Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread charles
As someone who is under 35, this comment strikes a chord with me. I started self-studying networking when I was 15ish, yet I had to wait until I was 26 before I could get a full time job in the industry. I even had to move out of my home country. Getting a solid start in the industry was ex

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread Rafael Possamai
ng, unless you can see the bigger picture. > > Steve Mikulasik > > -Original Message- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ray Soucy > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 7:37 AM > To: William Waites > Cc: NANOG > Subject: Re: eBay is looking for n

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread shawn wilson
On Jun 11, 2015 7:07 AM, "jim deleskie" wrote: > > There is a good reason there aren't LOTS of "good" neteng in the 30-35 or > under 30 range with lots of experience. Its call the hell we went though > for a while after 2000 working in this industry. Many of us lost jobs and > couldn't find new

RE: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread Steve Mikulasik
e bigger picture. Steve Mikulasik -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ray Soucy Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 7:37 AM To: William Waites Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... I really wonder how people get into this field today. It

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread Ca By
On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, Alex White-Robinson wrote: > Matthew Petach > wrote: > > > On a slightly different note, however--while it's good to > > have an appreciation of the past and how we got here, > > I think it's wise to also recognize we as an industry > > have some challenges bringing n

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread Ray Soucy
I really wonder how people get into this field today. It has gotten incredibly complex and I've been learning since before I was a teenager (back when it was much more simple). I'm 31 now, but I started getting into computers and specifically networking at a very young age (elementary school). W

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread William Waites
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 14:24:31 +0200, Ruairi Carroll said: > What I found is that back in early-mid 00's, the industry was a > black box. Unless you knew someone inside of the industry... I suspect this is partly a result of the consolidation that went on. In the mid 1990s when I started

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread Ruairi Carroll
On 11 June 2015 at 06:46, Alex White-Robinson wrote: > Matthew Petach wrote: > > > On a slightly different note, however--while it's good to > > have an appreciation of the past and how we got here, > > I think it's wise to also recognize we as an industry > > have some challenges bringing new b

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread jim deleskie
There is a good reason there aren't LOTS of "good" neteng in the 30-35 or under 30 range with lots of experience. Its call the hell we went though for a while after 2000 working in this industry. Many of us lost jobs and couldn't find new ones. I know talented folks that had to go to delivering

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-11 Thread Sina Owolabi
I'm curious. What reading and comprehension level does one need to be considered a network heavy? No snark, I really would like to know. On Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 6:01 AM Mark Foster wrote: > > > On 11/06/2015 4:46 p.m., Alex White-Robinson wrote: > > Matthew Petach wrote: > > > >> On a slightly di

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-10 Thread Mark Foster
On 11/06/2015 4:46 p.m., Alex White-Robinson wrote: Matthew Petach wrote: On a slightly different note, however--while it's good to have an appreciation of the past and how we got here, I think it's wise to also recognize we as an industry have some challenges bringing new blood in--and trea

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-10 Thread Alex White-Robinson
Matthew Petach wrote: > On a slightly different note, however--while it's good to > have an appreciation of the past and how we got here, > I think it's wise to also recognize we as an industry > have some challenges bringing new blood in--and > treating it too much like a sacred priesthood with

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-10 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 06/10/2015 07:47 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: Over the past 25 years or so, I can think of a half-dozen offers I've turned down because the employer failed the interview. (Which doesn't make me a geeenious ... just someone who values low blood pressure, and prefers an interesting work environm

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-10 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
On Jun 10, 2015, at 11:18 AM, goe...@anime.net wrote: > Indeed, the interview process is a two way street. Lets you evaluate who you > would be working for -- or if you really would want to. I wrote most of a very long follow-up to this. But what it boils down to is: +10,000 For all of you s

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-10 Thread Matthew Petach
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: [...] > > And this... is NANOG! Needs more ellipses and capitalization...more like This...IS...NANOG!!! building up to a nice crescendo roar as you kick the hapless interviewee backwards down the deep, dark well On a slightly different note

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-10 Thread goemon
On Tue, 9 Jun 2015, Jay Ashworth wrote: - Original Message - From: "Shane Ronan" When I was asked the default BGP timers across three different vendor platforms as measure of my networking ability during an interview, I replied saying I'd look them up if needed them. I was told I didn'

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-10 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Shane Ronan" > When I was asked the default BGP timers across three different vendor > platforms as measure of my networking ability during an interview, I > replied saying I'd look them up if needed them. > > I was told I didn't understand BGP in enough det

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-09 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Mon, 8 Jun 2015, Yardiel D. Fuentes wrote: This discussion is always reminisced of questions such as: Why would I want to learn Algebra or Calculus in college ? or why would I want to go to college at all ? .. the student argues that calculus or college is hardly ever used, if at all, in a

