+1 to William's comments. What even worse is the number of technical folks who are considered "not fit for hire" due to a lack of social skills.
Technical support, consulting, sales engineering, and other roles in technology require high levels of communications. The typical Linux hacker IRC/email banter does not cut it. To round out one's work skills, I would HIGHLY recommend taking public speaking and/or presentation courses at a local community college. Learn how to present, learn how to construct and run a slide deck, learn how to communicate with people in a highly effective way. Soft skills are getting considered more and more in the hiring process and promotions in the technical field. William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > Given the nations unemployment rate, amount that we still outsource to > other countries, I would think any pay would be better than no pay ;) > > Now something I heard a while back I some what agree with. A job you get > paid to do, a career you love doing. You might make more being a garbage > man than a entry level Linux system administrator. But which would you > rather do? Which would have greater potential for advancement and be > perceived as an opportunity? > > Most opportunities good for tomorrow, won't pay or do much for you > today. Thats not how things work. Reward must be earned, and getting > your foot in the door at any rate is worth while. You think anyone > working for a start up for VC gets paid the big bucks? All glory no > shame? > > Also lets not forget at our last meeting how Kyle was talking about how > he got his foot in the door at RedHat. Starting I believe on the help > desk, a rather meager job, likely below his skill set at the time, and > likely not the greatest pay. However look where Kyle is at now with > RedHat. Had he passed because it was entry level, low pay, etc, > well... ;) > > Anyway I think its wonderful to see Linux jobs at any rate here in Jax. > I am sure you could make a tad bit more at first doing Windows IT > support for like the Geek Squad or others. Depends on if your just > seeking a job and pay, or a career in something you love. Much less the > opportunity aspect, sky is the limits with Linux these days. Its > everywhere, and only spreading more so. Just maybe not in visible > places, like Desktop dominance, oh well. Much larger market in embedded > and servers than desktop. > > -- Kyle Gonzales [email protected] GPG Key #0x566B435B Read My Tech Blog: http://techiebloggiethingie.blogspot.com/
