Career Mashing!: Mix It All Together & You Know You Got the Best of Both Worlds!

I looked through the CareerMash website, not expecting to find much answers to the conundrum that is my future. While going through a CareerMash chart, I found a career that seemed to appeal to whatever pre-set personality traits that I could relate to! While I'm not about to vow that this will be the job I'll work towards, it's definitely one that I would have overlooked if I hadn't been on the CareerMash website.

A network manager monitors, operates, protects and provisions networked systems. Some duties they are assigned include keeping the network running smoothly, monitoring the network to spot problems, keeping track of the assignment of resources, performing repairs and upgrades, and configuring network resources to support a given service. Their all around job is to manage the network, to make interacting via technology an easier and more enjoyable process.
A university degree in computer science, information technology or electrical and computer technology is the standard starting point. You can find specialist concentrations within degree programs such as networks and security at the University of Windsor; communications networking at York University; or a networking an IT security stream in information technology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Carleton University and Algonquin College partner to offer a degree and diploma in network technology providing courses and practical experience in such areas as design, IT security, the physics of communications and network simulation and modelling.

Twitterverse network is HUGE.

Bob Shwarz is a blogger who spends his days watching for the network of computers that he manages. In a post he wrote, he shows how the everyday life of a network manager is never boring. His day starts at 4:30 AM and can continue until 8:00 at night. It all depends on the number of problems he finds that day, or what his schedule looks like. He could have anywhere from 10 to 18 hour days, and if a major problem arises, he works around the clock to get the network back on track. 
Since I loved writing a list so much for my last post, I believe I will do so again.


Mellat's Three Rules to Being an Effective Network Manager:

1. Your agenda is your biffle.  Being a network manager requires a lot more time than you can actually log, so find your magic number and increase your productivity by scheduling wisely.
2. Remember food? Yeah, you should eat some. Skipping meals to save time will result with you drooling on your keyboard by the end of the day. To be efficient you have to be conscious, so take care of yourself. Eat your fruits and veggies, kiddies.
3. WORK. Perform a scheduled maintenance, check your uptime monitor, troubleshoot problems, make service changes and do everything your job requires of you. 

Since I'm not affluent in tech-speak, I can't translate all the words I read from the various websites I have been on, reading about network management. While I hope what I wrote was not too much of a regurgitation of those websites, please excuse any, ahem, paragraphs, you've seen elsewhere. Of course, anything taken from other does not belong to me.

Here are some useful links:

CareerMash: Network Management

Bob Schwarz: A Day in the Life of Network Admin