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Career Growth

If You Can’t Explain the Value, You Didn’t Finish the Work

Mar 2, 2026

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17 min read

If You Can’t Explain the Value, You Didn’t Finish the Work

Why mastering technology is only half your job, and how to translate your impact into business language that actually lands.

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado

Careers at FAANG

Leaving Amazon (or Any FAANG)? Here’s What No One Tells You About Life After the Badge

Feb 23, 2026

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18 min read

Leaving Amazon (or Any FAANG)? Here’s What No One Tells You About Life After the Badge

Why everything feels slower, messier, and smaller, and how to turn your FAANG experience into a superpower instead of a personality trait.

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado

Network Security

Trust Me, Bro: The 1980s BGP Trust Model Running the 2026 Internet

Feb 20, 2026

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20 min read

Trust Me, Bro: The 1980s BGP Trust Model Running the 2026 Internet

Why our tools are strong on paper, weak in deployment, and how operators can change that.

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado

Architecture and Design

House of Quality for Networks: Turning Requirements into Real Architectures – Part 4

Feb 16, 2026

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24 min read

House of Quality for Networks: Turning Requirements into Real Architectures – Part 4

Putting it all together, along with Bake-Offs, Pilots, and Reality Checks.

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado

Architecture and Design

House of Quality for Networks: Turning Requirements into Real Architectures – Part 3

Feb 9, 2026

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20 min read

House of Quality for Networks: Turning Requirements into Real Architectures – Part 3

How real engineers compare technologies without falling for hype.

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado

Architecture and Design

House of Quality for Networks: Turning Requirements into Real Architectures – Part 2

Feb 6, 2026

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26 min read

House of Quality for Networks: Turning Requirements into Real Architectures – Part 2

A practical framework for choosing protocols, architectures, and network gear.

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado

Architecture and Design

House of Quality for Networks: Turning Requirements into Real Architectures – Part 1

Feb 2, 2026

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26 min read

House of Quality for Networks: Turning Requirements into Real Architectures – Part 1

A requirements-first approach to choosing routers, firewalls, fabrics, and services that actually fit your network.

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado

Career Growth

Onboarding Isn’t Admin Work

Jan 26, 2026

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14 min read

Onboarding Isn’t Admin Work

How those first 90 days can make—or quietly break—your engineering career

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado

Career Growth

Stop Laughing at AI: How It’s Actually Coming for Network Jobs (and What to Do About It)

Jan 19, 2026

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20 min read

Stop Laughing at AI: How It’s Actually Coming for Network Jobs (and What to Do About It)

Myths, real risks, and practical ways to use AI instead of being replaced by it.

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado

Architecture and Design

When BGP Grows Up

Jan 16, 2026

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19 min read

When BGP Grows Up

Convergence, MRAI, and control-plane redesign at hyperscale

Leonardo Furtado
Leonardo Furtado
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The Routing Intent
by Leonardo Furtado

Where network engineering meets clarity, scale, and purpose.

© 2026 The Routing Intent by Leonardo Furtado.
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