Opportunities: A pathway to network engineering
A network engineer is a technology professional who is highly skilled in maintaining the connectivity of networks in terms of data, calls, videos and wireless network services. The fundamental goal of a network engineer is to provide maximum network infrastructure, security and performance to the end users. A network engineer is required to have the necessary skills to plan, implement and oversee these computer networks.
It is a very promising career which Payscale concludes generates about an average annual base salary of 700,000 LKR in Sri-Lanka. It is a field that has even more opportunity abroad. Plus it seems it has a higher chance of obtaining PR.
Manishka is someone who took the path less travelled and proceeded to pursue his dreams of becoming a network engineer after doing his London O/Ls. Realising that A/Ls just weren't for him, he researched his way into, in his opinion the best possible way forward to learn network engineering. He enrolled in the Esoft HND in computing which he was allowed to do straightaway thanks to London syllabus and he did it for 2 years. It's somewhat of a common pathway for students doing software engineering and network engineering, up until the point where you choose which you want to continue. From what i hear, network engineering is still a generally less chosen subject by many. However, after finishing up his 2 year HND, he was able to enrol in the one year network engineering degree which he completed by November of 2019 and to provide some context, i was awaiting my first shy results at the time. Only catch is though, it won't be easy. Of what he told me it was clear it's no walk in the park but having survived the storm now, he's years ahead of other people in his field.
What i love about his story is that after his O/Ls, he considered his options and knew that for him, doing A/Ls just wasn't the right move and that he wouldn't get as much as he could out of it, had he pursued. Which truly just would have been a waste of time, effort and potential. Looking back, he says it's the best decision he ever made. And now he's a 20 year old with a degree.
Network engineering seems a very promising field which everyone should keep a lookout for and consider in their options, especially if you're thinking of going abroad.
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