[24896] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FW: Tech contact for Qwest?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (fulton@uit.org)
Sat Aug 21 11:21:47 1999
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:20:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: <fulton@uit.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <BD164D01065FD211A1CB00805F6FA67202081479@cvexch1.ixc-comm.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Perhaps if we can get the "higher-ups" to stop hiring noc newbies based on
certs and begin hiring based on raw intelligence...then maybe we can get
the overall clue factor back to a reasonable level.
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Chris Flores wrote:
> That's a fairly strong statement to make. Large telcos/ISPs tend to through
> "newbie" engineers into situations where a experienced or senior engineer
> belongs. Let's face facts - there are not enough IP engineers/technicians to
> fill all the needed positions. Companies need to either have more peer
> review or expect the "clueless" attitude toward customers. No one could
> expect a entry level engineer to handle complex ISP BGP issues when they
> barely understand VLSM/CIDR. The industry is much larger than previous
> years(obvious), thus more entry level engineers.