Watch and learn. So many truths shared in this video. A very big thank you to Cisco for sponsoring my Cisco Live trip and this video. // Fletcher's Social // LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fletcherprevin Twitter: twitter.com/fletcherprevin Cisco Newsroom: newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/executives/fletcher-previn.html // David's SOCIAL // Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Twitter: twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: instagram.com/davidbombal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal Facebook: facebook.com/davidbombal.co TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal KZread: kzread.info // MENU // 00:00 - I'm unqualified for every job 00:33 - SVP & CIO Fletcher Previn's background 03:24 - "Tech is a difficult job" 04:42 - What does a CIO do? 06:02 - What employers look for when hiring? 07:14 - Dealing with Imposter Syndrome 08:01 - Should I still apply when I don't meet all the requirements? 09:10 - Explaining the Dunning-Kruger effect 09:45 - Moving from a technical role to management 12:52 - Cisco products 13:48 - Directional vision for Cisco's networks 14:52 - Infrastructure 15:58 - Cisco defending against hackers 16:47 - Attack surface of the environment has changed with hybrid work 17:57 - What to expect for the future in tech? 19:00 - Reason why the adoption of AI is slow 19:34 - Mastery of language is the next frontier of AI 19:46 - Ai Infrastructure providers 21:15 - Networking is not dying 22:01 - Advice for your younger-self // Conclusion 22:56 - Conclusion

@Hartley94

Жыл бұрын

Unqualified must never be a thought 💯

@AhmedGalal-sl3ww

Жыл бұрын

Is there a way to detect accurate location of mobile device (GPS location ) without permission of the target person to allow share his location ? Is there a way or not ?

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@vangjelmandri8952

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Thank you 😊

Жыл бұрын

👏

@0R1sk

Жыл бұрын

🎉🎉🎉 Thank you Máster. Thank you for Sharing 🎉🎉🎉

@steffets32

Жыл бұрын

Thank you David! You are the greatest IT KZreadr I know. Of course, The Network Chuck is good too, but I like your way of presenting and explaining things. Thank you for this course also! For everyone there, this was really 100% free of charge.

@justinstarr9504

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

6 months ago I deleted all social media apps, unsubscribed from gaming channels on KZread, deleted streaming apps on my TV, put my head down and hit the grind. Since subscribing and watching your videos David, I’ve obtained CompTIA Security+ currently working on CISSP. I cannot stress enough the importance of improving on yourself every single day!

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Huge congratulations!!! Agreed. 1% improvement every day makes a huge difference!

@Idle125

Жыл бұрын

Agreeing This is the best approach if you want to make a difference in the job market I even set up a different KZread canal where I am watching only tech stuff

@shinakuma1779

Жыл бұрын

@@davidbombalCan you speak on the CISSP? You can't actually be a certified CISSP without 5 years of work experience, you would be considered an associate.

The trick is getting in the door. I've applied to several jobs at Cisco, they just kept sending me emails of "are you still interested in this position?" For about 6 months, before ultimately closing the position. It's not as easy as "have a can do attitude", there are so many hoops you have to jump through before you can even present yourself as such

@drooplug

Жыл бұрын

There is a long requirement list in those job ads. You'll have to meet them before this guy will even consider your attitude.

@carsonjamesiv2512

Жыл бұрын

Good Points.👍

@cipher3966

Жыл бұрын

@@drooplug This has been my problem for years

@Tehzii

Жыл бұрын

You needed to sell it boys! Figure out a context that makes you appear different from the rest of the black and white cookie cutter transcripts

@shishsquared

Жыл бұрын

@@Tehzii let me guess. You haven't been a job seeker in the last little while, have you? The market is completely crazy. It took me 10 months, searching HCoL and LCoL areas, with an in demand degree to find a job.

“You wanna work with Patriots not Mercenaries”. Wow, such great advice. Will definitely be applying that mindset towards my first InfoSec job

Thank you David for always motivating and encouraging us to strive for excellence. Blessings!!

"I've been unqualified for every job I ever had." As someone who is transitioning from sales to cybersecurity, and seeing the experience recruiters ask despite having none; this gives me a sense of hope.

