Well, the guy who replaced me at my old job is now moving on, so they need a new sysadmin. And it seemed that there might be some people here who are interested, so ... The Company is Comco, a subsidiary of Altair computing in Michigan (but Comco is in Austin - don't worry.) Comco's main product is (was?) Phlex. Altair's main product is Hypermesh. If you're in the engineering fields you may have heard of these. The Comco part has about 25 employees, with perhaps 30 computers. (Altair is much bigger, but you'd be working mostly with Comco people.) The computers are mostly Unix, with a few NT boxes (and many of them dual boot NT and Linux.) The boxes are perhaps half SGIs, with a few Suns, HPs, RS/6000's and a few Linux boxes. The people are mostly programmers with degrees in engineering. As a group they're smart and good at programming and engineering - but not so good at sysadmin type stuff. That's where you come in. They're looking for a sys admin to take care of this network. It's a small network, so you'd be the only local sysadmin (though the Altair guys can help with things that can be done remotely as needed - but for the most part, they leave you alone.) The job is typically full time, but they'll consider part time people as well. They're pretty flexible about hours. Working for Comco Pros : - The people are cool. For the most part, they're friendly, bright, and leave you alone and let you do your job. - It's low stress. The people are usually laid back, and they understand when things break and don't usually make unrealistic demands of you. They know how important the sysadmin is, and usually treat him appropriately. And there's no pager, and really not much need for one. If something breaks at midnight, usually people don't mind if it doesn't get fixed until the next morning. - Lots of things to learn. You'll deal with several flavors of Unix, as well as NT (but most stuff is done on Unix.) In addition, if you're good at programming you may be asked to help with the development - it really depends on what you're interested in. - It's a great place to learn. If you don't know how to do something, somebody there probably knows. And if they don't, the guys at Altair almost certainly do. And they love it when you learn stuff that helps them out. Working for Comco cons : - There's not really much room for advancement. You're the sysadmin. Since you're the only one, you can call yourself the head or senior sysadmin if you want - but there's not really anywhere else to go, unless you're a good programmer or engineer and move into other areas of the company. Typically this is what causes sysadmins to leave. It's why I left roughly two years ago :) - There's still a few NT boxes to deal with from time to time. - Comco has it's roots in academia (it was founded by Dr Oden, the director of TICAM (The Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics) at UT) and so the pay tends to be better than you'll find at UT doing similar work, but it may not be as good as you may find at other companies (especially if you're experienced.) In short, it's a good opportunity for your junior to intermediate level Unix sysadmin. Since they'll do part time, it may be ideal for a student. If you're studying engineering or computer science, it may even be even better than ideal. If you're interested, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call them at 467-0618 and ask for Jon. Tell 'em Doug sent ya. -- Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
