Garmin (was Re: Jobs?)

[Jeremy Oberg]

I don't know what the IT department is looking for, but the engineering
side won't interview candidates that do not have a 3.5 GPA or higher. 
I think all their phones are handled by the phone company.  Their
firewall appeared to be Raptor running on Solaris 2.6 .  They use all
Dell equipment. They are switching from NT 4 to 2000 on the desktop. 
Their advertising department runs Macs. They run a mixture of
Novell/NT4/2k on the server.  They run perl scripts on the desktops for
versioning.  I think they're still using Star Teams for software
development.  Last time I talked to them they seemed very opposed to
Open Source Software in production (who is going to support it?  All we
know is proprietary X), their IT department handles EVERYTHING
internally (absolutely nothing outside!)  

That said Friday, Cessna is announcing who they are selecting for their
integrated cockpit selection.  If Garmin wins the contract it should be
several hundred million dollars, so I bet they would be hiring.

-Jeremy
They currently have job openings listed
http://www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/jobs/index.html

----- Original Message -----
From: zscoundrel <zscoundrel at kc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Jobs?

> I don't really have any contacts with them, but I know that they 
> make 
> more than just GPS units.  They were one of our toughest 
> competitors in 
> the aviation nav/com market when I worked for the old King Radio 
> division of Allied signal.
> 
> As I understand it, when Honeywell absorbed Allied Signal, some of 
> the 
> old King Radio lines were sold off to Garmin.  This may have put 
> them in 
> an overstaffed position.  I have heard many stories about how well 
> Garmin is run, so I would imagine that they would retain and 
> reorganize 
> rather than lay off.  This would make it tough to get on as there 
> would 
> not be many openings.
> 
> Keep trying, Garmin has a good reputation for being well and 
> ethically 
> managed, I am sure that it would be a good place to work.
> 
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> numa at thenuma.com wrote:
> > There are other GPS companies out there, Trimble, Topcon, and in 
> other> accurate instruments, you have Nikon, just to name a couple.
> > 
> > Trimble has purchased most of the existing GPS compaines.  Kris
> > 
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> >>If your referring to the GPS/Depth Finder company, yes a very hard
> >>company to get into.  If you ever find the secret, let me know.
> >>
> >>Steven Elling said:
> >>
> >>>I guess I'll throw this out there...
> >>>
> >>>Does anyone have a contact within Garmin?  I've tried to get on 
> board>>>with  them since I graduated from DeVRY in `97 but I can't 
> even get a
> >>>call-back.   I've done everything from sending in résumés, 
> filling out
> >>>applications,  submitting my résumé on-line in reference to current
> >>>job openings, to  calling them up to speak to an HR rep.  Garmin 
> has>>>been nothing short of a  tough nut to crack.
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> much force as a 400-pound safe traveling at just 60 miles per hour.
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