Which languages to excel in while pursuing networking career?

SaurabhJain · 03-27-2012, 05:30 AM

I have started using Linux for networking.I know C/C++/Java..will be learning Python,Ruby as well in near future.is there any other language i need to learn in order to excel in networking field?or should i concentrate on above mentioned languages.If yes,which one should i focus on?

acid_kewpie · 03-27-2012, 06:40 AM

what kind of networking do you really mean? Networking can mean many different things. In terms of writing network stack code, then that would largely be around c and the likes, but in a classical "networking" career, there wouldn't really be any programming. I find TCL very useful for tools like Expect and also writing rules for the F5 LTM's I specialize in, but those are pretty obscure uses which most people wouldn't find useful I expect.

SaurabhJain · 03-27-2012, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

what kind of networking do you really mean? Networking can mean many different things. In terms of writing network stack code, then that would largely be around c and the likes, but in a classical "networking" career, there wouldn't really be any programming. I find TCL very useful for tools like Expect and also writing rules for the F5 LTM's I specialize in, but those are pretty obscure uses which most people wouldn't find useful I expect.

I would like to go for pentesting.along with it i am also interested in storage.

acid_kewpie · 03-27-2012, 07:59 AM

Neither are likely to have a thing to do with programming languages by default.

SaurabhJain · 03-27-2012, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

Neither are likely to have a thing to do with programming languages by default.

so should only focus on networking and basic C?

acid_kewpie · 03-27-2012, 08:06 AM

If you want to get into pure networking, don't study programming at all, as that's not networking.

nikmit · 03-28-2012, 03:21 AM

I have found Perl quite useful for automating tasks, and TCL scripts can be used in Cisco gear for automation as far as I remember. None of these is hard core programming though, and is probably best to pick a language up as and when you need it.