[ale] Question

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Wed Dec 28 09:50:52 EST 2011


I can't say that I disagree with Jim's suggestions, but very few 
companies will see such home exercises as work experience.

Just the same, you have to start somewhere.  In most cases, you'll have 
to find a small company to get going with, which is difficult in the 
world of Linux.

Charles Shapiro wrote:
> +1 to everything Jim said.
> 
> Also write a fun//happy//entertaining open source projects in a
> popular language + serious library, e.g. python/WXPython or C++/QT4.
> Learn the ins and outs of build, unit test, and packaging ( ant,
> maven, autoconf, et cetera ). Learn to use and love a source code
> control system ( CVS, SubVersion, or git).  Learn something about
> databases, administration and SQL ( PostGreSQL, MySQL, et cetera).
> 
> Ideally, get involved in someone else's project so you have to
> actually, like, cooperate with other people on a technical problem.
> If you happen to have a relatively rare TLA ("Three Letter
> Abbreviation") which an organization needs and interview even halfway
> well (e.g. don't take your clothes off in front of the HR weasel) then
> they'll Want You.
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> +10 on homework!
>>
>> get a pile of old crap and make it "do things". Set up a web server, an NFS
>> server,  and a samba machine for windows file and  print. Make everything
>> talk to everything. Do things on a winders box and then do them better on
>> the Linux box. Put MySQL and PostgreSQL on the same machine with the same
>> data and test which one runs faster. Retest from a winders machine. retest
>> through a webserver. That take some scripting/coding, some administration
>> and some engineering.
>>
>> <time to piss off the ubuntu/debian/slackware/gentoo fans>
>>
>> Get CentOS and read the RedHat documentation
>> https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/ . Use nothing but CentOS 5 or
>> CentOS6 (CentOS is the poor mans RHEL). The vast majority of paying jobs
>> that come across the ale-jobs list (and that recruiters hit me as well) are
>> for REDHAT. By vast majority, I mean 80+%. That doesn't mean some other
>> distro won't work. But RHEL background will get your foot in the door.
>> Configs between RHEL and Ubuntu are totally not compatible until you totally
>> understand all bootup aspects of both distros AND are a bash guru.
>>
>> <end RHEL love fest>
>>
>> Learn virtualization and clustering. Be able to pull the power cord out of a
>> crap box and have it's backup system pick up automatically. Learn scripting!
>> Bash is your friend! Automate everything! Make your systems sort email by
>> sender's 3rd letter of their last name (useless but a hard scripting
>> exercise!). Don't use a gui for anything except viewing pictures! Learn
>> backup methods from mondo to bacula.
>>
>> Use your local teachers as resources for extra experience. Ask if there is
>> anything you can do to get more exposure. Ask for extra projects or for lab
>> time working with them. Most profs will show a willingness to take on a
>> total newbie if the newbie shows they are _MOTIVATED_TO_LEARN_.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Wolf Halton <wolf.halton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Mike Fletcher <fletch at phydeaux.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Dec 26, 2011, at 17:49, jesse james <yoshi_mush_room at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I currently in school trying to get a Bachelor's in IT. I want to be a
>>>> Linux admin. But the every job I see is require at least 5 years experience
>>>> in Red Hat administration. How would I go looking for something that doesn't
>>>> require as much experience like an internship or something that would build
>>>> my experience.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You might check with your campus IT group and see if they have any part
>>>> time openings. Even if they don't have admin openings for students you might
>>>> find an ops position that gets you a foot in the door and contacts with the
>>>> admins.
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Start building that administration experience by setting up a network at
>>> home, and certainly look for non-profits that might be able to get you in as
>>> a volunteer.  Volunteer experience is still experience.
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>>
>> --
>> --
>> James P. Kinney III
>>
>> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
>> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
>> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
>> - 2011 Noam Chomsky
>>
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