[ale] Jobs?

[Bao C. Ha]

How 
cheap is cheap?
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Two 
years ago, a good Unix admin can get 70-80K easily.  Now, 
they
won't 
even talk if you don't have a college degree.
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The 
dot com bust actually demonstrates how valuable it is to have 
a
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class=808091517-18062001>college degree, or a formal education in computer 
science.
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I 
don't have specific recommendations.  There are, however, a lot 
of
Linux 
developers are joining "real" companies now a day.  They 
will
be in 
the positions to hire.  The ways to make yourself known is 
to
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class=808091517-18062001>participate in informal channels like ALE.  You 
could also pick up
a 
package to develop, to maintain, or even to debug.  Send 
craps
of 
good bug reports will also make yourself visible on many 
people's
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in the early 90's.
I am 
reaping its pay-off now.
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: owner-ale at ale.org 
  [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Chris FowlerSent: 
  Monday, June 18, 2001 10:14 AMTo: 'Casey Allen Shobe'; 
  ale at ale.orgSubject: RE: [ale] Jobs?
  <SPAN 
  class=839120217-18062001>Offer your services cheap.
  
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    size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Casey Allen Shobe 
    [mailto:cshobe at softhome.net]Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 11:10 
    PMTo: ale at ale.orgSubject: [ale] 
    Jobs?
    I've been looking for a new job in the *nix 
    field for about a month and a half now...unfortunately, I have no college 
    degree whatsoever nor previous job experience in a related field, so 
    literally *none* of my emails have ever been even so much as 
    answered.
    Â 
    I wondered if anybody else has been in this 
    situation, and if so, how you got started?  Any good places to look for 
    entry level positions in, say, a PHP programming field?
    Â 
    Advice muchly appreciated!
    Â 
    - Casey Allen 
Shobe