[ale] Recall: Job Opportunity- Linux/System Admin

[Geoffrey]

Amen Jerald, my thoughts as well.

Jerald Sheets wrote:
> Seriously.
> 
> Instead of taking the opportunity to educate, we sit in our pompous 
> little chairs and throw epithets to make ourselves look smart.
> 
> This hearkens all the way back to the list splitting war of 2007.  Some 
> people just don't want to come here for:
> 
> A) Off Topic rants and discussions regarding nothing to do with Linux 
> (ad infinitum, might I add) (it has gotten better since I've been back, 
> tho)
> B) Treatment received when a question is asked
> C) Treatment received when a mistake is made
> 
> We are a user's GROUP.  We exist for the welfare of the GROUP, and not 
> the few (or the one.  1$ to Mr. Spock)  Education of the n00bs and 
> uninitiated should be our biggest and best goal.  If we get some 
> education on more senior topics along the way, great.  One way, we 
> individually benefit.  The other way, the whole Linux community benefits.
> 
> How many young users/admins/curious have moved on because of treatment 
> received here?  How many potential Linux jobs have we not heard about 
> because people are afraid to come here and post because of the treatment 
> they'd receive at the hands of the "elite" on this board?
> 
> Guys, you and I both know that the percentage of HR people who have even 
> a passing clue about what we do is slim.  These are HR professionals..  
> people like my dad, your uncle, somebody's mom.  They are not IT 
> professionals, they are just HR professionals.  In that business, 
> computer expertise is a soft skill that it is "nice to have".  They need 
> to be able to conduct searches, work with Word and Outlook, and be 
> personable, friendly, and knowledgeable enough to do a first-screening 
> of a person to get them to the next step in the process.
> 
> Honestly, given the type of work we do, it's a remarkably effective 
> method.  The average recruiter/HR professional will closely mirror what 
> we might expect out of users we might support.  If we hack off the 
> recruiter, chances are very good we'd hack off our users, and wouldn't 
> be a good fit for whatever it might be they're representing.
> 
> One day we should go ahead and put a bullet in this attitude.  Now would 
> be good.
> 
> --jms

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Until later, Geoffrey

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