[ale] somewhat OT: sysadmin must-knows?

[Scott Castaline]

Sounds about right?!?! :-D

Jerald Sheets wrote:

> I found, too, during my search that there were all too many HR drones 
> trying to hire people with 15 years Linux, and 4 years of Windows 2003.
>
> You think I'm joking...
>
> :-D
>
> --jms
>
>
> On Nov 14, 2004, at 11:27 PM, jay wrote:
>
>> I just looked at that SAGE link, and that was *REALLY* reassuring.  
>> With all
>> the AIX and VMS and other stuff being mentioned, I was getting scared 
>> I was
>> out of my depth totally.
>>
>> The top 2-3 descriptions on the SAGE site are exactly what I'm 
>> working with
>> right now...I have a small amount of sysadmin experience, great 
>> interpersonal
>> skills and communication (I AM, after all, a Corporate Communications 
>> major)
>> and I know desktop/user type systems well.  What's lacking for me at the
>> moment is experience and time working with large, enterprise server 
>> systems
>> and the associated software.
>>
>> Plus, I'm extremely motivated to move ahead, so I'll learn stuff as 
>> fast as is
>> humanly possible, work extra hours, etc.  :-)
>>
>> Thanks Jerald, your response gave me a little hope that places do 
>> hire guys
>> that aren't already *NIX gurus with ten years of AIX/VMS/Solaris 
>> experience.
>> Whew!
>>
>> -Jay
>>
>>> I guess my whole thing is people who look for "personalized" criteria.
>>> When I look for an admin, I go straight to the SAGE job descriptions
>>> page, and hire according to what I'm looking for in skill level from
>>> there.
>>>
>>> (the URL is http://www.sage.org/pubs/8_jobs/core.mm)
>>>
>>
>>> Jerald Sheets
>>> Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
>>> Datatrac, Inc.
>>
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