"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 6:43 AM, shawn wilson <ag4ve...@gmail.com> 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 (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 >>>