From owner-freebsd-jobs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 16 07:18:48 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA87516A420 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:18:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from entwistle.sonicboom.org (entwistle.sonicboom.org [66.93.34.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D6BF13C45D for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:18:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (dsl093-034-235.snd1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.34.235]) by entwistle.sonicboom.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBG6qivK011946; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:52:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Message-ID: <4764CB42.6080002@sonicboom.org> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:52:50 -0800 From: Brian User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Royce Williams References: <47647516.5080800@alaska.net> In-Reply-To: <47647516.5080800@alaska.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:18:18 +0000 Cc: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD at Cisco X-BeenThere: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Jobs offered and sought List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:18:48 -0000 Royce Williams wrote: > I'm not a Cisco employee, but this Slashdot thread today: > > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/15/2016241 > > > ... made me curious about FreeBSD at Cisco. There were a number of > jobs that seemed to be primarily FreeBSD-oriented, including jobs > relating to ports/package maintenance, kernel development and server > management. Here's an example job posting: > > http://www.cisco.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=824944&CurrentPage=2 > > ----- > Cisco's Open Platform Software Technology Center is looking to a > maintainer for the userland packages of our internal FreeBSD distribution. > > The next generation of Cisco's products will be powered by Open Source > operating systems and will be built from Open Source components. Our > team will build the core technology used in a wide variety of Cisco > products. > > The ideal candidate has strong C programming skills, and is an > active contributor to the FreeBSD or other open source community. > Experience building and maintaining Linux or FreeBSD distributions is > a plus. Experience with network protocols and network devices is > also a plus. > ----- > > Could be some good opportunities for FreeBSD folks. > > Royce > > Juniper is doing something similar. http://www.networkcomputing.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204802963&cid=nl_tw_networking Brian