• Crow@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Networking has to be the most confusing and tedious IT work I’ve ever done. I still don’t fully understand all the basics of security. But by far the worst part is that troubleshooting can’t be done like normal programming. Network troubleshooting takes forever, and all you get is a working network. Network work feels so dull even I have a hard time seeing my effort.

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      No kidding. There’s no debugger. You can’t just set a breakpoint and see what’s going on under the hood. It’s more like playing Russian roulette and hoping you don’t bring the whole network down.

      It’s messing with the wiring while it’s still hot and there often isn’t a better way to do it.