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They aren't allowed to gather that kind of data without the consent of the people who are the source of the data. Cameras are acceptable for security reasons only, if you want to datamine anybody you need their permission. They only do this because they think they're gonna get away with it because nobody ain't gonna do shit about it. Hopefully they'll be proven very wrong.
>the splash screen with "people of color" smiling and looking likable while the two depicted white people not smiling and not looking very likable
And how would one go from dicking around in Packet Tracer or VM's to showing a potential employer what he knows and can actually do in practice? Its not simple like it is for example programmers, they basically have to write some software and then show it.
This is a good question
generally interviews for networking positions go through a few phases where one would talk to HR in which they'd ask a few questions and check off a few boxes. second round should have someone of a technical background that would pose hypothetical situations and the interviewee might whiteboard out a quick environment.
Generally speaking, one does not have to demonstrate the CLI ability, but rather prove they understand the concepts of routing, switching, vlans and the like.