Re: [lopsa-discuss] Telecom/Transit hubs in Europe and/or Middle East

2010-05-03 Thread Aleksandar Ivanisevic
On 04/27/2010 08:13 PM, Jeremy Charles wrote: > Also, if you have any good/bad experiences with colo providers in Europe > or the Middle East, I'd be interested in hearing about those. My company hosts with NTT Europe Online in Frankfurt (datacenters are from Equinix), so we're practically sitt

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What do you ask when hiring a network admin?

2010-06-16 Thread Aleksandar Ivanisevic
On 06/15/2010 07:14 AM, Robert Brockway wrote: > I'm afraid I have found HR departments filter out a lot of good people for > questionable reasons. I think they just don't understand technical > resumes and simply get it wrong. Coming out of a long conference call, having to listen to 2 CCIE-s t

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What do you ask when hiring a network admin?

2010-06-24 Thread Aleksandar Ivanisevic
On 06/23/2010 09:51 PM, Phil Pennock wrote: > On 2010-06-16 at 11:45 +0200, Aleksandar Ivanisevic wrote: >> Incidentally, thats the first question you will be asked in a Google >> phone screen. Not the technical screen, the answer is so simple they've >> put it

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What do you ask when hiring a network admin?

2010-06-24 Thread Aleksandar Ivanisevic
On 6/24/10 5:55 , Jan L. Peterson wrote: > Your observations don't jive with mine. When I first interviewed with > Google (about five years ago), I was very impressed by the types of Hmmm, where was your interview? Mine was in Dublin, maybe that makes a difference. __

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What do you ask when hiring a network admin?

2010-06-24 Thread Aleksandar Ivanisevic
On 6/24/10 6:07 , Mark Dennehy wrote: > Have to agree with Jan there. My recent interviews with them were > courteous, friendly and interesting, there wasn't a negative note in > there except for the hype-generated stress and the embarressing > brainfarts that resulted (that's the second time in fi

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Ideas for tracking my "radar screen"

2010-06-25 Thread Aleksandar Ivanisevic
On 6/25/10 6:43 , Chris Manly wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a tool, and I haven't found it yet. It may or may not > exist, but I figure that if it does, there's a chance someone on this > list has seen it and maybe even used it. > > I've recently started a new $JOB, and I am now in the fun

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Managing System/Network Admins

2010-08-11 Thread Aleksandar Ivanisevic
On 08/11/2010 07:55 AM, Jefferson Cowart wrote: > I think it's somewhere in between. I'm not sure how much control I'll > have into budget and such, but I believe I'll be the one responsible for > performance evaluations and such. I'll certainly confirm this with my > manager. I'm in a similar sit