Ali Mansouri

I started learning networking in 2001 with one switch, one cable, and a lot of things that didn't work. I broke real networks, stayed late fixing what I messed up, and turned failures into skill. In 2019 I started teaching on Udemy where 37,000+ students joined. But people passed exams and froze in the real lab. Theory was there, confidence wasn't. That's when I built the Lab-First Method — doing comes first, theory supports it. In 2021 I launched Dynamips, a platform for engineers who want to stop watching and start building.

Ask me about the Lab-First Method, building confidence in network labs, and what I learned breaking real networks.