
We Can’t Hire Our Way Out of the Network Skills Gap
While the tech world races ahead with AI, cloud, and edge innovation, there’s a quiet crisis lurking in the background: the shrinking pool of skilled network engineers. Ask any CIO or infrastructure leader and you’ll hear the same refrain: “We don’t have enough qualified people to run the networks we already have—let alone the ones we need tomorrow.” Retirements are rising. Demand is surging. The talent pipeline? Barely trickling. And here’s the uncomfortable truth: we can’t hire our way out of it.