Hello all, First off, I'm sorry if this is off-topic for discuss, I haven't seen a lot of posts regarding employment on this mailing list. Feel free to give me the lash off-list.
I have a close friend who has been working for a large company in Springfield for years. His primary skillset has to do with Avaya, but he really has the makings for a sysadmin. He has been teaching himself to program (in php, but I wont hold it against him) to facilitate running his personal blog. He and I have been working on his linux skills as he self-hosts his blog and he's done rudimentary PowerShell scripting on their Windows servers. I'd gauge him at a bit above entry-level IT, but I'm not sure I'd hire him as an SA 2, since he's not really been in a lot of IT-related "under fire" scenarios. My understanding of his work environment is pretty horrendous. His boss is nothing short of a tyrant and every time he tells me about the next story it makes me sick to my stomach. Our latest discussion revolved around how he's unlikely to bring up automated monitoring of their avaya network because of the retribution he'd get from his boss from "poking in things he shouldn't concern himself with." He spends 30-60 minutes a day manually logging into all of their Avayas to check counters. He knows it's busy work, he wants to automate it, but politics prevent him from innovating. His curiosity is there, his self-discipline and work ethic is there (he was an MP in the Army) but my understanding is that the job market in Springfield isn't that hot when it comes to IT/Systems. If anyone knows of a place hiring looking for a better-than-average entry-level position, please reply to me and I'll be sure to get him in touch with you. Thanks in advance and sorry for the noise! Pete
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