20 Jul
2019
20 Jul
'19
8:52 p.m.
Since most of the new people that I run into on 44Net do not have the same
or better networking background that some of us have, a compelling need
coupled with an explanatory story should be the approach with these newbies.
A step-by-step primer needs to be provided and people to step up as the
mentors for their regions should be the way forward. Just stating that
they are wrong, that things are easier if only they do it this way and
then leave them to their own devices is not conducive to building up the
ranks of networking savvy colleagues. We will all get older and die off
before we get any to replace us if we keep going in this direction.
On 7/20/2019 3:40 PM, Rob Janssen via 44Net wrote:
Well, I think there are enough examples of how to do
it (also already
doing it within AMPRnet),
lots of people who can contribute knowledge and will volunteer to help,
the only thing we lack
here in this group is someone (with the appropriate authority) who says
"Lets' do that!" and
gets everyone moving.
That is why these discussions usually go on for a couple of days here,
then die out, and
nothing ever changes. We are still running the same system as 25 years
ago, with only
the addition of RIP auto route distribution.
This gets worse over time, as those who would like to change things see
this and leave, and
in the end we only have a number of old hats left who don't change
anything.
That does not improve our reputation... sometimes newcomers ask "why do
we use that
method when it is so difficult to implement and it can all be done so
much easier", and the
only response can be "don't ask...".
Rob
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