<div dir="ltr">The Linux jobs I have been seeing are hot for KVM and OpenStack virtualization. KVM is not all that hard to get, but OpenStack seems to require a huge test network of beefy machines. Perhaps this is a false impression, but I have not been able to find a way to run an instance on a 7-year-old laptop.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Wolf Halton<br><br>--<br>This Apt Has Super Cow Powers - <a href="http://sourcefreedom.com" target="_blank">http://sourcefreedom.com</a><br>Security in the Cloud - <a href="http://atlantaCloudTech.com" target="_blank">http://AtlantaCloudTech.com</a> <br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Boris Borisov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com" target="_blank">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
In general the job postings for Linux/other admin lately require to be able<br>
to build a space ship and then go to the moon and back. That how many skill<br>
are described.<br>
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:33 PM, leam hall <<a href="mailto:leamhall@gmail.com">leamhall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> 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>
><br>
> Leam<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Mind on a Mission<br>
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