# LIU020: Ricki Cook: Reaching the Top and Walking Away

An episode of [Life In Uptime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1840914445), 13 Aug 2026, 1 h 10 min.

Audio: https://feeds.packetpushers.net/link/24164/17417227/LIU020.mp3

What do you do when you get your dream job and it’s not as fulfilling as you thought it would be? Ricki Cook speaks with Alexis and Kevin about navigating between career achievement and personal satisfaction. Ricki discusses his transition from traditional network architecture to touring systems engineering, the realities of maintaining real-time networks under... Read more »

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