Love a Career in Telecoms. Since 2007.
Glorytech have a LiFi device which is somewhat similar to a WiFi router, but it uses the visible light part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
The Glorytech LiFi router uses Power over Ethernet #POE, serves up to 16 users, and sells for about USD200.
I spoke with Roland about the LiFi router and also got some advice for his younger self.
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My friend Wade Sarver recently blogged about the challenges of large projects. (I’ll link to it in the comments.) His article reminded me of the many Greenfield implementations I’ve done.
A hectic start-up pace, foreign environments, and a team of expats invariably leads to stories. One job was bogged down in internal politics. My company came in with a plan to launch in less than 6 months.
Late Friday night the Tech team were working on the switch interface for billing. This was before TCP/IP had become the de facto standard. IIRC we were tunneling TCP/IP through X.25.
Suddenly all connectivity was lost. We determined the problem must be in the nearby data center. Several of us piled into a car and drove there.
When we arrived our suspicions were confirmed. The problem was in fact in the data center.
A janitor had unplugged AC power to the primary router to power his rotary floor polisher.
We helped him finish up then reconnected our router. D’oh!
After that, we re-designed an #HSRP routing solution including -48v redundant DC power.
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I wrote earlier (https://lnkd.in/f7Wawvp) that my career took off when I started focusing on Cost Containment and sharing the results.
Put another way, when I combined my expertise in Telecoms Technology with a little awareness of Finance and of Marketing, good things happened.
The important thing for Telecom Pros to learn is that you can’t be a one trick pony. You cannot have a greater impact if you focus exclusively on your tech.
You must complement your technical expertise with other disciplines that are relevant to the business. Marketing skills can spread your message.
But this is hard for hardcore techies. Ever notice how few technologists actively comment on technology-related updates? Have you engaged?
One explanation for low engagement could be that engagement is a skill more common to Marketers than to Technologists.
To increase your impact, you must augment your Tech skills.
Join the conversation! Leave your comfort zone. Engage with the world. Marketing is not a 4-letter word. Stretch! Grow!
What have you done today to move out of your comfort zone? Leave me a comment.
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PTC19 is this week and I’ve just secured the opportunity to go.
Leave me a message if you’ll attend, too. We might be able to meet.
If you have a question you’d like to ask PTC participants leave it in a comment, I’ll try to get an answer.
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The experience section of your profile is the most like a resume or CV. The goal is to match in searches.
To match in more searches, use vendor names, equipment models, software titles, business processes, management theories, etc. Add anything which might be searched for on LinkedIn.
Use terms relevant to you, such as RAN Tower OSP NOC OMC NMC Core EPC Linux fiber mmWave. Use of acronyms is OTT in Telecoms, so there is no way for me to list them all.
Don’t bother listing your responsibilities, those can be guessed from your job title. Instead, list your contributions.
Write what you did, how you helped, what you accomplished, projects you completed. Try to anticipate the question “what impact did you have?” Write about what you did.
If can quantify the contributions, even better.
Leave me a comment about your experience.
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