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-09 Thread Larry Sheldon
I (sortakinda related to the as-drifted thread) was reminded today of another flag I watched for back in the day by something I saw on Facebook™ today--people using words (especially big words) that do not mean what they think they do. http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/6/8/8748933/pat-vendit

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-09 Thread Alan Buxey
'Don't learn by heart that which you can look up.' apart from enough basics to get you up and connected so that you CAN look things up! ;) There's a whole debate about the education system and learning things by rote that can be looked up. In many sectors you have reference tomes. ..some

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 06/08/2015 07:34 PM, shawn wilson wrote: On Jun 8, 2015 10:11 PM, "Shane Ronan" wrote: Certs have ruined the industry. Certs have made the industry more interesting. After all, without certs, we'd have less stupid to point at and laugh (or scream). And HR screeners would need to know som

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread Sabri Berisha
Hi, > Certs have ruined the industry. Certifications are great keywords for recruiters. If you're a hiring manager, why create a huge list of all routing protocols you'd like the ideal candidate to understand? Saying "I need a JNCIE with 5 years experience" is a lot easier than "the ideal cand

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread ryanL
i don't think certs have ruined the industry. bad interviewing and recruiting, maybe... asking encyclopedia-type "gotcha" questions are the most inane test of someone's ability to perform well at the job. i promise you - you didn't want to work for this person anyways. got a cert? great. but let'

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread shawn wilson
On Jun 8, 2015 10:11 PM, "Shane Ronan" wrote: > > Certs have ruined the industry. Certs have made the industry more interesting. After all, without certs, we'd have less stupid to point at and laugh (or scream). And HR screeners would need to know something about the position they're screening.

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread Shane Ronan
When I was asked the default BGP timers across three different vendor platforms as measure of my networking ability during an interview, I replied saying I'd look them up if needed them. I was told I didn't understand BGP in enough detail, despite being able to describe all the steps of BGP sessio

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread Jeroen van Aart
On 06/08/2015 06:22 PM, Scott Weeks wrote: --- valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:10:25 -0700, Jeroen van Aart said: You sort of nailed it though. I think ready knowledge about the internals of utilities such as traceroute or ping is nice to have, however if you don't know

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread Yardiel Fuentes
This discussion is always reminisced of questions such as: Why would I want to learn Algebra or Calculus in college ? or why would I want to go to college at all ? .. the student argues that calculus or college is hardly ever used, if at all, in a job … the most sensible perspective has always bee

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread Scott Weeks
--- valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:10:25 -0700, Jeroen van Aart said: > You sort of nailed it though. I think ready knowledge > about the internals of utilities such as traceroute > or ping is nice to have, however if you don't know Describe the top 3 gotchas of using t

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:10:25 -0700, Jeroen van Aart said: > You sort of nailed it though. I think ready knowledge about the > internals of utilities such as traceroute or ping is nice to have, > however if you don't know Describe the top 3 gotchas of using traceroute to diagnose network problems.

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread David Bass
Yeah, I think that's more about them stroking their own ego than anything to do with you or the job. I've unfortunately seen a few of those types before as well. > On Jun 8, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Justin M. Streiner > wrote: > >> On Mon, 8 Jun 2015, Jeroen van Aart wrote: >> >>> On 06/05/2015

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Mon, 8 Jun 2015, Jeroen van Aart wrote: On 06/05/2015 06:38 PM, Mike Hale wrote: We need a pool on what percentage of readers just googled traceroute. Don't learn by heart that which you can look up. In this day and age where knowledge about every subject imaginable is a 5 second (to a m

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-08 Thread Jeroen van Aart
On 06/05/2015 06:38 PM, Mike Hale wrote: We need a pool on what percentage of readers just googled traceroute. You sort of nailed it though. I think ready knowledge about the internals of utilities such as traceroute or ping is nice to have, however if you don't know it it is not something th

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread shawn wilson
On Jun 8, 2015 1:42 AM, "shawn wilson" wrote: > > > On Jun 7, 2015 10:59 PM, "Jay Ashworth" wrote: > > > > > I don't > > RTFM, I google. It's often faster, so many of TFMs are online now. > > > > Until Google supports regex and some of the duckduckgo module features, I'll be faster getting to re

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread shawn wilson
On Jun 7, 2015 10:59 PM, "Jay Ashworth" wrote: > > I don't > RTFM, I google. It's often faster, so many of TFMs are online now. > Until Google supports regex and some of the duckduckgo module features, I'll be faster getting to reference to you will on Google. Notice I said reference, not an an

