[180794] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (goemon@anime.net)
Wed Jun 10 14:18:18 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:18:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: goemon@anime.net
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
In-Reply-To: <12616019.0.1433908143109.JavaMail.root@benjamin.baylink.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Tue, 9 Jun 2015, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Shane Ronan" <shane@ronan-online.com>
>> When I was asked the default BGP timers across three different vendor
>> platforms as measure of my networking ability during an interview, I
>> replied saying I'd look them up if needed them.
>>
>> I was told I didn't understand BGP in enough detail, despite being able to
>> describe all the steps of BGP session establishment and route
>> exchange.
>> Certs have ruined the industry.
> Maybe. But they certainly saved you from having to work for an asshole
> with misplaced priorities...
Indeed, the interview process is a two way street. Lets you evaluate who
you would be working for -- or if you really would want to.
-Dan
