William Herrin [mailto:bill@herrin.us]
On Feb 27, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Brandt, Ralph wrote:
Generalists are hard to come by these days.
I think you're more likely to find a network engineer with (possibly
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote: limited)
programming skills.
I wish. For the past three months I've been trying to find a network engineer with a deep TCP/IP protocol understanding, network security expertise, some Linux experience, minor programming skill with sockets and a TS/SCI clearance.
The clearance is killing me. The two generalists didn't have a clearance and the cleared applicants are programmers or admins but never both.
Hey now...the time from zero to TS/SCI has gone from over half a decade to a mere quarter decade. You can totally pay these guys to sit around doing drudge work while their skills atrophy in the interim. Of course, if you need a poly on top, add some more time and stir continually while applying heat. Jamie