Why I Might Leave SRE Behind… (ft. Lazarus Agapidis, Network Expert)

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Lazarus Agapidis from @telecomTech.explained is a telecom and networking professional with over 25 years of experience in network design, architecture, and telecom technologies. Over his career, he has led major projects, trained professionals, and helped countless individuals earn certifications and advance their careers. His goal is to make networking and telecom concepts clear, practical, and engaging—the way he wished he was taught when he started learning!

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

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