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Article #53Re: US-MD-Chevy Chase: OS/2 server design/build
From: Faisal Islam
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:00
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On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 02:53:22, George Falcon <gfalcon@compmerc.com> wrote: > I work for one of America's largest insurance companies, headquartered > in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on the border with the District of > Columbia. I'd worked for 12 years as a contract network engineer, > until applying for a fulltime position with this company. The 26 acre > campus is a five minute walk from the metrorail, and there's plenty of > very nice housing and shopping here, including Lord & Taylor, > Tiffany's, Saks-Jandel, Hecht's, Nieman-Marcus and others. > > Though Silicon Valley has more high-tech companies than anywhere in > the country, we recently found out that the Washington, D.C. > metropolitan area has more high-tech jobs than any other area of the > country. > > Montgomery County is the 8th-wealthiest county in the country, with a > median salary close to $90,000. Snob appeal isn't important, but good > services, like schools and transportation are important, I think. > > This company treats its employees well. Many employees have > recommended this company to their friends, and many have suggested > their spouses apply. We have a mini-gym, onsite cafeteria hosted by > Sodexho Marriott, dining room with room for 300, library, and both > outdoor and underground parking options. Vanpools and metrorail use > are encouraged, and both hold advantages for associates who choose to > use those options. > > Other benefits include 401(k), profit-sharing, excellent pension plan, > dental, optical, and medical coverage, as well as the usual life, > AD&D, and LTD insurance options. We also have our own federal credit > union. > > When someone calls for a quote, or to buy a policy, sales associates > are on the phone with the customer using an application written by our > company which runs on a server running OS/2. There are hundreds of > these servers nationwide. I anticipate there may be a need on our > team in the not-too-distant future for a person experienced in > installing, configuring, and maintaining OS/2 Warp Connect, OS/2 Warp > 4 Server Advanced SMP, and OS/2 Warp Server for eBusiness on a variety > of hardware platforms, including IBM and Compaq. This person should > feel comfortable writing, commenting, and maintaining REXX code. A > firm (though not necessarily deep) understanding of TCP/IP utilities > would be helpful. The successful candidate will have a good overall > foundation in networking and in RAID level advantages and > disadvantages. Ability to work with minimal supervision, including > researching BIOS and firmware updates, detailed hardware compatibility > issues, and fixpak levels is a plus. > > The successful candidate will submit to me through email a text (text > only, please) resume which includes at a minimum the following > highlighted sections: Objective, Availability, Certifications, > Education, Military Service, Training, and chronological (most recent > first) Employment History, salary expectation. > > I expect we'd be filling this within a few months. George, You are not talking about GEICO by any chance, are you ? If you are, call me at X-1920 via the Region V tie line during regular business hours. If you are not talking about GEICO, you probably don't know what the previous sentence means, but that's okay. Thanks, Faisal -- +----------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Faisal Islam | If the mountain will not come to | | fislam@home.com | me, I will go to the mountain and | | 3806 Farmville Drive | beat the rocks out of it. Next | | Addison, TX 75001 | time it'll come when called. | +----------------------+-----------------------------------+ OS/2, because anything from Redmond, WA would be uncivilized.
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