[geeks] bitchin' and moaning [wasRe: [rescue] U30--thanks]

[Ethan]

> Well, the ONE interview I went on since starting to look for work almost
> a year ago was with a University, and I'm convinced they thought I was
> full of sh#t. At one point I mention having a network of Sun Solaris
> machines at my house, and one of the 2 interviewers stops cold, looks at
> me and says "You have a Unix machine at your home?" so I replied "No,
> actually I have about 6 of them" to which he replied "Why would anyone
> want even one Unix machine at home?" And the position I was interviewing
> for was a Unix sysadmin position for primarily Sun machines! Needless to
> say I didn't get the job.
> -Mike


Take a picture of yourself in front of your unix machines at home and
email it to them. "I wasn't lying"

My interest in SGI systems definitly helped get me the job where I work.

Unfortunately most employers I've interviewed with didn't seem to look at
home machines as "experience." But then again, I think I've learned
interviewing at random is often useless.... knowing someone on the inside
is how all the jobs are gotten (Judging by the fact that my employer still
lists unavailible, never availible, never were availible jobs on their web
based jobs listing system... and whenever one is really availible some
coworker gets someone the job).

				-- Ethan