[ale] [Semi-OT] Networking Equipment

[Leam Hall]

On 11/30/2011 12:11 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:

>> Again, please don't take my stance to be the way I feel things
>> should be. After doing this stuff for a while I see that it is the
>> way things are.
>
> One reason why I don't work for companies where HR controls the
> process of, uh, "acquisition of talent".  :-)
>
> 	--- Mike

I'm reading "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters". Very good book and it 
gives lots of ideas on how to reach the right person before jumping the 
HR hurdle. Most good geek managers would look you up and be impressed if 
you're providing help to newbies on IP stack RFCs and such. It's just 
getting to them that is the issue.

One thing I have found is that large company experience often gets your 
resume noticed a bit more. Of course, there are downsides to many large 
companies too.

To tie this back to the original topic, it behooves the poster to think 
through what they want to learn networking for. If it's to deepen their 
knowledge then there's one path. For resume building, it's another.

Leam