Lazarus has created a YouTube channel called telecomTech, a place where telecom and networking technologies… are simply explained! Whether you’re a student, a professional growing your skills, or you're preparing for certification exams such as Cisco, Lazarus at telecomTech can help to guide you. Every video is crafted to help you solve real-world challenges with confidence and curiosity. Lazarus explores telecom and networking not just as a profession or a skillset, but as a lifelong passion.

Free Telecom and Networking Professional’s Career Roadmap – a 27-page document designed to help you take your next steps in your career journey:
https://www.telecomtech.io/free/
Lazarus’ YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@telecomTech.explained
Lazarus’ website where in-depth courses will soon be hosted:
https://ww.telecomtech.io

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00:00:00 – Intro
00:02:39 – Who is Lazarus Agapidis?
00:05:00 – Born in Canada, living in Greece
00:05:35 – How did all start?
00:06:21 – Astrophysics at the university
00:06:55 – York university, space communications science
00:07:20 – Telecommunications management, Sheridan
00:08:06 – Start working Sprint Canada
00:08:21 – Voice traffic engineering department
00:08:44 – University of Crete, networking job
00:09:05 – Cisco call manager (CUCM)
00:09:58 – Single Engineer at Municipality of Heraklion
00:11:23 – URBACT
00:12:13 – Founted telecomTech in 2017
00:13:36 – Why always looking for something new?
00:15:30 – 5G training with skillsoft
00:16:53 – When you started with YouTube
00:17:31 – What other videos should people expect?
00:19:15 – What's the catch?
00:19:58 – Soon offering in depth courses
00:21:35 – Telecom u0026 network engineer career roadmap
00:22:38 – Do you have professional experience teaching?
00:23:16 – CCNA instructor certification
00:23:53 – Forum mod at networklessons.com
00:24:12 – Rene Molenaar
00:26:18 – networklessons.com labs
00:27:07 – Skillsoft 5G courses
00:27:58 – Offer other services?
00:28:59 – Writing own articles and ghost writting
00:29:39 – Thoughts on role of traditional network engineer
00:31:57 – Should people start with traditional networking?
00:33:57 – Is configuring via CLI still the norm?
00:38:42 – Advise for people starting in networking?
00:40:46 – Overview: Telecom u0026 Network professional roadmap
00:43:30 – Linkarzu University at 37 years old
00:45:35 – University, certifications, experience graph
00:47:22 – Lazarus Certifications (CCNP u0026 more)
00:48:43 – Do you recommend certifications?
00:50:50 – Thoughts on the CCIE certification?
00:52:18 – When should you get your CCIE?
00:55:09 – Go from CCNA to CCIE?
00:55:48 – Thoughts on COMPTIA certification
00:57:19 – packet tracer, GNS3 or EVE-NG
01:01:29 – Favorite networking vendor, cisco
01:02:00 – Ubiquiti equipment and experience
01:02:56 – Linkarzu multicast over GRE
01:04:46 – Linkarzu route redistribution lab
01:06:11 – We all talk about this to our partners
01:07:22 – Thoughts on MikroTik
01:11:28 – Experience with MikroTik in Enterprise
01:12:24 – Network Monitoring?
01:15:03 – Tools used for monitoring?
01:18:43 – What equipment recommend for small business?
01:20:15 – This episode will be available as a podcast
01:20:49 – Do what you love