I used to say that Meraki was making me stupid. It was a joke and of course meant as no insult to this company who has afforded me the opportunity to truly work anywhere in the world. Not only that, but the stupidity that I was achieving (point and click networking with smarthands that don't have to be smart)has actually increased my level of networking expertise. Too many times in this industry have I run across those who say they are Network Gods. I have even been guilty of this mentality a time or two. The truth is with the Meraki Dashboard, network admins can learn more than the knowledge they lose from CLI interfaces and console adapters and spending your entire day in a freezing Network room deprived of coffee. Rather than focusing on learning the proper CLI commands, we can spend our time exploring networks and how to improve them. Tool tips are awesome, providing explanations on the outcome of what happens after the click. Just want to say thanks Meraki for making me SIMPLY smarter.
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