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

I asked this question especially because a lot of people tell me they don't apply for a job unless they meet all the requirements. Don't make that mistake.

@Mr.Coffee576

Жыл бұрын

​@@davidbombalI wish someone told me that sooner. Because I wasted a lot of time making that mistake. But better late than never, right ?

@mistacoolie8481

Жыл бұрын

@@davidbombal agreed! 100% I've always taken the leap.

@NANa-nz2pz

Жыл бұрын

@@davidbombalthank you Davied for that. I been struggling and I heard overqualified more than you could ever imagine. What can I do in addition, can we see someone talking about tips and tricks for newbies in cyber world

@k-c

Жыл бұрын

He just told his profile, most of it went over my head, he is clearly a very qualified person but being very humble.

I remember being so excited as some "experts" were coming from the US to help out on a project. I thought ,great, I will pick their brains for all the technical questions I had about my part of the project. Furthermore, I remember peppering them with all these questions but soon realised they didn't have a clue, let alone a solution. I then knew the term "expert" is applied way too liberally. From then on when ever I was introduced as an "expert" I would tell the audience I'm not, but I have met experts. That's not to say I haven't been very impressed by the technical ability and intelligence of some of my fellow workers. I have always tried to use such people as a trusted resource. I worked in IT for nearly 40 years and have often joked they pay me to do my hobby. The old saying "do what you love and never work a day in your life".

Another key to getting a job in IT is talking techno talk. Practice talking using the key words. The infrastructure as goal is the key, include a subscription, to the cloud based application service, ensuring the innovative, transformation with the use of Ai, to leverage connectivity, the outcome being empowering the virtual input and value-added, experience to seamlessly ensure the end user experience. Reinvented.

Always so refreshing to hear you speak on this topic David. Thank you as always my friend! As a Senior Engineer I try to explain this position as well to everyone I come in contact with.

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!

Very interesting David, great video! I have been unqualified for every job I have ever had as well.

David, this is such a gem. Genuinely need more of this type of content. Very informative and entertaining.

Brilliant work mate you’ve been absolutely killing it this year and they should be chuffed to have you as an ambassador for them given your incredible work on socials. Great stuff.

Thanks for this content, David. Another excellent video.

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😀

There is a lot of value in this interview. Thank you David!

This is what HRs should look for.

Thank you for the technical information. Receiving guests with experience in the field and asking questions as if you know our questions. Since I learn English technical terminology and words from you, Professor. Thank you

Very insightful and inspiring comments. Thanks David! I always look forward to seeing your videos.

Thanks David you are always motivating us to be better!

"We're looking at Patriots, not mercenaries."💯 8:10 "I've been unqualified with every job I ever had."🤯 22:05-22:54 Great wisdom that I can really relate to. 😜 That's #realtalk!

David, this is a great interview, thank you! 👍

Thanks once again David. Keeps me pushing to land my first IT job. Thank you.

Great interview, thank you!

I enjoyed listening & learning from this video...thank you! Great stuff! Keep learning - onward & upward!

really nice discussion 👍💫. Tq david for sharing this

Very interesting and great advice . Thanks for bringing this video David.

As a cybersecurity student and someone who’s obtaining certifications on the side, I suffer badly from imposter syndrome. I always think it’s too early for me to start looking for work because I know nothing, but I’ve been doing nothing BUT learning for the longest time. This video has motivated me to start applying for some entry level roles in IT!

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

It's worth applying and seeing what happens. I really like to learn while being paid - so learn on the job 😀

Really good discussion, I really enjoyed this!

Awesome talk, thank you.

"I was unqualified for every job I ever had," said Fletcher Previn, the son of the famous musician father and actress mother. And we're to believe his parentage had nothing to do with his internship at the Dave Letterman and Conan O'Brien shows while in college and subsequent opportunities from there? Way to bootstrap, lol.

Great chat with great people!

A very enjoyable and informative chat. Cheers David

Interesting. I've just finished my HNC in Cyber Security & Cisco networking was part of that. Being "older" and having a young family I just want a job but I'm under the impression that I need the qualification to get the job I'm interested in. I might just start applying and see what happens.