Re: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:31 AM, Tony Hain wrote: > Randy Bush wrote: > >> but you can't move packets on pieces of paper. > > Or can you? RFC's 6214 2549 1149 But how many avian carriers would you need to move the packets current pushed around per second, and how many Mercedes' would have t

Re: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Tony Hain wrote: > Randy Bush wrote: >> but you can't move packets on pieces of paper. > Or can you? RFC's 6214 2549 1149 Sure, but rfc1149 needs some work before it could be a viable way of moving packets. For example: the rfc calls for printing a diagram on

RE: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Tony Hain
Randy Bush wrote: > but you can't move packets on pieces of paper. Or can you? RFC's 6214 2549 1149 ;)

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 7:28 AM, Stephen Satchell wrote: > On 06/07/2015 01:10 AM, Joshua Riesenweber wrote: [snip] What the industry could probably use most for entry-level certs is a technical reading comprehension requirement on the certs, or a requirement of GRE scores e.g. 145 Verbal, 16

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Joe Hamelin
Jay said: >Original RFC editor. Invented Perl, among other things. Co-designed DNS >(did I get that right?) I personally always label layers 8, 9, and 10 >as money, management and inside counsel, but I know views differ. I don't >RTFM, I google. It's often faster, so many of TFMs are online no

RE: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sun, 7 Jun 2015, Joshua Riesenweber wrote: As someone studying their first CCIE (RS), I sometimes find these kind of discussions disheartening. They come up every now and again, and the opinions seem vary anywhere between 'a good interview tool' and 'less than worthless'. [snip] Does a cer

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Larry Sheldon" > I find it interesting that I have not note a mention of people like > Radia Pearlman and [name advancing years have stolen from me] that wrote > a 3 volume set (I think it was) (that I can not find in the > post-great-downsizing-bookshelves-d

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jay Ashworth
> Here's the topper: who was (is) Al Gore, and what part did he play in > the birth of the Internet as we know it today? Try not to howl as some > of the answers you will get. Advocated for the funding of NREN while in Congress; later misquoted as saying he'd "invented the Internet" at some length

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Joe Hamelin" > 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 Vi

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "John Fraizer" > It's been over a decade since I was an active participant on NANOG. I > didn't know that the NANOG-JOBS list existed. Sometimes it's easier to > ask for forgiveness than permission though. I guess it's a good thing > Susan H. isn't here to thr

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread John Fraizer
for > >> $day_job only without any real desire to understand how > >> things-actually-work&why. > >> > >> > >> > >> - Original Message - > >> From: John Fraizer > >> To: Łukasz Bromirski > >> Cc: nanog@nano

Re: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Andrew Latham
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Randy Bush wrote: > i assume, but have zero actual knowledge/experience, that certification > courses/programs actually cover all the corners and minutiae of a subject > such as is-is. so you come out knowing all the options and details, 42% > of which you will u

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Eugeniu Patrascu
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Peter Kristolaitis wrote: > In many ways, certification tracks are something like getting a PhD. > Completely useless information (and very few skills) to anything you'll do > in the "real world", but if it makes your clock tick, go for it. Just > don't expect me

Re: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Randy Bush
i assume, but have zero actual knowledge/experience, that certification courses/programs actually cover all the corners and minutiae of a subject such as is-is. so you come out knowing all the options and details, 42% of which you will use; or maybe 24% if you are parsimonious. while i no longer

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Scott Morris
certifications. :) Scott -Original Message- From: Stephen Satchell Date: Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 8:28 AM To: , "nanog@nanog.org" Subject: Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... >That said, certifications show that the candidate can turn a wrench. It >shows nothing about

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Peter Kristolaitis
On 6/7/2015 4:10 AM, Joshua Riesenweber wrote: As someone studying their first CCIE (RS), I sometimes find these kind of discussions disheartening. They come up every now and again, and the opinions seem vary anywhere between 'a good interview tool' and 'less than worthless'. A certification is

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 06/07/2015 01:10 AM, Joshua Riesenweber wrote: Now from what I understand of the CCIE lab exam (which I haven't attempted yet), it is a practical exam and you need to know your stuff to pass. I'm sure people think up ways to cheat and devalue it, that's bound to happen. I've sat on both sides

RE: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread shawn wilson
On Jun 7, 2015 4:12 AM, "Joshua Riesenweber" wrote: > > (In my experience it takes more time to study a certification track than to learn just what you need to get a job done.) > Stated different, no job is going to teach you how to pass a cert. And no cert is going to teach a job. One can help

