So now that you know all of that, I need to convince you ( why you should come work with me. )
So now that you know all of that, I need to convince you ( why you should come work with me. )
It lives, Dr. Frankenstein!
Jun. 23rd, 2006 08:59 am
It lives, Dr. Frankenstein!
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Fun with Dick and Jane and Tim and Chris and 5:30 a.m. Friday network maintenance!
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RNK is trying to identify a problem with our calling card access numbers in New Jersey and we need Jerseyites to help. Can you call these numbers, preferably from a cell phone if possible?
973-854-0045
973-859-1028
Email twp@rnktel.com and let me know:
- the time and date of the call
- which of these numbers you called
- the number you called from
- what you heard when you called: a recorded greeting, static, dead air, garbled voice, etc.
hile, GPS geeks! to me!
Jul. 13th, 2005 12:58 pmThere are a few sites which allow reverse geocoding lookups over the Web, mostly on a free-trial basis for evaluating someone's pricey GIS server software. I'm using these to determine how accurately we can get a user's fix. For that, I need data. And that, dear reader and owner of a handheld GPS device, is where you come in.
I need to collect a bunch of street addresses and the latitude/longitude that a GPS receiver reports at each of those locations. On this side I can do the reverse lookup and see how closely it matches your actual address. The more far-flung the locations, the better, as long as they're in the 50 U.S. states. (I'm not sure if we're required to provide 911 service in Puerto Rico or Guam.) I will be happy to tell you the results I get, if that makes it more appealing. :-)
If you'd like to help, please feel free either to post the results here or mail them to twp@rnktel.com, whatever you prefer :-)
[MA] job: principal database engineer
Jun. 28th, 2005 01:59 pm[also posted to suspects]
My employer, RNK Telecom located in Dedham, Massachusetts, is in search of a qualified database lead with a strong Java background. We have interviewed several candidates from headhunters and found them all lacking. (Shock!)
Here is the actual job description from http://www.rnktel.com/careeropportunities.html.
Principle Database Engineer
Responsible for the design and implementation of a new operations database. This database will contain all customer and operational data for the company and will undergo significant enhancement over time. Key components are information used for billing, customer records, sales order processing, current/historic network information as well as inventory and reordering information.
Skills and Requirements
- 7 - 10 years experience in the design, development, deployment and ongoing maintenance of significant databases implemented in one or more of the following: Oracle, MySql, Informix, or Postgres.
- 6 years hands-on Java experience.
- 2+ years J2EE experience along with a background in c and/or c++.
- Knowledge of IP and telephony network environments and technology is a strong plus.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team composed of people with a wide variety of skills.
- Experience with very large databases, as well as scale, performance and security issues.
- Strong comfort with Solaris and other Unix based systems.
Contact Jon Saperia at jon@rnktel.com. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
For your reference, the IT group at this company is a handful of geeks. Our systems are almost exclusively running FreeBSD and Red Hat with MySQL and the like; we might be persuaded that we need to run Oracle, but it's quite unlikely that a Solaris machine would ever see the light of day here. Feel free to drop me a line or give me a call if you need to hear more.
Jon is my manager; the person who gets this job will work in my group. There's no referral bonus here (as yet); my interest in seeing one of you in this position is limited to my desire to work with people who are not losers.
(Please do not flame me for the technical requirements for the job or the use of the word "Principle." Not my choice, folks.)
--twp