Informative interview, thanks David:)

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

"We want to work with patriots, not mercenaries" - based. Maybe I'll consider Cisco in the future. Always worried about ESG / SDG. More DD is needed. However, this statement seems promising.

Great interview with lots of takeaways to ponder.

Always enjoying your channel David and all the contents are very educative.

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it 😀

I have done your Wireshark version 4.0, course and I really appreciate your expertise. Thank you 🙏🏽

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Wow this is a very helpful interview. Excellent advice in a very condensed interview. Thanks!

David thank you for that high quality content 🙌🏻 It’s always a pleasure to watch your videos. Btw, does it help the algo when you react fast on the first comments ? 😅

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Not sure - but I like to interact with people who follow me and support me.

You've NAILED it!

Couldn't agree more with "don't do it if you're not passionate". The mental demand on IT guys and Engineers of all sorts is HUGE, if you're not passionate about tech but you try to find work in it, you'll possibly have a bad time. Only exception I can think of is if you land in a company that invests a lot of time and effort into training you.

@smajl2

Жыл бұрын

But companies should invest time and money to train you. Or at least give you space so you can educate yourself. They should not expect that you will do all of that in your free time!

@hoodoooperator.5197

Жыл бұрын

@@smajl2 Completely agree mate. I think larger corporate entities can afford that, but a lot of SME Engineering firms simply don't have the space in their budgets. It's sad.

Thanks David, discussion was informative like always

Wow, love the advice to younger self section...Thank youuuu

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! You're welcome!

شكرا استاذ على مجهوداتك واصل احسن قناة

10/10 interview thanks so much!

😄 great so far

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the video!

i love this motivation David

Great Video

I really love this interview, it inspires me

That was a great interview. There were several great takeaways. I adding this to my watch again playlist.

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Agreed - lots of great truths shared.

Thanks for this video

"Do what you love" is not really an option for a lot of us David. I had to fly away from India and into the US to finally realize that Network Engineering was my thing and I had already gotten a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering at that point. A lot of us pursue science because it's our duty. It pays well. My father always said - When you're rationing food for a day, that's when you know that you need to do whatever it takes to get to the next level.

Thank you

"David" is an innovator in anything he does ! - Thankyou

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! 😀

Andre Previn, one of the best composers ever!!!

Great post, I know what he means. Personally, I've been around since the 80's. My first system was a ZX 80, then an Apple 2e. It's extremely difficult for minorities to get into the field. In any event, great post. (don't want to spam your channel :)

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. You're welcome to share your experience with us.

Quality Content

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@anonymuzz5102

Жыл бұрын

Yeah quality Cisco marketing and fluff talk bs

👍👍

Hi David! Thank you for this video, it’s really great! Could you maybe make a video of the roadmap to SOC analyst for beginners as well, please ? There are so many resources out there, but I don’t even know where to start, so many of them, it confuses which one to grab. Would the CISCO course at skillsforall be a good start? Thank you!

Thanks David

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I like how matter of fact this guy speaks. Instead of technical jargon

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Fantastic to the point advice 😀

I wish there was more industry-recognized standardized training for blockchain and Web3. Over the last 7 years, I have loved and learned as much as I can about blockchain and the digital asset space but I need something professional to put on a resume. In

❤

Nice interview @davidbombal, but respectfully there was one thing that irked me if I'm being honest. There are a lot of people in networking and other areas of tech who either got into it from other lines of work, or moved from a different discipline, and they are quite often not young. So by narrowing the scope of your question around advice to only a "young person", you are alienating everyone else.

TY

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

this was one of your most inpiring videos!

I understand why the cloud is necessary and optimal to use in most businesses today as well as for personal use, but just because on-prem is on the decline doesn’t necessarily mean there’s less ‘premises’ in existence. So I’m not sure how that affects the need for network engineers? I feel as though whether we’re needed or not has not changed, more so where/how we’re needed.

Maybe I'm too young but commodore was way gone when I got my first computer. I think my dad had a 'gateway' ? I grew up in the Get a Dell Dude era... Now the future is Framework.

The job market is incredibly rough right now. People applying about 40% more than last year and nobody getting a job

Cisco is GOLD

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Learning Cisco technologies changed my life. So, I would agree 😀

@dopiaza2006

Жыл бұрын

You certainly need Gold to pay for Cisco exams, even though they're done at home now.

