[Ale-study] Linux system administrator

[B. Robert]

I'll attend today's meeting hopefully

On Sunday, May 4, 2014, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> On 05/03/2014 08:46 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > On 05/03/2014 08:21 PM, William Bagwell wrote:
> >> One bit of advise I did not see mentioned by others, is you *must* be
> willing
> >> to go where the jobs are.
> >>
> >> Live in the rural burbs myself (boonies to you city slickers) and not
> being
> >> willing to drive to Atlanta killed my chances. Entry level Linux jobs
> are
> >> few and far between and I have only seen *one* in ten years of lurking
> on
> >> the ALE jobs list (ale-jobs at mail.ale.org <javascript:;>) that was
> close enough to me to
> >> bother applying for.
> > yup, living in Athens, all the jobs are in Atlanta/Alpharetta.. luckily
> I get to
> > work from home for another year:)
> > contract work.. not permanent.
> >
>
> Ah ... moving to a different state will likely be necessary. I've lived in
> 9
> different states, 11 different cities.  We are a mobile society.
>  Interesting
> work happens more than 200 miles from here.  I've known people who
> commuted from
> rural NC to Atlanta daily - crazy.  If a job isn't fun/rewarding enough to
> move,
> then I probably don't want it.
>
> Some recent Linux group people moved 4 states away for positions. Just
> sayin'.
>
> I've had some amazing jobs over the years ... and as great as they all
> were,
> left each for career growth reasons.  That made me more valuable for the
> next
> and the next and the next jobs. The more, different, experience you get,
> the
> more valuable you will be to companies. Keep moving forward. Eventually,
> even
> the greatest job gets boring.  I loved most of those jobs and liked the
> people
> at them (mostly).  After 3-5 yrs, it is time to move on, learn something
> new - IMHO.
>
> Also, while using a Linux desktop is important, it is not a substitute for
> running linux servers.  Do everything from the CLI/shell. Forget
> point-n-click -
> that just isn't how it is done on servers.  Try to automate everything
> possible
> on 1 machine, then try to automate across multiple machines. Have
> computers work
> for you, not the other way around.
>
> There are exceptions, of course.  But many things we P-n-C today are a
> waste of
> time. That's ok, provided we have the time to waste. RSS feeds are 50% more
> efficient (at least) than browsing and don't interrupt other work.
>
> Contract vs permanent.  I much prefer contracting. Very little politics.
> Usually
> higher pay and MORE time off!  Just do the work.  I've worked places with
> major
> layoffs - it was always the employees being fired, NOT the contractors
> actually
> doing the important work.  Plus, as a contractor, it is less likely you'll
> have
> people reporting to you. For me, that is a plus. My last job as an
> employee had
> me in a leadership role and it didn't agree with me. I hated NOT being
> able to
> do technical stuff - their just wasn't time. They say we are all promoted
> 1-level beyond our competence level? I suspect that happened to me.
>
> Anyway, hope to see some of you at the GA-400 meetup today.
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