[AusNOG] Career @ Micron21 Datacentre - AusNOG

[Mark ZZZ Smith]

So this raises an interesting question.

What are "Ninja Networking Skills"?

I'm reminded of a recruiter survey I once filled out. "Expertise in DHCP" they asked. I know enough about DHCP(v4, although I think I probably know more about DHCPv6 these days) to know that it is a derivative and descendent of BOOTP, and that BOOTP was in some ways was a more general version (i.e., runs over UDP) of Reverse ARP, which are both something I experienced in the early 1990s. Does that make me an expert in DHCP? I'm not sure and probably not - the peoples' who's names are on the top of the RFCs are the experts, the rest of us are just pupils. On the one hand, I know enough about the protocol and its origins that if I'm faced with a piece of software that implements it that I've never seen, I probably will guess right how to enable and deploy it. On the other hand, I'd never claim to be an expert in software I've never seen or used. How do I score myself? I might know more than most about its origins, but on the other hand, people don't
 hire you for the history you know, they hire you for what you can or could do.

I also remember being asked in an interview about a specific LSA type in OSPF - the multicast one - type 6 LSAs IIRC. They've never been widely implemented, although I think Cisco, to their credit, did support it at one stage (and this was a job that was unlikely to use Type 6 LSAs). So what is the purpose of this question? I might know the answer, but all that might really mean is that I've studied the RFCs, yet never actually deployed OSPF at all!

So perhaps looking for "Ninja Networking Skills" is just asking for people who are really interested in networking and who like to wear slim fitting black outfits, throw sharp stars, and wear shoes with a gap between the hallux and long toe?




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> From: James Braunegg <james.braunegg at micron21.com>
>To: Seamus Ryan <s.ryan at uber.com.au>; 'Matt Palmer' <mpalmer at hezmatt.org>; "'ausnog at lists.ausnog.net'" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net> 
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>Dear Seamus
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>All good we still require a candidate with “Ninja Networking Skills” including BGP / OSPF along with superb amounts of networking experience…. 
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>The System admin side of things internal to our operation and services we provide will in turn make the candidate a super hero..  master of both worlds !
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>But like anything you have to be open to learn to succeed and not run away like Snow White.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Seamus Ryan
>Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 8:35 PM
>To: 'Matt Palmer'; 'ausnog at lists.ausnog.net'
>Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Career @ Micron21 Datacentre - AusNOG
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>Lulz!
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>devopsreactions and replygif. 
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>Suitable for all IT occasions.
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>- Seamus
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Matt Palmer
>Sent: Friday, 9 May 2014 1:37 PM
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>On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 11:44:18PM +0000, James Braunegg wrote:
>> If you would like a dream job within a highly redundant mission 
>> critical datacentre environment
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>http://devopsreactions.tumblr.com/post/85008036613/sysadmin-job-description-experience-in-hardware
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>- Matt
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