[ale] Can anyone help out a fellow ale'r???

[Charles Pillsbury]

I feel for you man! When amazon.com shut down their GA
facility my hunt took quite a while (and those days at
home with the family aren't very fun when the
paychecks have stopped), and the best leads seemed to
be on computerjobs.com (though some of those didn't
get updated that well, and they wouldn't always reply
very quickly), but it was Matrix Resources who found
me a contract position (for decent money and while the
job isn't particularly challenging or overly
interesting, the family is getting fed, the mortgage
is getting paid).  JustUnixJobs.com had some good
leads as well.

While they may find jobs for you, the techiegold
people who sent me on some interviews didn't seem to
be all that helpful (when i noticed them taking notes
when I did a pre-screen and they put down that I had
"Lenox" experience I was a bit worried :D ).   

Though I wanted permanent work initially, contract
work is doing well for me (but I'd like to accrue some
vacation time, my 90+ hour weeks with amazon didn't
afford me a vacation, and I could use one now), and I
read recently that a study shows that while contract
pay is going down, it is still generally better than
perm pay, AND the average perm position is lasting 15
months, vs the 12 months of an average contract.

Good luck on the hunt.

Charles Pillsbury III
(king of the run-on parenthetical sentence!)


--- "James S. Cochrane" <cochrane at mindspring.com>
wrote:
> You aren't the only one.  I've got six years Unix SA
> experience and have 
> been out of work for a month...  Only thing I can
> recommend is start 
> hitting up recruiters and watching the various job
> websites (Dice.com, 
> Monster, etc).  Oh, and hurry up and file for
> unemployment, they'll only 
> pay for the time you've been out of work after
> filing, nothing retroactive 
> to when you lost your job.
> 
> James
> 
> At 01:29 PM 7/30/01 -0700, christopher at bergeron.com
> wrote:
> >...in finding work?  I'm an experienced Unix SA and
> I've recently been 
> >laid-off.  I believe the term they used was
> "consolidation" (we got bought 
> >out).  If anyone could help me out or provide me
> with any leads, I'd be 
> >forever grateful...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Here's the relevant info:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >C h r i s t o p h e r   M .   B e r g e r o n
> >
> >christopher at bergeron.com
> >
> >(404) 431-5230
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Objective:
> >
> >Unix System Administration position with a focus on
> network security.
> >
> >
> >
> >Education:
> >
> >Florida State University, Bachelor of MIS, 1999
> >
> >Brevard Community College, Associate in Arts, 1996
> >
> >
> >
> >Certification(s):
> >
> >Linux Certified Administrator (LCA) - Level I
> >
> >
> >
> >Experience:
> >
> >2001 March - Present
> >
> >Atlanta, GA
> >
> >Full Line Distributors (AMEX Symbol: FLD)
> >
> >Systems Administrator
> >
> >· Responsible for maintaining an 80+ user
> heterogeneous network, 
> >consisting of Unix (IBM AIX),  IBM AS/400 V4R3 (e
> Series), Linux, FreeBSD, 
> >and Windows NT servers
> >
> >· Maintain / Oversee WAN at multiple branch offices
> nationwide
> >
> >· Prioritize and distribute overwhelming workloads
> >
> >· Write custom shell scripts to perform various
> automated maintenance routines
> >
> >· Manage / Oversee workstation integration. 
> Workstations in use are 
> >Windows 95 / 98.
> >
> >· Managed help desk personnel and network engineer
> >
> >· Maintained Cisco routers (2500, 3600 series) on
> Wide Area Network (WAN)
> >
> >· Coordinated software / database maintenance with
> developers for VICS 
> >proprietary database software.
> >
> >
> >
> >1999 January - 2000 October
> >
> >Tallahassee, Florida
> >
> >Hopping, Green, Sams & Smith, P.A.
> >
> >Network Administrator
> >
> >· Responsible for maintaining an 50+ user
> heterogeneous network, 
> >consisting of Windows NT, Linux/Unix, and Netware
> servers
> >
> >· Manage MS-SQL, MySQL server databases.
> >
> >· Maintain and update company web page:
> http://www.hgss.com/
> >
> >· Write custom perl applications to perform various
> web development and 
> >internal monitoring functions.
> >
> >· Manage workstation integration.  Workstations in
> use are Windows 95, 98, 
> >2000, NT Workstation
> >
> >· Use of network applications such as ArcserveIT,
> Novell NDS, Managewise, 
> >Fluke Network Inspector, Norton Ghost, Visio, for
> network configuration, 
> >administration, and user creation/management
> >
> >· Supported: Groupwise 5.5, PC Docs Docsopen 3.7.2,
> Westmate 7.25, LOIS, 
> >Juris, Juris Timesheet
> >
> >
> >
> >1996 June - 2000 
> >November
> >
> >Tallahassee & Melbourne, Florida
> >
> >Consultant
> >
> >· Rivas & Rivas Law Firm, Network Engineer, March
> 2000
> >
> >· University of Florida Alumni Association -
> Tallahassee Chapter, Database 
> >Developer, September 1999
> >
> >· Roberts & Giddings Law Firm, Network Engineer,
> December 1999
> >
> >· The Knight Law Firm, Network Engineer, November
> 1999
> >
> >· Pennyworth Homes Inc., Database Developer, May
> 1997 - Dec. 1997
> >
> >· Walter Capital Corporation, Database Developer,
> May 1998 - Feb. 1999
> >
> >· Florida Chapter of Students Against Drunk
> Driving, Network Support, Jan 
> >1998 - August 1998
> >
> >· Space Coast Pathologists, Database Developer,
> June 1996 - Jan. 1997
> >
> >· Florida School of Addictions Studies, Computer
> Consultant, March 1997 - 
> >March 1998
> >
> >
> >
> >Other Skills:
> >
> >-Demonstrated proficiencies:  perl, C, C++, Visual
> basic 6, bash, ksh, 
> >csh, ASP, IIS, Apache web server, Wu-ftp, sendmail,
> qmail, and other 
> >primary internet daemon configuration
> >
> >-Networking protocols / familiarity: TCP/IP (v4 &
> v6), UDP, IPX, SMB, 
> >NetBIOS, NetBEUI
> >
> >-Experience installing and configuring:
> >
> >   -Network Intrusion Detection Systems: snort and
> Tripwire;
> 
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