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).
I remember you asking me who Jon was :) I have since added to my
On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:32 AM, jim deleskie <deleskie@gmail.com> wrote: 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
-- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.