🧠What I Actually Do
"They say the internet is a cloud. I say it's cables, copper, laser and sweat."
I design the invisible.
I build systems that no one sees – but everyone depends on.
I design networks:
From the first patch panel to the final route through firewalls, switches, fibers, and airwaves.
I create the infrastructure that keeps people connected, businesses running, and data flowing.
I'm not just configuring routers.
I'm designing logic, predicting failure, and thinking in latency.
I map out data flows like others design highways – with rules, with flow, with fallback.
My job begins before the cable is laid – and doesn't end until the last packet arrives clean and on time.
I speak protocol like others speak language.
- BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, GRE – I don’t just know them, I use them like tools in a mechanic’s hand.
- I see networks like engineers see bridges – as something that must carry weight, stress, and time.
I tame chaos.
When systems fail, I dig.
Logs, interfaces, ARP tables, kernel messages – that's my battlefield.
I don’t panic. I debug. I troubleshoot. I restore.
I don’t just react – I anticipate.
I secure.
I don’t trust default settings.
I build firewalls that filter noise from necessity.
I believe in least privilege, zero trust, and encrypted everything.
Wireshark is my microscope.
A false positive is not good enough.
I want proof – not assumptions.
I mentor and multiply.
I pass on what I know.
Because good networks don’t scale unless people do.
I’ve trained colleagues, juniors, teams.
I document like I’d want to read it during a 3am incident.
Because one day, someone else will be standing where I stand – and they’ll be better for it.
I never stopped learning.
Technology moves fast – but so do I.
- I renew my Juniper certs regularly.
- I chase CWNP tracks because wireless is the last real frontier.
- I don’t chase titles. I chase understanding.
What I actually do?
I design clarity in a world of complexity.
I connect people, systems, and ideas.
I make things work – quietly, reliably, securely.
I’m not just a network engineer.
I’m a network architect,
a problem solver,
a digital craftsman,
and sometimes,
just a guy in a dark room with too many screens…
keeping the lights on.
"When everything works, nobody calls. That’s the sign I did it right."
— Enrico Aderhold