> In my career I’ve met quite a few network engineers who don’t think sufficiently outside the box. They typically say “this is how it’s done, this is how it w

> In my career I’ve met quite a few network engineers who don’t think sufficiently outside the box. They typically say “this is how it’s done, this is how it works.” Completely agree, it is my experience as well. I believe this is because, at last historically, very few network engineers are interested in software. This is slowly changing, but it will take "a generation".