Tweeted out of a job: The "Cisco Fatty" story

Twitter is all a-tweet with the recent exchange between a prospective Cisco hire and another Cisco employee. The first wrote (the tweet has since been deleted):

Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.

The tweet was seen by a channel partner advocate for Cisco, who tweeted back:

@theconnor Who is the hiring manager. I'm sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the web.

The career-limiting faux pas has been immortalized with its own "Cisco Fatty" Web site.

So remember, kids, protect yourselves.

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Jim Duffy has been covering technology for over 28 years, 23 at Network World. He covers enterprise networking infrastructure, including routers and switches. He also writes The Cisco Connection blog and can be reached on Twitter @Jim_Duffy and at jduffy@nww.com.

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