connection to a coaxial cable in which a hole is drilled through the outer shield of the cable so that a clamp can be connected to the inner conductor of the cable. A vampire tap is used to connect each device to Thicknet coaxial cable in the bus topology of an Ethernet 10BASE-T local area network.