Depends on location. I live in NYC and have a strong background on Solaris on BSD as
well as Linux which in my opinion has slowly become Microsoft'ish to me.
I find by looking that I get about 5x more responses in regards to my Unix Admin
skills than I do for networking stuff. Although I'm fairly new (2-3 years) into the
router/routing scene I fully understand how to implement and create functional
networks RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, etc., but the demand seems to be higher for Unix out here
but the money is to be gained by the CCIE's, CCDA's etc. They gain huge consultant
fee's.
Personally I'm learning it for the sake of enjoyment on a personal level though so for
some it may be a financial gain.
Right now I make over 75 per year without any cert's but this stems from knowledge and
experience along with the fact I've worked for some huge companies and have a strong
focus on security which I use to my advantage.
If you really want to see a cool cert check out the CISSP and CISA which I'll acquire
after the CCIE some time.
For reference HPUX is a lousy system =P
Solaris I see is in much demand since Oracle is pretty much a standalone and the OS of
choice to run it. Veritas, Vignette, etc take strong likings to Solaris as well. HPUX
has as much advisories as Windows (well not that much but enough to make me gag) and
RedCrap er... Redhat has turned into a script kiddiot flavor of Unix.
------Original Message------
From: "Matt C. Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lawrence Dwyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Agung Elvin (KPC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: August 1, 2000 11:39:13 PM GMT
Subject: off subject
Hello group,
I have been asking arround and it seems to me that UNIX admins are way more
desirable than router admins. I guess from what I have been hearing is that
if you are solid in unix you are pretty much set for life. This is just
what I hear in the chicago area. Mainly HP-UX
Matt
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