[180632] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Yardiel Fuentes)
Mon Jun 8 21:26:28 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1506082023020.28935@whammy.cluebyfour.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 21:26:25 -0400
From: Yardiel Fuentes <yardiel@gmail.com>
To: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
This discussion is always reminisced of questions such as: Why would I want
to learn Algebra or Calculus in college ? or why would I want to go to
college at all ? .. the student argues that calculus or college is hardly
ever used, if at all, in a job =E2=80=A6 the most sensible perspective has=
always
been: It is not only about the knowledge itself, but how learning those
subjects train your mind to tackle technical problems=E2=80=A6same in netwo=
rking=E2=80=A6
Some of the best interview questions are those that pose a problem and ask
you to tackle it by explaining your train of thought=E2=80=A6It requires bo=
th:
knowledge and how to apply it...
A simple example can be: What does the n*n or (n^2) problem represent in
BGP ? =E2=80=A6 Where does the n*n formula come from ? =E2=80=A6. these que=
stions can
trigger a technical interview conversation or Q&A=E2=80=A6covering BGP-RR=
=E2=80=99s, BGP
confeds, etc etc=E2=80=A6maybe H-VPLS =E2=80=A6 By the time the conversatio=
n is over, there
is a better grasp of someone=E2=80=99s understanding on networks =E2=80=A6
Yardiel
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Justin M. Streiner <streiner@cluebyfour.org=
>
wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2015, Jeroen van Aart wrote:
>
> On 06/05/2015 06:38 PM, Mike Hale wrote:
>>
>>> We need a pool on what percentage of readers just googled traceroute.
>>>
>>
>> Don't learn by heart that which you can look up. In this day and age
>> where knowledge about every subject imaginable is a 5 second (to a minut=
e
>> for those less versed in researching) internet search away there is no n=
eed
>> to hold all that knowledge iny our memory.
>>
>
> Reminds me of a job interview I had many years ago, where the interviewer
> was looking for me to quote chapter and verse of several RFCs for differe=
nt
> routing protocols. Uh... yeah.
>
> jms
>
--=20
Yardiel Fuentes
