Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

[Dorian Kim <dorian () blackrose org>]

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”

                                                                                -Santayana

Quite relevant in our industry that seems be more hell bent on rehashing ideas
and plot lines than Hollywood.

-dorian


> On Jun 6, 2015, at 6:43 AM, shawn wilson <ag4ve.us () gmail com> wrote:
>
> 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