Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:34:14 -0700, "Scott Weeks" said: > "Annual Mean Wage of Network and Computer Systems > Administrators by State, May 2013" > > is surprising, though. The numbers are much lower than > I would expect. Remember that's the *mean*. There's a lot of small companies that have so

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Michael Thomas
On 07/26/2014 06:01 PM, William Herrin wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: Bill, on your list of not so wonderful things in DC, you left off: Weather In the sumer, the DC area is, well, what you’d expect from a hot, humid, fetid swamp.

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread William Herrin
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > Bill, on your list of not so wonderful things in DC, you left off: > Weather > In the sumer, the DC area is, well, what you’d expect from a > hot, humid, fetid swamp. > In the winter, you can make ice cr

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Jack Bates
On 7/26/2014 5:55 PM, Scott Weeks wrote: Some work from home well and some don't. It all depends on self-discipline. However, for those that can telecommute successfully (I've done that in the past, so I have experience to speak from) easy communication of various types (text, audio, or a/v wh

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Scott Weeks
--- m...@mtcc.com wrote: From: Michael Thomas Maybe the webrtc stuff will help this by making ad hoc communication trivial - Some work from home well and some don't. It all depends on self-discipline. However, for those that can telecommute succ

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Scott Weeks
--- s...@donelan.com wrote: From: Sean Donelan http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151142.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/network-and-computer-systems-administrators.htm -- As is usual, you come up with the coolest dat

Re: Richard Bennett, NANOG posting, and Integrity

2014-07-26 Thread Matthew Petach
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote: > On 7/25/14 4:29 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > >> Not that some leading proponents of net neutrality would even know a >> router >> if it bit them ... >> > > i'm _trying_ to imagine the lobbyists, corporate counsels, and company

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Sean Donelan
On Tue, 22 Jul 2014, Nolan Rollo wrote: I've been trying to decide for a while what makes a good home for a Network Admin... access to physical, reliable upstream routes? good selection of local taverns? What, in your opinion, makes a good location for a Network Admin and where in the US would

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread AMuse
Don't forget that, while Virginia has MAE-EAST, the Bay area was the sister location: MAE-WEST. MAE WEST now sits on the property of the NASA Ames Research Center, another excellent local employer and center for high-tech research and development. They do ultra-high-speed networking researc

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Owen DeLong
Personally, I think the SF bay area has you beat. Bill, on your list of not so wonderful things in DC, you left off: Weather In the sumer, the DC area is, well, what you’d expect from a hot, humid, fetid swamp. In the winter, you can make ice cream outside

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Darius Jahandarie
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 7:29 AM, jim deleskie wrote: > In principal I agree, and I've said this many times, for years I've > telecommuted myself, mostly effectively. I'd work much longer hours, but > not always worked as efficiently during all of those hours. [snip] It's worth noting that work

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Michael Thomas
On 07/26/2014 04:29 AM, jim deleskie wrote: Rich, In principal I agree, and I've said this many times, for years I've telecommuted myself, mostly effectively. I'd work much longer hours, but not always worked as efficiently during all of those hours. When I started my own company, with $$ be

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Michael Thomas
On 07/26/2014 07:57 AM, William Herrin wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 05:35:45PM -0700, Scott Weeks wrote: One day, hopefully, telecommuting really takes off [...] It often strikes me as incredibly ironic that companies which *would not ex

Re: Richard Bennett, NANOG posting, and Integrity

2014-07-26 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I hardly ever see you say something wrong about net neutrality or anything else :). No, other, far more usual suspects in mind here. On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. wrote: > > Suresh wrote: > > > The debate is dominated by the parties of the first part unfortunately > (and > >

Re: Richard Bennett, NANOG posting, and Integrity

2014-07-26 Thread Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
Suresh wrote: > The debate is dominated by the parties of the first part unfortunately (and > add professors of law to this already toxic mix) Ahem. I resemble that remark. Anne Anne P. Mitchell, Attorney at Law CEO/President Institute for Social Internet Public Policy Member, Cal. Bar Cyber

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 05:35:45PM -0700, Scott Weeks wrote: >> One day, hopefully, telecommuting really takes off [...] > > It often strikes me as incredibly ironic that companies which *would > not exist* were it not for the Internet are am

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Miles Fidelman
Joly MacFie wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: Telecommuting should not be a rare exception: it should be the default. And "corporate headquarters" should be as small and inexpensive as possible, staffed (in person) only by a handful of people -- if even that. Autom

Re: FTTH and DSLAM Access Vendors

2014-07-26 Thread Ryan Gard
I would definitely find any information on this quite useful. I've had clients try to make this very comparison in the past, and it can become quite tedious when dealing with sales staff from 6 different companies who want to sell you something, while not explaining further as to why their platform

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Joly MacFie
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > Telecommuting should not be a rare exception: it should be the default. > And "corporate headquarters" should be as small and inexpensive as > possible, > staffed (in person) only by a handful of people -- if even that. > Automattic (WordPr

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread William Herrin
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 05:35:45PM -0700, Scott Weeks wrote: >> One day, hopefully, telecommuting really takes off [...] > > It often strikes me as incredibly ironic that companies which *would > not exist* were it not for the Internet are am

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread jim deleskie
Rich, In principal I agree, and I've said this many times, for years I've telecommuted myself, mostly effectively. I'd work much longer hours, but not always worked as efficiently during all of those hours. When I started my own company, with $$ be in short supply like all start ups I I planned

Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins

2014-07-26 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 05:35:45PM -0700, Scott Weeks wrote: > One day, hopefully, telecommuting really takes off [...] It often strikes me as incredibly ironic that companies which *would not exist* were it not for the Internet are among the most resistant to the simple, obvious concept that tele