Rob Huffstedtler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Holland Griffis > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > As an admin and manager of admins I agree with pretty much > everything > > Critch and Bruce said. I would add that you should also get some > experience > > with a commercial Unix, particularly AIX if possible. If I had a > Linux > > position and an AIX position open with similar experience > requirements the > > AIX job would likely cost me 20 - 30 % more to get a good candidate. > > Another technology you will want to get good with is VMware. Most > > companies that have virtual farms of winders and Linux boxen have > the vms > > running on vsphere. > > > > I agree with everything everyone else has said (at least on those > topics > where I have specific knowledge). Re: location, you might want to > consider > coming to the Triangle. Wages are not super-high here compared to West > Coast or DC, but the cost of living is also a lot lower. There are > numerous > sysadmin jobs here - but unless you are at a very sizable or very > homogenous company, expect to be doing not just Linux, but other > varieties > of unix, some network admin, some virtualization admin, possibly some > Windows admin, and so on along with it.
If you are working for a small company, or a medium-sized company with a small IT staff, you may well find yourself wearing multiple hats, as sysadmin, programmer, and business analyst/software analyst. Even if you end up in a system-administration-only position, it helps to have some understanding of the other roles, as you will be dealing with such folks on a frequent basis. -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
