Abstract: 5G + Edge computing are new incoming technologies that together are going to enable a new range of IOT applications such as autonomous driving, smart cities and AR gaming. Telecom operators need to rearchitect their networks to accommodate these technologies and to be able to support these services. That includes the creation of thousands of edge data centers with compute and network transport capacities in a cost effective manner, as well as software-based control and virtualization to dynamically implement services for both corporate and residential customers. Therefore, "software is eating the world" is really dawning into the networking industry and networking professionals of the future are going to require expertise in software and cloud as well as in network technologies.