[ale] Question

[Leam Hall]

One of my former managers said he wanted to hire someone who did this at 
home. Lucky for me, I did.

So yes, jump right in. However, also keep in mind that you're coming in 
on the tail end of an era. Linux is becoming a commodity skill and the 
management wants commodity workers. So you can learn Linux now but you 
need to be going past that as well. Add business skills, networking, 
team interactions, etc. Be able to do Linux well in a fast paced and 
very diverse environment.

My personal opinion is that much of the nitty-gritty is going to the 
cloud, so you need to learn to use automation tools and how to keep lots 
of servers standardized. Virtualization is critical, take a look at 
OpenStack. Take the CloudU training at RackSpace, it's free and gives 
you some words to ponder.

	http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/cloudU/

Also, find places to volunteer. You can put things on the resume and you 
learn to balance technical perfection with the real world.

Leam