That is what NetQoS wants to learn.
The network performance management vendor Thursday launched the Network Rockstar Challenge. The online trivia game -- awaiting players http://www.networkrockstarchallenge.com/ -- quizzes players on their high-tech knowledge with questions ranging from what does the acronym ATM stand for to what is the speed of an OC-3 network line. Players nailing seven out of 10 questions sucessfully earn the right to go on tour. Those that fall short get bounced to the alley.
The basic premise of the game has players choosing an online character and fielding questions in rounds. The more rounds won, the higher the status of the player -- who wins the opportunity to change online personas with more points. Players not only participate for fun, they also get a chance to win a Fender electric guitar. And those that land in the top 25 eligible players on the leaderboard each month will receive a Certified Network Rockstar T-shirt.
The Leader in Network Knowledge
Not bad..
Interesting - better to win this than to get a certificate?
And no, even after 30+ years designing and developing network stacks, protocols, etc and supporting anything from start/stop to satellite networks I still think that there are network administrators who are smarter than I am - different skills!
The problem as I see is that remembering even a small part of acronyms, standards, rules, legislation, values, differences in vendor implementation and interpretation of standards/RFCs/etc, different industry methods and requirements, differences in global requirements and definitions, etc is just not possible.
The solution - whatever you do don't be too sure that you know it already even if the answer looks correct, as the carpenters say, measure twice, cut once. Or maybe someone changed the measurement stick since last time you used it?
Remembering acronyms, abbreviations, speed of a physical line or protocol, etc isn't very important! It is important to know what and where to look - nobody knows all, not even just in networks which is much bigger issue than just some Internet, Ethernet, whatever..
They should actually ask what SDLC means - heh?
Great game...
If you don't cut it, check out their vendor-neutral training courses at www.networktraining.com
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