RE: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Joshua Riesenweber
As someone studying their first CCIE (RS), I sometimes find these kind of discussions disheartening. They come up every now and again, and the opinions seem vary anywhere between 'a good interview tool' and 'less than worthless'. It took me a long time to get started in certifications once I bega

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 6/6/2015 05:43, shawn wilson 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

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread manning
y-work&why. >> >> >> >> - Original Message - >> From: John Fraizer >> To: Łukasz Bromirski >> Cc: nanog@nanog.org >> Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 5:55 PM >> Subject: Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... >> >> Folks,

RE: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread F.L. Whiteley
ir Windows Secrets books;^) Frank Whiteley -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Larry Sheldon Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2015 8:25 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... On 6/5/2015 23:35, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: &

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 6/5/2015 23:35, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: 'pathping' . learned something new today... Did not know such a command existed in windows.. Been working with computers for over 30 years, while I don't care as to what it says about how much I know, but it sure reminds me that that their is always so

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 06/06/2015 07:17 PM, John Fraizer wrote: And if you've got a cert, you had better know your stuff because if your cert says you're an EXPERT. I'm gonna expect you to be one! X -- math quantity denoting the unknown SPURT -- drip of water under pressure X-SPURT -- unknown drip under pressure

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread John Fraizer
real desire to understand how > things-actually-work&why. > > > > - Original Message - > From: John Fraizer > To: Łukasz Bromirski > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 5:55 PM > Subject: Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... > > Fo

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Randy via NANOG
o: Łukasz Bromirski Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 5:55 PM Subject: Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... Folks, It's just a piece of paper in my opinion. A person either knows their stuff or they don't. Less than 5min on a phone screen and I will know if they "bou

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread shawn wilson
On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Dave Taht wrote: > On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Brandon Ross wrote: >> I also concur. There is most certainly a negative correlation between certs >> and clue in my experience, having met 10s of certificate holders. > > Oh good. Maybe my total lack of ever pur

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Clayton Zekelman
Reminds me of: http://dilbert.com/strip/2000-08-31 At 12:27 PM 06/06/2015, Dave Taht wrote: On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Brandon Ross wrote: > I also concur. There is most certainly a negative correlation between certs > and clue in my experience, having met 10s of certificate holders.

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Dave Taht
On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Brandon Ross wrote: > I also concur. There is most certainly a negative correlation between certs > and clue in my experience, having met 10s of certificate holders. Oh good. Maybe my total lack of ever pursuing one of these things is actually a qualification of s

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Stefan
Sort of back-tracking on the OP JD - is one to derive from the posting and requirements for the job(s) that: 1. the need arises because of the eBay - PayPal split? 2. is PayPal leaving with the openstack [need for] expertise and associated IaaS parts (http://www.openstack.org/user-stories/paypal/)

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Brandon Ross
I also concur. There is most certainly a negative correlation between certs and clue in my experience, having met 10s of certificate holders. Long ago when the MCSE was more popular, I actually started putting "MCSE need not apply" on job postings because everyone I interviewed that had one w

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread shawn wilson
On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 8:33 AM, tvest wrote: > You are such an optimist ;-) > > Sometimes those who can remember the past get to repeat it anyway. > I remember seeing a slide deck for devs saying all new web apps are recreating mail, write, wall, and finger (the person posted it on FB, so of cour

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 06/06/2015 03:32 AM, jim deleskie 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. It's not a question of clue, but of history. How many CS grads are exposed to the de

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread tvest
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 wrote: >"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” > >

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Dorian Kim
"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

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread shawn wilson
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 app

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread jim deleskie
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 wrote: > Back in 2000 at Amazon, HR somehow decided to have me do the phone > intervie

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread shawn wilson
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:57 PM, James Laszko wrote: > I asked one of my guys to tracert in windows for something and he executed > pathping. I have never seen that in 25 years Go figure! > Yep, I learned something new (though IDK I'll ever use it - I'm guessing it's useless trivia, esp sin

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-06 Thread Scott Weeks
--- j...@nethead.com wrote: From: Joe Hamelin 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? Wha

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Joe Hamelin
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Elmar K. Bins wrote: > eyeronic.des...@gmail.com (Mike Hale) wrote: > > > We need a pool on what percentage of readers just googled traceroute. > > None of course! No, they read the man page, of course! -- Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474 > >

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Joe Hamelin
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. Wh

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Elmar K. Bins
eyeronic.des...@gmail.com (Mike Hale) wrote: > We need a pool on what percentage of readers just googled traceroute. None of course!

