AI Reshapes Networking Jobs And Practices

A networking practitioner examines how AI and LLMs are impacting networking jobs, arguing for cautious, tool-centric adoption while separating hype from practical uses. The author describes everyday LLM uses—data transformation, ticket analysis, and troubleshooting—and warns of hallucinations and skill erosion among novices, recommending read-only deployments, role-based access, operator-in-the-loop workflows, and controlled telemetry rather than agent-driven control planes.