[180536] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (tvest)
Sat Jun 6 08:33:27 2015
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In-Reply-To: <E345C3A6-217F-4B7A-ADC1-B6DB33FC7FC2@blackrose.org>
From: tvest <tvest@eyeconomics.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 08:33:21 -0400
To: Dorian Kim <dorian@blackrose.org>,shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>, Joe Hamelin <joe@nethead.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
You are such an optimist ;-)
Sometimes those who can remember the past get to repeat it anyway=2E
TV
On June 6, 2015 6:53:20 AM EDT, Dorian Kim <dorian@blackrose=2Eorg> wrote:
>"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it=E2=80=9D
>
> -Santayana
>
>Quite relevant in our industry that seems be more hell bent on
>rehashing ideas
>and plot lines than Hollywood=2E
>
>-dorian
>
>
>> On Jun 6, 2015, at 6:43 AM, shawn wilson <ag4ve=2Eus@gmail=2Ecom> wrote=
:
>>=20
>> My first thought on reading that was "who the hell cares if a person
>> knows about internet culture"=2E But than I had to reconsider - it's a
>> very apt way of telling if someone read the right books :)
>>=20
>> I would also add Ritchie, Thompson, and Diffie to that list (since
>you
>> ask about Larry, it's only appropriate)=2E
>>=20
>> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:32 AM, jim deleskie <deleskie@gmail=2Ecom>
>wrote:
>>> I remember you asking me who Jon was :) I have since added to my
>list of
>>> interview questions=2E=2E=2E sad but the number of people with clue is
>declining
>>> not increasing=2E
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Joe Hamelin <joe@nethead=2Ecom> wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> Back in 2000 at Amazon, HR somehow decided to have me do the phone
>>>> interviews for neteng=2E I'd go through questions on routing and
>what not,
>>>> then at the end I would ask questions like, "Who was Jon Postel?=20
>Who is
>>>> Larry Wall? Who is Paul Vixie? What are layers 8 & 9? Explain the
>RTFM
>>>> protocol=2E What is NANOG?" Those answers (or long silences) told
>me more
>>>> about the candidate than most of the technical questions=2E
>>>>=20
>>>> --
>>>> Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
>>>>=20
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E
