[ale] OT: How many Linux guys are looking for work in ATL?

Michael H. Warfield mhw at WittsEnd.com
Thu Jul 26 15:12:41 EDT 2012


On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 10:20 -0400, leam hall wrote:
> Here's what I've done in my career, besides the "10 vital tips" blog I wrote.
> 
> 1. Take the SAGE sysadmin level guidelines and work my way up from the
> bottom. Do everything, even if you don't need it at home.
> 
> 2. Look at what skills are requested for the jobs I want. Do those
> things and make sure they are highlighted on my resume.
> 
> 3. Volunteer time in Open Source projects for things I enjoy and want
> to do for pay.

Does it count having your name and E-Mail address in the Linux Kernel
source tree MAINTAINERS file?

> Things they always ask for:

> Shell scripting, Apache/Tomcat support, some sort of database support
> (Oracle/MySQL), networking expertise, DNS, e-mail, NFS/volume
> management, system configuring and monitoring (Nagios).
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Leam
> 
> -- 
> Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/>

Regards,
Mike
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