Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Henry Paul
On 02/09/2012 03:49 PM, Alan Young wrote: > >> Depending on the situation, you may be basically on your own with some help >> from your team, but having to prove yourself and your project to everyone > Again, the process is an existing process. We're not trying to > implement something new. But y

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Henry Paul
On 02/09/2012 01:34 PM, Chris Mutchler wrote: > I would highly recommend any sysadmin looking at this job posting to move > on without submitting a resume. I worked for Verio for ten years before > leaving in 2009. It was indeed a good place to work out in the early 2000s, > but in the last few yea

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Alan Young
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 14:11, Steve Alligood wrote: > Usually, when a non-admin group hires an admin and has them outside of the > normal admin group, he starts with a lot of hits against him. While normally true, in this case this is a development project that requires sysadmin knowledge and exp

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Steve Alligood
On 2/9/12 1:47 PM, Alan Young wrote: On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 13:34, Chris Mutchler wrote: Specific to the job position listed, the current manager of the SA While I'm not going to comment on the rest of this email, I would like to point out that this position is *NOT* with the SA team. It is w

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Chris Mutchler
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Alan Young wrote: > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 13:34, Chris Mutchler > wrote: > > Specific to the job position listed, the current manager of the SA > > While I'm not going to comment on the rest of this email, I would like > to point out that this position is *NOT* w

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Alan Young
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 13:34, Chris Mutchler wrote: > Specific to the job position listed, the current manager of the SA While I'm not going to comment on the rest of this email, I would like to point out that this position is *NOT* with the SA team. It is with the development team in the capaci

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 09 Feb 2012, at 12:56, Alan Young wrote: > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:48, Daniel C. wrote: >> I worked for Verio once upon a time, and I cannot say enough good >> about them. It can be difficult to find an international company that >> maintains a small-company feeling, but Verio has managed

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Chris Mutchler
I would highly recommend any sysadmin looking at this job posting to move on without submitting a resume. I worked for Verio for ten years before leaving in 2009. It was indeed a good place to work out in the early 2000s, but in the last few years it has gone downhill significantly. The senior man

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Alan Young
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 13:32, Mike wrote: > Just wondering: I've got a linux +, c and cpp from the university of > louisville; do I have better than a 5% chance of having adequate credentials? Depends on how much linux admin experience you have. Send your resume (or a link) and I'll forward it

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Mike
Just wondering: I've got a linux +, c and cpp from the university of louisville; do I have better than a 5% chance of having adequate credentials? Sent from my LG phone Alan Young wrote: >On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:48, Daniel C. wrote: >> I worked for Verio once upon a time, and I cannot say en

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Alan Young
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:48, Daniel C. wrote: > I worked for Verio once upon a time, and I cannot say enough good > about them.  It can be difficult to find an international company that > maintains a small-company feeling, but Verio has managed to do so. > There were plenty of opportunities for

Re: Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Daniel C.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Alan Young wrote: > My company, Verio, is looking for a junior level sysadmin with > programming skills I worked for Verio once upon a time, and I cannot say enough good about them. It can be difficult to find an international company that maintains a

Junior level sysadmin with programming skills

2012-02-09 Thread Alan Young
My company, Verio, is looking for a junior level sysadmin with programming skills (you don't have to be able to write modern object oriented stuff, but it helps if you understand it). The team you'll be on is mainly perl, but if you can get the job done the language doesn't reall