👍

Hie David. Thanks so much for the motivational content. I have a question though. From a student doing a degree in Zimbabwe in telecommunications, having been ccna. Ccnp and ccie certified and CompTIA security+ and isc2 cc certified, is there hope to apply to the united states for cybersecurity roles and or networking roles?

More "you don't need a degree, you don't need certifications" BS from Bombal and company. Unqualified? Apply anyway! Good luck getting past the application tracking software. "Just get in front of the hiring manager" they say. 😂 I love hearing from people who broke into the field at the turn of the century talk about how easy it is! 😂😂😂

@egokenny

Жыл бұрын

Then get your skills up. Sounds like a personal problem. If you lab and display your competence on your resume you can easily get a job.

@ZeddyZed

Жыл бұрын

Curse dem ATS system

@evangriff77

Жыл бұрын

You don’t need a degree or certs. Doesn’t matter how you get your skills, but it’s gonna take years to develop them. If you can’t find an entry level IT help desk job where you’re at, and that’s what you want,.. move. There’s cities where those jobs are abundant. You gotta do what’s necessary

You re doing a very good work of pedogogy in order to make clear for People that the most important is to beleive in them selve a keep enhancing. This Guy is a great example i love his life story thx David

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

I thought his story was great too. Thank you!

The key to getting a IT job is "who you know." Ever notice, that all these senior or high level tech people. If you ask them how they started, the story always goes back like 25 years ago. I started on Apple -2 and, I was hired to sweep the floor, but they need someone to reboot the Apple -2 and now, I am CEO....And, then you ask them how do you get a job. We are hiring, but, we just filled that position, we hired my best buddies, son, we like him, he plays golf with us.

I apply to jobs where I have th emost potential to grow. This means I do not know all sections BUT this does not apply to Firms as they want ALL THAT SKILL NOW

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

I've seen some crazy job requirements. The infamous ones being where they want someone to have 10 years of experience on a product that has only existed for 2 years (or some crazy variation of that story) 😂

I was watching Conan clips before this!

These days though, these companies require all three formal qualifications and that’s why they will always have less skilled developers than the hackers they would never hire. I could never work for these types of corporations. They bore me…they only care about certs and degrees etc. I’d rather do what I do now; find vulnerabilities and sell them to either the company or perhaps an agency. There’s too many stuck up people at places like Cisco…and let us not forget how Cisco helped China develop the Great Firewall of China. So id hardly be proud to work for them.

3:45 I’m really good at watching KZread videos.

How long until these companies are building their own nuclear reactors to power these facilities?

@skaus2184

Жыл бұрын

It's certainly not going to be possible to keep up their power needs using so called "green" technology.

I LOVE YOU VIRUS vs Melissa Virus. Which is the most dangerous? I hope Mr David Bombal make this video.

Hmm, 🤔🤨, imagine Cisco’s own IT Department. Very interesting if they use ANY non-Cisco equipment.!

thank you very much is there a giveaway on ccna or Kevin Wallace lab may be ؟

This man (Fletcher Previn) is really sound.

A million thanks to David Bombal and Chris "The Packet Head" Greer!

After spending the last 2 years in college for software development and business analysis. not gunna lie, my heart sank a little when he said this is the first year he's not saying "software development"

@CallousCoder

Жыл бұрын

That doesn’t mean it’s obsolete. And take it from someone who’s been doing this fulltime for 30 years and been programming for 40. The actual software development part is only 20% of your job maybe 60% as a junior. The other 80% is listening to requirements to developments in the business and coming up with suggestion to provide business value with your product(s). I literally spend 5% of my time coding now. 15% technical design and the rest is getting functional clarity and identifying issues and solving those. So, no worries and if you want guaranteed job also take a very practical elective like welding, or electronics repair or electrical installations. Those jobs never go away.

It's easy for him to say we should not chase salary from the top

First time i'm the first to watch one of your vids

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your support!

