Jim Kinney ++<br><br>I got my current job (at least partially) because between interview 1 and 2, I implemented the opensource applications they are using on my home network.<br><br>Wolf<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+10 on homework!<br><br>get a pile of old crap and make it "do things". Set up a web server, an NFS server, and a samba machine for windows file and print. Make everything talk to everything. Do things on a winders box and then do them better on the Linux box. Put MySQL and PostgreSQL on the same machine with the same data and test which one runs faster. Retest from a winders machine. retest through a webserver. That take some scripting/coding, some administration and some engineering.<br>
<br><time to piss off the ubuntu/debian/slackware/gentoo fans><br><br>Get CentOS and read the RedHat documentation <a href="https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/</a> . Use nothing but CentOS 5 or CentOS6 (CentOS is the poor mans RHEL). The vast majority of paying jobs that come across the ale-jobs list (and that recruiters hit me as well) are for REDHAT. By vast majority, I mean 80+%. That doesn't mean some other distro won't work. But RHEL background will get your foot in the door. Configs between RHEL and Ubuntu are totally not compatible until you totally understand all bootup aspects of both distros AND are a bash guru.<br>
<br><end RHEL love fest><br><br>Learn virtualization and clustering. Be able to pull the power cord out of a crap box and have it's backup system pick up automatically. Learn scripting! Bash is your friend! Automate everything! Make your systems sort email by sender's 3rd letter of their last name (useless but a hard scripting exercise!). Don't use a gui for anything except viewing pictures! Learn backup methods from mondo to bacula.<br>
<br>Use your local teachers as resources for extra experience. Ask if there is anything you can do to get more exposure. Ask for extra projects or for lab time working with them. Most profs will show a willingness to take on a total newbie if the newbie shows they are _MOTIVATED_TO_LEARN_.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Wolf Halton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wolf.halton@gmail.com" target="_blank">wolf.halton@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Mike Fletcher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fletch@phydeaux.org" target="_blank">fletch@phydeaux.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><span>On Dec 26, 2011, at 17:49, jesse james <<a href="mailto:yoshi_mush_room@yahoo.com" target="_blank">yoshi_mush_room@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></div><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite">
<div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div> I currently in school trying to get a <span><span><span>Bachelor's</span></span></span> in IT. I want to be a Linux admin. But the every job I see is require at least 5 years experience in Red Hat administration. How would I go looking for something that doesn't require as much experience like an internship or something that would build my experience.</div>
</div></div></blockquote><br><div>You might check with your campus IT group and see if they have any part time openings. Even if they don't have admin openings for students you might find an ops position that gets you a foot in the door and contacts with the admins. </div>
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<br></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">Start building that administration experience by setting up a network at home, and certainly look for non-profits that might be able to get you in as a volunteer. Volunteer experience is still experience.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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