[Ale-study] Linux labs and tutorials

[LaQuil Bowman]

Thanks for the feedback, I plan to be at the next Sunday meet up. For now, I am interested in using linux for scripting, possibly webapps. I would like to be able to navigate linux comfortably outside of that though. I am currently a Windows System Admin and I deal a lot with vmware, vdi, but nothing linux oriented outside of ubuntu mate at my home. I will make it out to a meet up to meet all of you guy and get an idea of what I should focus on. Thank you for the feedback.

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> On Jul 10, 2016, at 12:18 PM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 07/10/2016 10:47 AM, LaQuil Bowman wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I am new to the group and fairly new to Linux. I know basics of
>> Linux, but want to develop professional level skills with it. Does
>> anyone have any lab material or tutorials they would suggest looking
>> into?
> 
> Depends on your specific goals.  "New" doesn't really say much.
> http://blog.jdpfu.com/2014/12/28/learning-linux
> 
> It is ok to not really know what the goals should be. The Linux
> ecosystem is huge, so there are many different paths depending on what
> your final goal is.  Cube-slave Admin skills are very different from
> small startup admin skills and both of those are very different from
> scripting language skills, webapp skills, embedded development, Android,
> SOC.  All of these add on virtualization, containers, cloud deployments,
> devops, ....
> 
> Last year, I mentored someone for about 4 months. He had taken Linux
> Admin classes in college, but learned OTJ that was just the beginning of
> the knowledge needed. Changes in his life altered his goals and we
> stopped communicating.
> 
> So ... what are your goals?  If you have 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 25 yr goals
> and will share those, I think you'll get the best advice. Of course,
> life will lead you in different directions and none of us knows what
> next week will bring, having a direction will make for the most
> efficient use of your efforts.
> 
> Also, if you can, come out to one of the many ALE meetings we have. Talk
> with folks at all stages of their careers. Learn about different
> employers, jobs, positions, roles.  I'm at the Sunday meetings - like
> TODAY at 3pm. Helpful folks will be at all the meetings, so you can get
> different opinions. Nobody knows it all.
> 
> Thanks for reaching out!  Hope to see follow up from others and you at
> one of the "meat" ups.
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