Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

[tvest <tvest () eyeconomics com>]

You are such an optimist ;-)

Sometimes those who can remember the past get to repeat it anyway.

TV

On June 6, 2015 6:53:20 AM EDT, Dorian Kim <dorian () blackrose org> wrote:
> "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
>
>                                                                               -Santayana
>
> Quite relevant in our industry that seems be more hell bent on
> rehashing ideas
> and plot lines than Hollywood.
>
> -dorian
>
>
> > On Jun 6, 2015, at 6:43 AM, shawn wilson <ag4ve.us () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > My first thought on reading that was "who the hell cares if a person
> > knows about internet culture". But than I had to reconsider - it's a
> > very apt way of telling if someone read the right books :)
> >
> > I would also add Ritchie, Thompson, and Diffie to that list (since
> you
> > ask about Larry, it's only appropriate).
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:32 AM, jim deleskie <deleskie () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > > I remember you asking me who Jon was :)  I have since added to my
> list of
> > > interview questions... sad but the number of people with clue is
> declining
> > > not increasing.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Joe Hamelin <joe () nethead com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Back in 2000 at Amazon, HR somehow decided to have me do the phone
> > > > interviews for neteng.  I'd go through questions on routing and
> what not,
> > > > then at the end I would ask questions like, "Who was Jon Postel? 
> Who is
> > > > Larry Wall?  Who is Paul Vixie? What are layers 8 & 9? Explain the
> RTFM
> > > > protocol.  What is NANOG?"  Those answers (or long silences) told
> me more
> > > > about the candidate than most of the technical questions.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474

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