[Ale-study] Linux system administrator

Sat May 3 08:43:47 EDT 2014

Aasem

I would be interested in that venture, we can meet up whenever time allows
Robert

On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Aasem Khan <aasemkhan at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm not very technical, albeit part of the IT work force, so don't have
> advice directly related to Linux admin, but since I've helped a number of
> people transition to IT from completely non-technical fields, I figure I'd
> share.
>
> In my opinion, the best way to transition into IT is to find the shortest
> path to get employed in an IT field, and then learn your way to your
> targeted skill / job. That way you learn while making money, and don't have
> to do it 'on your own time', so your family life is affected as little as
> possible.
>
> The fastest way to accomplish this is through QA (testing). Basic QA tasks
> - especially in software development - are essentially an organized way of
> using an application. In other words a person manually testing the facebook
> application is using facebook in an organized fashion and reporting back
> findings of its features and bugs. The only thing he / she has to learn is
> that 'organized' part.
>
> One can get the basic skills of a manual tester and be working as a QA
> person in a month's time (I'm speaking from personal experience helping
> people with this). Once you're in the environment, you can soak up a lot of
> knowledge from other coworkers and the environment in general. Essentially
> on the job training.
>
> Robert, if you want help in this regard I can provide some guidance.
> Depending on our schedules, my friend and I can possibly guide you on the
> resume part as well. Ping me if you're interested.
>
> aasem
>
> - - - - -
> Sent from my blueberry flavored iAbacus
>   On Friday, 2 May 2014, 11:25, B. Robert <buzibar at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Tx Mathew
>
>
> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Matthew <simontek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To my complete surprise,  I was recently hired at Indiana University as
> the GitHub admin. Not that I wasn't qualified, but the fact I don't have a
> degree was what surprised me. In this field, usually it doesn't matter
> whether or not you have a degree,  as long as you know the work. There are
> exceptions, such as schools and hospital's that have the prestige thing
> going on. Certs can help a lot. Granted a lot of them we as professionals
> see as a joke, but HR and gov't doesn't.  There are certs that do mean
> something such as the RHCE or OSCP. I currently hold the Linux+, net+,
> sec+, A+, LPIC1.  My other certs are medical related.
> Just get an OS going, crash it, break it. Google how to fix it. Come up
> with scenarios you would like to use. Oracle's virtualbox is handy. Stil do
> a dedicated box though.
> Howtoforge.com is a wonderful site.
> On May 2, 2014 10:46 AM, "B. Robert" <buzibar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Lots of good advice from all of you
>
> JD, ill attend the next meeting, would love the opportunity to learn from
> you after the meeting
>
> When is the next meeting and where does that take place
>
>
> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:16 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>
> On 05/02/2014 09:41 AM, B. Robert wrote:
> > I moved here 2 years ago and looking to start a new career in IT,  I
> work 2 jobs
> > to support my family and looking to do Linux system administration
> > It would be tough to enroll in a main stream college program and my
> background
> > has not been strong in computers as i am a High school.
> >
> > I need some advice on how to go about this, from a professional point of
> view or
> > experience from someone who has been through the same.
> >
> > Looking forward for any guidance
> >
>
> Everyone seems to find their own way into becoming a UNIX admin. There
> isn't a
> set way to do it. Mine was strange too. Come to an ALE or GA-400 Linux
> meeting
> and I'll share the story after. I have ZERO formal training, but have been
> doing
> UNIX/Linux administration since 1996 in 1 way or another - never as my
> only job.
>
> So - the best way is to get the company to pay for you to get trained by
> Redhat.
> If you want to make money, Redhat Certification is the best, most-likely,
> way to
> get paid in the end.
>
> Lacking getting the company to pay, get a current Redhat Cert book, load up
> CentOS and start working through all the chapters systematically.
>
> It should go unsaid that you need to use only Linux all day, every day,
> only
> dropping back to Windows when absolutely necessary. The struggle matters.
> Fedora is the desktop distro that RH people run.
>
> It should be noted that I'm saying this as an Ubuntu Server Admin and
> Debian
> lover. That just is not where most of the money flows.
>
> Most companies willing to pay well for admins (in the USA) will run RHEL.
> There
> are exceptions, of course.  Similar thoughts happen for virtualization -
> VMware
> ESXi is the money-earner, XenServer 2nd, followed by all the free
> solutions.
> Virtualization is a core skill for any Linux admin now.
>
> DevOps is a buzzword too - real admins have been doing DevOps since the
> beginning of time, but the tools are better today. This is also a core
> skill for
> any Admin, IMHO.  Puppet, Chef, Ansible, CFEngine ... tools like that.
>
> Being on projects with a budget matters. Just sayin' - RHEL, ESXi, Puppet
> are
> the skills to get paid.
>
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