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 <deles...@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 <j...@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 >>