You really have to be careful and weed out the scammers and shysters in the recruiting game. It gives the IT recruiting industry a bad name. <br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Damon Chesser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:damon@damtek.com" target="_blank">damon@damtek.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On 07/26/2012 09:58 AM, leam hall wrote:<br>
> >From what I understand of the ATL market, things are good for Linux<br>
> people. In general, RHCE means more than LPIC-3 because more shops are<br>
> Red Hat and recruiters see the RHCE acronym more than the LPIC or<br>
> SuSE. Nothing wrong with any of the certs, but RHCE has brand<br>
> recognition.<br>
><br>
> For experienced (3+ years) people pay seems to be in the $80K year<br>
> range. Contracts can do $35-$45/hr without much effort.<br>
><br>
> At the 5+ year mark it seems like $90/yr or $55/hr is normal.<br>
<br>
</div>Now that is good info. Having been in the ATL market for 4 years, I<br>
just "made" numbers up to land a job.<br>
<br>
That is one reason I emailed you (Leam) last night, just to gain intel<br>
on the market.<br>
<div>><br>
> If you have less than 3 years I'd recommend non-profit work,<br>
> educational system, or getting on with a company in a very junior<br>
> role. You're working more for resume building than money at this<br>
> point. You'll also get a world of experience that you won't get<br>
> hacking Linux at home.<br>
><br>
> At least that path worked for me. :)<br>
><br>
> Leam<br>
><br>
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</div><div>Damon L. Chesser<br>
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