[red_blobs]

I disagree. Aside from an entry level position, you want someone with previous experience.

Google wouldn't hire someone to manage their datacenter with no previous experience managing anything like it.

[Filligree]

> Google wouldn't hire someone to manage their datacenter with no previous experience managing anything like it.

That's exactly what they do. The interviews test for basic skills — an understanding of TCP/IP, unix, programming ability and intelligence — and all the rest is on-the-job training.

[jameshart]

Your challenge there would be finding anything remotely like Google's datacenter.

[solipsism]

Voted down for being about as wrong as possible about Google's hiring practices.