[geeks] Opinions - Outdated technologies on Resume

[Rick Hamell]

I was just curious how you all feel about adding outdated technologies 
to a Resume?

I'm not talking stuff that is still in use, but rare. But stuff that has 
fallen off the radar:

MFM Hard drives
IBM PS/2 hardware
Lantastic
BeOS
Commodore/Amiga

Or even ancient versions of software:
Windows 2.0
Office 2.0
Novel 3.22
Solaris 2
386BSD

I've been struggling with this for years. On one hand my area is pretty 
full of generalists, so I've always wanted to show off the breadth and 
depth of my knowledge to differentiate me from the crowd. "Sure you know 
Windows and Mac. But do you also know Solaris, Linux, *BSD, BeOS, AND 
AIX?" On the other hand I run the risk of making HR people's eyes glaze 
over, or hiring managers feel that I'm a "Jack of all trades, Master of 
none."

Of course every once in a while it's nice to get the IT manager who's 
been around the block to reminiscence together. :)

-- 
Rick Hamell

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