Starting a new job in the middle of a pandemic
It has now been more than 90 days since I joined Cloudflare’s EMEA Recruiting Team as a Recruiting Coordinator based in Lisbon. In a year filled with hardships for so many people around the world, I wanted to share my journey. I hope people will relate and feel encouraged to pursue their dreams, even during these challenging times.
When 2020 started, it was not in my plans to change jobs and start working at a new company, completely remote, without ever meeting my colleagues in person or visiting the office. However, that is exactly what happened, and I am so glad I did.
Interviewing with Cloudflare
The number of interviews in the hiring process at Cloudflare may feel overwhelming for some - in my case, I met 11 people during this process. For me, I was glad to have so many chances to get to know the people I would be working with. I believe I got as much out of the conversations as the interviewers did, which is great — a recruitment process should be as much about the company getting to know you, as you getting to know the company.
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FreeRTR Deep Dive on Software Gone Wild
This podcast introduction was written by Nick Buraglio, the host of today’s podcast.
In today’s evolving landscape of whitebox, brightbox, and software routing, a small but incredibly comprehensive routing platform called FreeRTR has quietly been evolving out of a research and education service provider network in Hungary.
Kevin Myers of IPArchitechs brought this to my attention around March of 2019, at which point I went straight to work with it to see how far it could be pushed.
FreeRTR Deep Dive on Software Gone Wild
This podcast introduction was written by Nick Buraglio, the host of today’s podcast.
In today’s evolving landscape of whitebox, brightbox, and software routing, a small but incredibly comprehensive routing platform called FreeRTR has quietly been evolving out of a research and education service provider network in Hungary.
Kevin Myers of IPArchitechs brought this to my attention around March of 2019, at which point I went straight to work with it to see how far it could be pushed.
Elixir Notes: Keyword Lists
Keyword lists are similar to list. They are a sequence of tuples that are enclosed with square brackets [ Considerations Keys must be atoms Keys are ordered based on insertion Keys can be declared more than once Keyword lists are the syntax for passing parameters to...Elixir Notes: Lists
Lists are a sequence of values that are enclosed with square brackets []. Lists in Elixir are actually stored in memory as linked lists. Each element holds both its value and a pointer to the next element. Considerations To compute the length of a list, the whole list needs to be...Elixir Notes: Types
Elixir has a number of types similar to most programming languages. Integer Integers are whole numbers. Float Floats are decimal place numbers. Boolean Booleans are true or false values. Atom Atoms are constants where the value is the same as the name of the atom. Atoms are...Elixir Notes: Maps
Maps are used to store key/value pairs. Maps are defined with curly brackets prefixed with a percent % # Define a map with the hash rocket syntax map = % # Create a map from a list of tuples map = Map.new([ Considerations It is convention to use atoms as keys for maps. When an atom is...Elixir Notes: Tuples
Tuples are similar to lists except they store all their elements in a contiguous memory block. Tuples are defined with the curly braces Considerations Updating or adding to tuples is expensive, because a new tuple is created in memory.Elixir Notes: Modules
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All about functions in Elixir.EdgeQ Shares Details On A New 5G Chip For The OpenRAN Market
Startup EdgeQ is making a SoC that combines a 5G modem and machine learning capabilities in the same chip. EdgeQ is targeting telcos and service providers building and upgrading base stations for 5G.
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IPv6 Buzz 068: Addressing The New Federal IPv6-Only Mandate
In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about the likely impacts of the latest IPv6 mandate from the federal government, which directs that 80% of each fed network be IPv6-only by 2025. Our guest is Nick Buraglio. Nick is a network architect and technical analyst with the Energy Sciences Network and has decades of experience working in and on government nets.
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