I am NOT a networker (yet) and some of the terminology written here is beyond me...( SDN?)...HOWEVER, as a sometime Mainframe Tech I have discovered that the programmer mindset is to be desired practically everywhere. I began my career in IT as a programmer and the training was VERY rigorous. The mindset associated with programming is very useful in the understanding and care and feeding of the Mainframes/servers we all know and love. I recommend that we ALL "keep our hands in" where scripting/programming is concerned. The skill is useful and the thought processes needed to perform the skill(s) can only make ya' better and better! Can you say "cross training"?