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
quot; > Cc: "NANOG Operators' Group" > Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 9:57:38 PM > Subject: Re: eBay is looking for network heavies... > > I asked one of my guys to tracert in windows for something and he executed > pathping. I have never seen that in 25 years G

interviewing [was] Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Scott Weeks
- It became a tongue-in-cheek interview question. What was boggling was the number of *IE's that failed trying to explain traceroute's mechanics. One thing I have done in the past is encourage the person to succeed at th

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread manning
whois traceroute … manning On 5June2015Friday, at 18:38, Mike Hale wrote: > We need a pool on what percentage of readers just googled traceroute. > >

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 06/05/2015 06:38 PM, Mike Hale wrote: We need a pool on what percentage of readers just googled traceroute. I didn't google traceroute. Didn't need to. Instead, I drew on the knowledge I gained when Clifford and I wrote _Linux IP Stacks Commentary_. Unfortunately, the Steven's books are

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread James Laszko
I asked one of my guys to tracert in windows for something and he executed pathping. I have never seen that in 25 years Go figure! James Laszko Mythos Technology Inc jam...@mythostech.com Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2015, at 18:40, Mike Hale wrote: > > We need a pool on what percen

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread jim deleskie
Based on the number of "certified" people I've interviewed over the last 20yr, my default view lines up with Jared's 100% On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:38 PM, Mike Hale wrote: > We need a pool on what percentage of readers just googled traceroute. > On Jun 5, 2015 6:28 PM, wrote: > > > On 5 Jun 201

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Mike Hale
We need a pool on what percentage of readers just googled traceroute. On Jun 5, 2015 6:28 PM, wrote: > On 5 Jun 2015, at 17:45, Łukasz Bromirski wrote: > > On 06 Jun 2015, at 02:26, Jared Mauch wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Jun 5, 2015, at 7:13 PM, John Fraizer wrote: Head of line for CCIE

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread John Fraizer
It's been over a decade since I was an active participant on NANOG. I didn't know that the NANOG-JOBS list existed. Sometimes it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission though. I guess it's a good thing Susan H. isn't here to throw me in NANOG jail, huh? John Fraizer --Sent from my Androi

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread nanog
On 5 Jun 2015, at 17:45, Łukasz Bromirski wrote: On 06 Jun 2015, at 02:26, Jared Mauch wrote: On Jun 5, 2015, at 7:13 PM, John Fraizer wrote: Head of line for CCIE / JNCIE but knowledge and experience trumps a piece of paper every time! Can you please put these at the back of the line?

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread ryanL
we're allowed to recruit on nanog?... On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:19 PM John Fraizer wrote: > Hello All, > > eBay is looking for folks to join our Site Network Engineering team. eBay > Site Network Engineering is responsible for the eBay SITE network from ToR > to Peering Edge. You won't be bored

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread John Fraizer
Folks, It's just a piece of paper in my opinion. A person either knows their stuff or they don't. Less than 5min on a phone screen and I will know if they "bought" their certification(s) or earned them. Sadly, I've spoken to far too many who give some validation to Jared's comment. I'm wonderin

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Łukasz Bromirski
> On 06 Jun 2015, at 02:26, Jared Mauch wrote: > > >> On Jun 5, 2015, at 7:13 PM, John Fraizer wrote: >> >> Head of line for CCIE / JNCIE but knowledge and experience trumps a piece >> of paper every time! > > Can you please put these at the back of the line? My experience is that > the cis

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Jon Lewis
On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, Scott Weeks wrote: --- j...@op-sec.us wrote: From: John Fraizer Bonus points if you can tell me about IPv8. (The old guard will get that joke.) Long live Jim! U...Never mind... Who? Get off my stargate. :) :0 * ^From:.*(jfl

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Jared Mauch
> On Jun 5, 2015, at 7:13 PM, John Fraizer wrote: > > Head of line for CCIE / JNCIE but knowledge and experience trumps a piece > of paper every time! Can you please put these at the back of the line? My experience is that the cisco certification (at least) is evidence of the absence of actual

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Scott Weeks
--- j...@op-sec.us wrote: From: John Fraizer Bonus points if you can tell me about IPv8. (The old guard will get that joke.) Long live Jim! U...Never mind... :-) scott

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread Mehmet Akcin
Please use below mailing list for job posting http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs Mehmet > On Jun 5, 2015, at 19:13, John Fraizer wrote: > > Hello All, > > eBay is looking for folks to join our Site Network Engineering team. eBay > Site Network Engineering is responsible for the

eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-05 Thread John Fraizer
Hello All, eBay is looking for folks to join our Site Network Engineering team. eBay Site Network Engineering is responsible for the eBay SITE network from ToR to Peering Edge. You won't be bored. You will be challenged. You will have fun! This position is located in San Jose, California @ eBa