<div dir="ltr">In general the job postings for Linux/other admin lately require to be able to build a space ship and then go to the moon and back. That how many skill are described.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:33 PM, leam hall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leamhall@gmail.com" target="_blank">leamhall@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Since we occasionally talk about new people coming into the sysadmin<br>
field, and as LOPSA is having a discussion on why people might join<br>
the org, I found some good value in the Steel Pivot job that just hit<br>
the ale-jobs list.<br>
<br>
What I tend to do is look at jobs that sound interesting and see how<br>
many of those technologies I'm familiar with and how many of the<br>
skills I have. The gaps can become a good road map for the next few<br>
months.<br>
<br>
If I were just coming into the field or looking for a new job, the<br>
next hour or so would be research, followed by an hour of resume<br>
updating. If there was a large gap I could easily spend the next while<br>
spinning up a few VMs to try things out and blow them up.<br>
<br>
That's one way to become a system administrator. I don't think you can<br>
learn it in college: black magic is frowned upon and dumb luck doesn't<br>
come in a book.<br>
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Leam<br>
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Mind on a Mission<br>
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