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Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...
From: shawn wilson <ag4ve.us () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2015 06:43:01 -0400
My first thought on reading that was "who the hell cares if a person knows about internet culture". But than I had to reconsider - it's a very apt way of telling if someone read the right books :) I would also add Ritchie, Thompson, and Diffie to that list (since you ask about Larry, it's only appropriate). On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:32 AM, jim deleskie <deleskie () gmail com> wrote:
I remember you asking me who Jon was :) I have since added to my list of interview questions... sad but the number of people with clue is declining not increasing. On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Joe Hamelin <joe () nethead com> wrote:Back in 2000 at Amazon, HR somehow decided to have me do the phone interviews for neteng. I'd go through questions on routing and what not, then at the end I would ask questions like, "Who was Jon Postel? Who is Larry Wall? Who is Paul Vixie? What are layers 8 & 9? Explain the RTFM protocol. What is NANOG?" Those answers (or long silences) told me more about the candidate than most of the technical questions. -- Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
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- Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... jim deleskie (Jun 05)
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- Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... James Laszko (Jun 05)
- Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... Faisal Imtiaz (Jun 05)
- Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... Joe Hamelin (Jun 05)
- Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... jim deleskie (Jun 06)
- Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... shawn wilson (Jun 06)
- Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... Dorian Kim (Jun 06)
- Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... tvest (Jun 06)
- Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... shawn wilson (Jun 06)
- Re: hiring net engs (was: eBay rudely recruiting on list) Randy Bush (Jun 06)
- Re: hiring net engs Michael Thomas (Jun 06)
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