[Bryan Andregg: Re: Wired (was: Re: Interview questions)]

["James L. Fielding" <jamesf@arl.mil>]

>  > Of the Wired-bashers I would like to ask; if you're singling out 
>  >Wired from the popular press, then exactly what's out there that is better?
>  >
>  
>  Actually. one of the problems I have is that there isn't anything better.
>  
  I hope to nip this "discussion" in the bud. The point of the original
discussion was not magazines. It was job interviews. There are a lot of
decent magazines and ezines out there. Getting into a discussion about
which are best would degenerate into a religous war (simililar to which
editor is best). I'm not interested in which magazines are "best". If
somebody wants to hire based on whether the job candidate reads a particular
magazine, thats their problem. The competent candidate will recognize the
interview for what it is and make the decision that's best for him/her.

   I've found the discussion about job interview techniques most enlightening.
I haven't had to interview for 10 years. Since I last interviewed, I've
assumed administrative responsibilities for an Internet root nameserver
(h.root-servers.net) and developed into a Level IV Unix system administrator.
Come spring, after the shake out of the top level DNS, I may find myself on
the interview circuit. How are you going to interview someone with my
credentials? Do I have to demonstrate that I know what "grep -v" means?
Maybe I don't get the job because I don't read a particular magazine.

					Jim Fielding
					<jamesf@arl.mil>