After reading this, i was a bit excited and worried at the same time thinking days of network engineers are numbered but thinking about it, technologies change and we have to adapt or sink.
The changing role of the network admin, as told by networking vendors
"I feel bad for the old-school networking guys. They're going to be in trouble, and I don't like it," said one product developer for another of the networking vendors over dinner on the first night of the show. While it seemed that other vendors at the show might share his concerns, conversations with them revealed that for the so-called "old-school networking guy," all is not lost.
As quoted from the article