So according to WordPress this is my 500th post.

I started this blog when I got my first job – I was installing Nortel equipment. The name was meant as “Nick versus Networking”, as I attempted to take on the trade and learn it.

Going through CCNA, networking certs, I got way more into SIP/VoIP, I discovered Asterisk, which got me into FreeSWITCH, which eventually got me into Kamailio, all of which I wrote about as I went, as I learned stuff, I wrote it down. A few years later I somehow landed a job as “Senior Voice Engineer” for a carrier, in no small thanks to the blog, and built all the things; automated stuff with Ansible, pushed around data with Python and built production infra with FreeSWITCH and Kamailio, again, lots of posts around this time on those topics.

Eventually I got a bit bored at fixed line voice, so I made the move into Mobile, again, reflected in the blog posts.

I bought an eNodeB, built an HSS and got a functioning lab setup for 4G and VoLTE. That landed me a job at systems integrator working on packet core, then I moved to a solution architect role for one of the big RAN kit vendors looking for more challenges, but sadly I didn’t find enough challenges to keep me interested.

So I accidentally started a company (Omnitouch) and now find myself working with a bunch of super talented folks to build mobile networks in weird and wonderful parts of the planet.

All along I’ve been learning new stuff, and writing about it, and somewhere along the way, I found time to write 500 blog posts about all the bits I’ve learned as I went along, if you’ve been reading along, thanks, hopefully you found something interesting, and I’ll see you again at post number 1000 in another decade!