The Impact of DevNet on Network Design with Stuart Clark – ZNDP 068

Stuart is a Developer and Automation master! He focuses most of his free time on giving back to this amazing community of ours. As a result, he can normally be found writing blog posts, mentoring other professionals, and joining other experts on Webinars and online forums. In fact, he has been on a number of Zigbit Webinars for the last 6 months. For instance, the latest Webinar he has been on was the “CCDE or Evolving Technologies…What should you do?” Webinar. When he is not giving back to this outstanding community, he can be found playing his guitar and listening to some Metal music with his beard!

Stuart has been in numerous roles within Network Engineering. For instance, he has been a Network Engineer, a Network Designer, and is now focused on Automation and Programmability. Because of his time in each of these roles, he has a ton of experience, perspectives, and insights on Network Design, and being a Network Engineer today. Hear all about them in this episode, including all about the impact of DevNet on Network Design and all of the Network Design Decisions we have to make! Here we go!

Today’s Guest

Stuart is a Technical Leader / Developer Advocate at Cisco DevNet, where he focuses on network automation and the developer experience for engineers, partners working with network automation, and DevNet. Prior to joining Cisco DevNet, he worked in a variety of roles ranging from Network Engineer to Network Architect for Cisco.

How to stay connected with Stuart Clark!

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigevilbeard
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuarteclark/
• Cisco Blogs: https://blogs.cisco.com/author/stuartclark

You’ll Learn

• How did DevNet and DevOps change your mindset?
• How did DevNet and DevOps make you more successful?
• What would you recommend to someone, like myself, who hasn’t started down the DevNet journey just yet?
• We talk about automation and programmability so much these days, can you provide some example use cases in your experiences how leveraging these capabilities directly increased business success?
• There is this myth that I hear all of the time, that we are automating ourselves out of a job. What is your view of this myth and what recommendations would you provide people that have this myth?
• When we Design Networks today, how can we leverage DevNet and DevOps to ensure business success?
• What’s the Impact of DevNet on Network Design?
• What’s the Impact of DevOps on Network Design?
• Can you provide some monetary examples of how the impact of DevNet on Network Design directly increased cost savings, both OPEX and CAPEX?
• What are some changes to a business’s workflow with the adoption of DevOps and DevNet?
• Let’s talk about Troop Multiplier, how has DevNet and DevOps elevated this conversation within customers today?
• When starting out in DevNet and DevOps, should I attempt to automate everything?
• What part of the band does your beard play in?
• What is your single recommendation to someone right now starting out with Devnet and DevOps?

Resources

• Stuarts Cisco Blogs
• Zigbits Monthly Giveaway
• Cisco Live On-Demand Videos
• Cisco Validated Designs
• Zigbits Network Design Pillar Page
• Cisco DevNet Sandbox
• Zigbits Demystifying The Roles Pillar Page
• Zigbits Network Design Course Weekly Status Emails

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