A job posting just listed something like, “Experience using TCP\/IP” as a requirement.<\/p>\n
I’ve been using it since the fifth grade or so, when we networked two PCs together. I now use it on a daily basis. I’ve used it very extensively, including billions of ACKs, millions of SYNs and FINs, and even some RSTs and PSHs.<\/p>\n
But I’m not just being a goofball. The job doesn’t seem to entail any low-level knowledge of TCP\/IP. I think they’re just looking for someone who knows what it is. (I also have extensive experience using ICs, device drivers, and OS kernels.)<\/p>\n
I don’t really want to work at this place.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A job posting just listed something like, “Experience using TCP\/IP” as a requirement. I’ve been using it since the fifth grade or so, when we networked two PCs together. I now use it on a daily basis. I’ve used it … Continue reading