[ale] Prelancing oportunities?

[JD]

R u certain http://openbox.org/ is what you meant?

Perhaps OpenStack, VirtualBox, KVM/QEMU, Xen, OpenVz, LXC, or one of the many,
many VMware virtualization products would help your cloud understanding?

Nothing against Openbox, I use it with LXDE all the time.

Or perhaps I'm confused and Box.net was understood by everyone?



On 02/15/2012 12:34 PM, Mike Thornton wrote:
> Thanks Leam,
> I noticed one of your previous post recommended skills in cloud based 
> virtualization,
> so I'm setting up a private cloud with centos and openbox. Thoughts anyone?
> Are there gotcha's I should know about ?
> 
> 
> On 2/13/2012 7:39 PM, Leam Hall wrote:
>> On 02/13/2012 07:00 PM, Mike Thornton wrote:
>>> Prelancing is described by some as 'pre-compensation freelancing'. AKA
>>> working for free.
>> Mike,
>>
>> I'll chime in with what has worked for me, and a few hopefully useful
>> ideas.
>>
>> First, I think your plan is a great one. I started on Linux on an i386
>> that took until 2 AM to compile the kernel. I started because we were so
>> poor I couldn't afford a Windows upgrade. One time my wife splurged and
>> bought me OS2 Warp. Gotta love her, even if the OS is gone...
>>
>> My background is sort of similar; as a kid I played with those
>> electronics sets. In the military I worked on old teletype hardware;
>> computers were the "new" thing coming in. After the military I tried
>> some different tracks but found my enjoyment playing with/on my computer.
>>
>> I volunteered to help a friend with a Netware based FidoNet BBS. My
>> first remote sysadmin work. I took a class in C, played with Solaris,
>> and my wife got me a Slackware book with a CD. The BBS friend gave me an
>> old Mitsumi single speed cdrom and off I went.
>>
>> We moved to Italy and I got a "job" working for an ISP. I mostly
>> volunteered so I could do stuff there; the phone rates were high and
>> speeds were slow. Whenever they asked me if I could do something in
>> Linux, my response was "Oggi no, domani possible." Today, no. Tomorrow,
>> possibly. I'd go home, figure it out, and come back the next day and set
>> it up.
>>
>> Came back to the states and found a part-time job doing SCO Unix (uk!)
>> that lasted long enough to get a full time SA position based on
>> experience. Yup. that ISP, the part time SCO job, and the BBS stuff were
>> enough to get me in with the Wall Street Journal. My hiring manager once
>> said he wanted "someone who does this stuff at home" and I fit the bill
>> perfectly.
>>
>> To answer your question more directly, look at non-profits, churches,
>> schools, etc. Lots of places don't the the money to buy Windows capable
>> hardware but they need file servers, web servers, etc. Setting up
>> networks wouldn't hurt either. Many places could use web services where
>> they're not charged an arm and a leg for a decent site. They also often
>> have custom needs to resolve and no real backups or recovery postures.
>>
>> Another idea for you is to look at the "Go" programming language from
>> Google. It is my feeling that some good things will happen with it and
>> your background seems well suited to utilize a good systems language.
>>
>> Really, I think your possibilities are pretty good. Your attitude will
>> be a key ingredient. Don't overlook places like LinkedIn, either.
>>
>> Figure out what really energizes you and follow that path. Your
>> happiness will show and help sell you.
>>
>> Leam
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