Re: Linux related employment
on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 07:50:36PM -0700, Ray Percival ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This is a general question for some of you who may be lucky enough to > be able to use Linux in your jobs. Besides coding what skillsets would > really set someone apart as a person looking for a Linux job? I'm > currently thinking about what to start learning next and thought I'd > ask. Sorry if this offends anyone. Thanks. What do you want to do? GNU/Linux is a tool, there are lots of possible applications of it, and related employment. Many tracks parallel Unix and (in cases) Legacy MS Windows equivalents: - Sysadmin (shell, admin utilities, security, netorking, X11, ...) - Development (C, C++, Perl, Java, Python, Tkl/Tk, ...) - DBA (MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, DB/2, ...) - Web (Apache, HTML, ...) - Mail (Sendmail, qmail, exim, postfix, ...) - Networking (TCP/IP, routing, DNS, security, ...) - Documentation (HTML, XML, SGML, DocBook, LaTeX, ...) Various specialties have their focuses, benefits, and disadvantages. Experience in multiple specialties makes you more versatile and flexible. You don't need to know everything. You can start in an area and branch out. There's an O'Reilly poster available that's a neat overview of GNU/Linux space, with the kernal at center and various aspects and layers of the environment layered around it. You'll know it if/when you see it. Very cool representation of various parts of the GNU/Linux universe. My own suggestions: - Grok the Unix/Linux philosophy. Read Kernighan and Pike's _The UNIX Programming Environment_. - Learn the shell. That's the bash shell, these days. - Get the fundamentals of system administration. - Know enough networking to set up your PPP or DSL connection. - Learn *both* vi and emacs. The first is God's Own Editor. The rest is his universe -- the tools and add-ons to emacs are awesome. - Figure out which of the remaining areas are of interest to you, and explore. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org pgpZGR8kaogVg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Linux related employment
Ray Percival wrote: > > This is a general question for some of you who may > be lucky enough to be able to use Linux in your > jobs. Besides coding what skillsets would really > set someone apart as a person looking for > a Linux job? I'm currently thinking about what to > start learning next and thought I'd ask. > Sorry if this offends anyone. > Thanks. course not :) what makes you stand out is if you know the talk...and know the systems, and are eager to learn. of course another requirement is being in the right location(geographical). you gotta be hard core to stand out(like me :) ). be willing to work long hours, have a flexible schedule and be able to work with multiple flavors of linux(i have worked with about 10-15). references and job experience are important too. education, at least in my case has not been an issue i don't even list education on my resume and don't really talk about it(people never ask me anyways). my job is system/network admin currently for a tier 2 linux company (at least according to LWN.net's stock index). started there in september, before that i worked for a big name free internet service provider that went down the tubes. provided knowledgable people interview you(note - don't be afraid of headhunters or contractors, for some reason many people don't like them), and you know how to respond(don't lie) then your in .. my salary has doubled in less then a year and could easily double again if i decided to persue other job offerings ...its crazy, blows me away what kind of demand there is for linux and unix people out there. i don't have plans to leave the current company i'm with, i have a lot of fun and the learning curve is great, exposure to many different unix platforms and i have a lot of influence on the company as a whole which is more important to me then more $$ at a bigger company. hope this helps ..don't mean to sound too excited but i can't help it :) having a job with linux/unix just plain RULES! i can't remember the last time i had a headache. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux related employment
This is a general question for some of you who may be lucky enough to be able to use Linux in your jobs. Besides coding what skillsets would really set someone apart as a person looking for a Linux job? I'm currently thinking about what to start learning next and thought I'd ask. Sorry if this offends anyone. Thanks.
