Actually,"Class-based queueing" is the name of one of a number of scheduling mechanisms used in QoS(Quality of service)-enabled routers. Others include Strict Priority Queueing, Weighted Round-robin etc.
"Traffic shaping" refers to the practise of queuing traffic at originating hosts or intermediate nodes so that it is less bursty.
Both mechanisms are part of the implementation of the Differentiated Services architecture (RFC 2475)
I'm 34 and work in Israel at a medium-size embedded systems/datacom shop. 18 months ago I was promoted to group leader: First I supervised a Physics Phd-dropout who had done a 6-month crash-course in programming, then I supervised a 47-yr. old Russian guy.
Both managing gigs flopped miserably - to a large extent because the managees were not selected by me, but also because I prefer software design and coding to patting people on the back, messing w/ MS Project, and going to lots of meetings. My bosses have now apparently shifted me into a system architecture type gig - which is fine for now.
When I look at want ads however I see that most senior positions involve project/group management. I've heard that there are a few companies, Novell in particular, that have a non-managerial path of advancement for techies. But these seem to be the exception.
I'm concerned that a few years down the line I will find it more difficult to find full-time work. Though I think I should have no problem as a contract programmer.
As an aside, I think that it would be great if Slashdot had some sort of permanent forum for discussion of tech careers.
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"Automatic symbolic links" were implemented in a Bell-Northern Research proprietary OS called SLIC(which ran in the SL-1 PBX) around 1985.
Actually,"Class-based queueing" is the name of one of a number of scheduling mechanisms used in QoS(Quality of service)-enabled routers. Others include Strict Priority Queueing, Weighted Round-robin etc.
"Traffic shaping" refers to the practise of queuing traffic at originating hosts or intermediate nodes so that it is less bursty.
Both mechanisms are part of the implementation of the Differentiated Services architecture (RFC 2475)
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I'm 34 and work in Israel at a medium-size
embedded systems/datacom shop. 18 months ago
I was promoted to group leader: First I
supervised a Physics Phd-dropout who had done
a 6-month crash-course in programming, then I
supervised a 47-yr. old Russian guy.
Both managing gigs flopped miserably - to a
large extent because the managees were not
selected by me, but also because I prefer
software design and coding to patting people
on the back, messing w/ MS Project, and going
to lots of meetings. My bosses have now
apparently shifted me into a system architecture
type gig - which is fine for now.
When I look at want ads however I see that most
senior positions involve project/group management.
I've heard that there are a few companies, Novell
in particular, that have a non-managerial path
of advancement for techies. But these seem to
be the exception.
I'm concerned that a few years down the line I
will find it more difficult to find full-time
work. Though I think I should have no problem
as a contract programmer.
As an aside, I think that it would be great
if Slashdot had some sort of permanent forum
for discussion of tech careers.