[68679] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Platinum accounts for the Internet (was Re: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexei Roudnev)
Mon Mar 15 16:14:57 2004
From: "Alexei Roudnev" <alex@relcom.net>
To: "Pete Templin" <petelists@templin.org>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:34:51 -0800
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I expect, that good (tier-3, to say) network engineer MUST know Windows and
Unix (== Linux, FreeBSD etc) on tear-2 (or better) level. Else, he will not
be able to troubleshout his _network problem_ (because they are more likely
complex Network + System + Application + Cable problem).
So, it is not a good answer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Templin" <petelists@templin.org>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: Platinum accounts for the Internet (was Re: who offers cheap
(personal) 1U colo?)
>
> Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:
>
> > Pete Templin wrote:
> >> There's a reason I've gotten out of small ISP consulting - I don't do
> >> Windows, and I'm getting overrun by Linux corrosion slowly. I route,
> >> I switch, I help with securing networks. And I do wear a lot of hats
> >> at my day job, but I remind them that they hired a specialist, and
> >> promised lots of server support all along the way. Granted, the
> >> Windows guy is overloaded and the UNIX/Linux guy would snore in front
> >> of his PHB...
> >
> > If you are in Nebraska I can help you with the Unemploy^WWorkforce
> > Development paperwork.
>
> I didn't suggest saying "I'm not gonna do it". I just suggested "You
> hired me to deploy dynamic routing on your statically-routed network.
> What prompted you to think that I could configure site-wide anti-virus
> services such that no one ever reports a virus leak from our enterprise,
> without training, time to test and develop such a critical solution, or
> both?"
>
> pt
