hi, A public blog may be a good idea, but it is not always appropriate. Sometimes you need to keep config details of a specific server, especially a clients server. Examles of things you may not wanna show on a public blog is details of Apache config, or a DB (Postgres or MySQL) config; but you may want to keep this information somewhere for private/support use. This is especially true if you are supporting a few servers. Hence I find a personal logbook is useful.
But you would not want to show all the logbook details to a party other than your client either. On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Harisfazillah Jamel <linuxmalay...@gmail.com> wrote: > I always ask staff thats work with me to blog, any tasks that I had > given to then. Its not only for future reference's and knowledge > sharing. Its like a log book for me to review their work. > > We can start the log book by asking them to have blog or own website > to be refer to. > > Another way to do this is to have them attending OSS workshop for > example by HackerspaceKL or any OSS community. We can review them > during the events. > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Boh Yap <bhy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> hi all, >> >> to widen this discussion.... >> >> Personally, I'm against certification as the SOLE means of selection, >> maybe its because of our over emphasis of A's in exams, that produced >> 'qualified' but incompetent personnel. Also perhaps of the many MCSE's >> out there, who are trained to click buttons... and setup servers with >> security holes. >> >> On the other hand, i can understand employers and HR departments >> needs, at least in using certification as the 1st level filtering >> process. >> >> However a knowledgeable interviewer will very quickly sort out how >> much the interviewee knows about Linux or programming. Both of these >> are practical skills, and experience counts, especially when they have >> encountered problems, solved them ad learnt from it. Unfortunately, >> for organizations that are going into FLOSS for the first time, may >> not have the expertise to conduct interviews for FLOSS personal. >> >> Perhaps we can borrow some techniques form another hands-on skilled >> based profession, airline pilots. Pilots are required to keep a log >> book, especially during their 'training' period, where they record the >> no. hours flown, the routes that they flew and problems that they may >> have encountered. Perhaps Linux sysadmins should do the same, keep a >> log of the servers they setup, distro, disk partitions & file system >> setup, software installed, backup systems used etc... If Linux >> professional were to do this, then its very easy for a prospective >> employer to asses his capabilities. >> >> A possible solution here could be for more experienced OSDC members to >> provide consultancy to employers to help select candidates. They will >> need to discuss with and understand the employers needs and even come >> out with a strategy for migrating and deploying FLOSS. I'm sure there >> are enough experienced personal within OSDC ... >> >> Also, as this is a hands on skill, one of the procedures for a job >> assessment may be to give a test, e.g. to actually setup a server, to >> a given specification - ie: RAID, with user quotas, setting up user >> accounts and privileges, Apache with virtual hosts, a LAMP stack >> etc... >> >> Perhaps OSDC can play a role by defining the format for such a Log >> Book, or set up specifications for a practical test like setting up a >> server as in above example. Then OSDC will begin to play a more >> meaningful and respectable role, almost like a professional body, >> which other national IT organizations in Malaysia have not done ... >> >> A lot of ideas here, not easy to do/implement, but would help move the >> adoption of OSS forward, more than just a bunch of certificates. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Harisfazillah Jamel >> <linuxmalay...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Do agree. Most of the veteran may not go for certification. Experience >>> do give them the advantages over younger generation. >>> >>> Certification do help us in determine which to pick from thousand of >>> graduates. >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Slaya Chronicles - Geeko Acolyte >>> <msiantuxlo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Not many people agree on certification. >>>> >>>> It doesn't help if local OSS veteran/otai often puts down the need for >>>> certification. >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> >>> > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/ > -- #------- regds, Boh Heong, Yap -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/
