[146712] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Looking for a Tier 1 ISP Mentor for career advice.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Mon Nov 21 00:02:56 2011
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:01:40 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: Tyler Haske <tyler.haske@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJEFqDfht_k4wG3ev2m5uJWNhak16p=LMkPtJoBUSBmea+=uow@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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Well, thats two mentors - and now one from the old school....
Why wait? Start Now. Use the resources Chris gave you & others you find,
take Jims advice re total commitment, and then weigh that in the balance w/
your academic path. (noting that vendor credentials are good for the HR folks
filtering the krill, but are not a reliable indication of skill or passion)
Look for an internship while in school. Something part time. Build little ISPs
in your dorm room using the VM tools and build/test complex topologies and
random failure modes. Pipe size is one thing, engineering in your sleep is
something else.
of course YMMV.
/bill (now too old/slow to run w/ the big dogs)
