Posted by Justin
on March 17, 2006
Reviews /
I spent a very long time arguing, kicking, screaming, yelling and a whole bunch of other things with several Linux installers. My goal: a solid install that allowed me to use a 160GB RAID 1 array without needing to install, copy over crap and setup my RAID array that way…. (I’m not lazy, I’m testing) Very simple, right? HA!
As some background, my wife is in the Army and I have seen my fair share of mishaps while moving. My favorite is when the moving company “accidental” ran through a 5×5x10 crate with a forklift. Several things got ruined on that one. Needless to say, when building my new computer, some sort of RAID was a requirement.
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Posted by Justin
on March 08, 2006
Life and Living /
I recently posted about a recruiter emailing me and the process on how to find as much info about the company as you can before talking to the recruiter. After going through that whole story, I was given an interview.
Instead of a document to help research offers and recruiters, I take you step by step through my process of interviewing, email Q&A and testing. You’ll get a feel for how stressed I was, how hopeless the situation seemed and the final outcome (and as of writing half of the experience, I still don’t know the outcome…)
Why The Recruiter?
I chose the recruiter because of a few things, but mainly because they could sell me better than I could sell myself. I wanted the interview dammit!
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