eBay is looking for network heavies...

shawn wilson ag4ve.us at gmail.com
Thu Jun 11 14:47:16 UTC 2015


On Jun 11, 2015 7:07 AM, "jim deleskie" <deleskie at gmail.com> 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 ones.  I know talented folks that had to go to
delivering
> pizzas ( not to slag pizza delivery folks) to support themselves and their
> families. Some folks ended up leaving the industry because of it and I'm
> "sure" lots of people choose to no get into the field seeing no jobs.
This
> type of event causes a whole that takes a long time correct.
>

So I'm at your early 30s mark too. I've read all y'all on getting in by
helping grow the internet and not thinking these things still exist. Two
thoughts:
1. Heard of IPv6? Wasn't made just to keep us employed.
2. I'd give anything to have replaced my Encarda (sp?) cd with Wikipedia in
middle school. I'd have killed to replace my Motorola with an android or
iPhone in high school. To not have a heavy ass bag of books hurting my hand
and just grip my kindle. And to have had the ability to hook up a phone
line to the 8088 or apple // in elementary school would've been awesome.

I'm sure if you look you'll find similar conversations years earlier about
"I got in by helping lay the groundwork for Unix/C/DARPANet. IDK what
future generations will do to get a job at my level." You aren't the
smartest person on the net and not the only person with luck to be in the
right place.

I hear about teachers using Wikipedia and podcasts as teaching aids and I
think "they wouldn't even let me cite Wikipedia in college". Feel sorry for
people if you want - I'll help people if I can but never do I think I had
it better.



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