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I've forgotten so much about networking. I just haven't had any need to use the knowledge since I learnt it in university. Back then I borrowed a copy of Tanenb
by cup-of-tea 8y ago
I've forgotten so much about networking. I just haven't had any need to use the knowledge since I learnt it in university. Back then I borrowed a copy of Tanenbaum's Computer Networks and it was great. I considered buying a copy for my bookshelf recently but it's very expensive now.
It makes me sad because when I was younger I seemed to remember everything forever. Now I realise there are large swathes that I've forgotten and most I probably don't even know I've forgotten.
- barking 8y agoThe only consolation is that you'd likely pick it up a lot more quickly now if you return to it.
- scarecrowbob 8y agoWell, another consolation is that if you're forgetting it, you might not be needing it... so it's not so bad to forget some things.
- fhood 8y agoAt least you learned it (and from the same textbook I used in school. Dope!). It seems like a lot of universities treat their networks classes like an afterthought, but it is such a critical part of computation, and an incredible way to learn, and see demonstrated, principles that are far more general than just networks.
- krallja 8y agoI was just thinking last night about how valuable having taken a 200-level Computer Networks class is for me as a DevOps engineer. I use knowledge from that class almost every work day. TCP/IP and sometimes even Ethernet can be used to reason about all sorts of things.