Garmin (was Re: Jobs?)

[Jeremy Oberg]

Oh, I forgot to add a few things:
They did have 3 T3's (they were in the market for an OC3, but couldn't
get anyone to run the fiber to them.)  They only had one firewall box,
which according to the manual could only handle 1 T3.  They are using a
Radware box to load balance between the pipes. They have all Bay
Networks equipment, but are in the process of testing Extreme Networks.

That's about all I know from a year+ ago.

-Jeremy 

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremy Oberg <jeroberg at comcast.net>
Subject: Garmin (was Re: Jobs?)

> I don't know what the IT department is looking for, but the 
> engineeringside 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 
> forversioning.  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 
> theirintegrated 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>
> Date: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:24 pm
> 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>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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