Being unqualified is part of being in IT. That’s why our business is so infantile. I’ve studied EE because there was no tradeschool or BSc level CS back in 1990, that was all MSc level. And I didn’t want to study business IT, I’m an engineer. And I’ve ended up as a software architect for medical and power systems (mission critical software), tech lead for security and operating systems and I’ve always felt an imposter. I also don’t do certifications nor do I look for them in people. They are a marketing cash grab and I found that they proof nothing. I had a CSSP at my banking client who literally couldn’t reverse engineer anything and focused on tiny documented theoretical security issues and missed the wide open door in a design gap in a solution 😂We are a weird infantile business and I realized that when I went to IBM and then saw that the small software house I came from doing medical systems was far more mature than IBM will ever be. And that already felt like garage engineering to me. Not at all like me internship at Rohde und Schwarz or designing hardware for researchers in hostile environment like on Antarctica. Product engineering is so much more mature than sheer IT.

What’s something you’ve always wanted to do, but haven’t got around to it yet¿

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Is that a general question or for someone specifically?

Hello

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Hello!

Hey David i am studying ccnp course and aws. Is there another area in technology you recommend?

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Fletcher gives advice in the video. Do what you love (if possible). Cybersecurity is another hot area at the moment.

But how do you get through the filters? Anyone can write anything and send it on the internet and I think the anonymity of it gets a lot of valid applicants rejected. All applications say I have a good attitude, strong passion and am a team player.

when will there be a video with otw ?

Agree with everything said in this interview, except the part about attitude over experience. You need to have the experience to pass HR and automated bots 1st and get an interview with the manager and senior staff to show your "I want to learn attitude" so yea not so sure this advice work in real life unfortunately.

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

Certs and experience get you to the interview, but I agree with Fletcher - I would rather work with someone with the right attitude than someone with lots of experience and a terrible attitude. Some of the most difficult experiences I've had are working with people with a bad attitude - it can poison an entire team and really affect your health. Much better to work with people who have the aptitude to learn something and a great attitude. You can teach technical skills to someone with the right attitude, aptitude for the technology and a hunger to grow. Toxic people can really affect your health however.

@icesky2003

Жыл бұрын

@@davidbombal I also agree with him, I would rather work with somebody with a cool attitude and will to learn than with some ego person for sure. I am just saying that where I live(Ireland) you will rarely get the opportunity to show anything if you do not meet 80% of the requirements from job descriptions, maybe it is just me but that is my experience, I have a cert(CCNA, CompTIA S+, working on OSCP) and working experience in IT for over 6 years(as sysadmin or network engineer) and last year, when I was looking for a job, was super hard to get 1st interview. Anyway great Interview, thank you for reply :)

@smajl2

Жыл бұрын

​@@davidbombalI prefer to work with people with good attitude AND a lot of experience. The problem is that experience gives you a lot of insight, and quite often you are the bad guy with a bad attitude because you are "narrow minded", you are not "agile", you are not *insert whatever current buzz phrase* .... That's exactly when experienced people become the "problem"... Another problem is that many people will look only on attitude and you will end up with people with Dunning Kruger effect. People who have good attitude and will agree with anything just to keep the "good attitude", but they actually don't have experience or knowledge to execute. That's when things actually start to break apart!

@venkatesh4760

Жыл бұрын

@@davidbombal Absolute Truth, Completely agree with you .

Everyone was dissing Bitcoin because of it's energy consumption, but wait till AI takes off😅

What baseline skills are needed for entry/intermediate positions?

@user-yl7je2qz1y

Жыл бұрын

Deangelocrack can help you out okay

@user-yl7je2qz1y

Жыл бұрын

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Who's saying networking is dying?? With the advancement of technology there will always be damand for people who know about networking whether that be on the software side or hardware. Heck, with the machine learning field gaining fast traction it opens us up to alot of security vulnerabilities as well. Recently Microsoft fired alot of folks in their ethics department, which scares me. There's alot we don't know about on how A.I will effect the world, negatively or positively. I know it's a meme that we always talk about robots and terminator. But it is just 1 small misstep away from that becoming a reality and a rude wake up call for humanity

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

I've seen this comment a lot on social media. Hence me asking this question. (I try to ask the questions that I get asked or that I see coming up over and over again).

@Gr33nMamba

Жыл бұрын

No one who actually in the thick of it.

Not first

@davidbombal

Жыл бұрын

😂