Routermonkey (noun)
A person who’s vocation centers on design and/or maintenance of internetworking infrastructure which generally consists of; data routers, switches and firewalls.
The routermonkey is typically very curious regarding “cause and affect relationships” (example – If I remove this route… what will
break) they tend to be very clandestine by nature, usually only associating with the IT
uber class. A routermonkey very rarely will speak to an actual “end user” as their social skills are
poor. A routermonkey’s vocabulary consists of mostly acronyms and routinely attempt to explain
binary to decimal conversion and the like, generally placing their audience into a hypnotic like state. If forced to explain details of network related tasks to a outsider – most routermonkey’s resort to drawing pictures using a program called “Visio”.
Routermonkey’s covet internetworking industry certifications such as:
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
CCNP (Cisco Certified Network
Professional)
And the routermonkey
holly grail being CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert)
IT Manager, Q: "why is the network so
slow? Did you
make any changes today"
Routermonkey, A: "It depends on what you
mean by chages??"
