Believe in yourself, develop your abilities, expand your knowledge - yes don't expect instant gratification - but Demand (for yourself) to find a position in which you are challenged and rewarded.<br>Where there is no vision the people die.<br>
<br>I've left a few jobs because my boss was a "Know-Nothing bureaucrat" - In the end the guy that got results kept the job - in this tight economy results speak, cost savings speak - always remember that.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bob Kline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Yes, you should have years of <div>experience in 50 different areas,</div><div>but only ask $30K a year while a</div><div>know-nothing bureaucrat gets </div><div>four times that. </div><div><br></div><div>50 years ago, the smart people</div>
<div>dropped out of highschool at age</div><div>16 to get a job at GM or Steelcase.</div><div>They were then building seniority</div><div>while their classmates went off to</div><div>finish highschool, get some advanced</div>
<div>education, and then become </div><div>unemployed. </div><div><br></div><div>Investing in one's self is a tricky </div><div>business. Do what you enjoy, but</div><div>don't always expect to get paid for it.</div>
<div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div> -- Bob</div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">There's a weird effect there, too; the more experience you have, the<br>
more you're worth. The more you're worth, the less likely you are to<br>
get a long-term contract; the highest skill levels cost enough that<br>
the companies who need them are unlikely to need them long enough to<br>
justify the cost before finding a cheaper way to achieve output.<br>
<div><div></div><div><br>
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com" target="_blank">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> The list of requirements looks reasonable<br>
> for an SA with 5 to 7 years experience.<br>
> What is the list of desired skills meant to<br>
> do? Does anyone at your company now<br>
> begin to have proficiency at most of those<br>
> items? What fraction of those items would<br>
> you reasonably expect any one person to<br>
> have solid experience with?<br>
> I was lucky enough to never need to find<br>
> a job, but when I did look at postings like<br>
> this I usually thought "why not add must<br>
> be able to walk on water too?" I would<br>
> hope a person that did begin to meet the<br>
> hoped for qualifications was at least offered<br>
> a big bag of money, because they could<br>
> surely get it somewhere. Otherwise, hope<br>
> your ad doesn't scare away reasonably<br>
> qualified people. Anyone knowing of a<br>
> person that good would probably hire them<br>
> themselves.<br>
> -- Bob<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Rob Geer <<a href="mailto:robg@mgmtbsolutions.com" target="_blank">robg@mgmtbsolutions.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I am currently working on a Linux System Administrator and wanted to see if GLLUG knew of anyone that may be interested in this opportunity in Ann Arbor. Here is a description of the position:<br>
>><br>
>> Requirements:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 3-7 years hands-on experience in technical operations as a Linux sysadmin (RedHat/Centos/Fedora-distributions preferred. Other flavors a plus)<br>
>> Rock solid Linux systems administration troubleshooting, automatic scheduling (cron/at/GNUbatch), monitoring (Nagios), system configuration, tuning & optimization, performance analysis, backups and recovery<br>
>> Expertise in Perl and shell scripting. Knowledge of Python or Ruby a plus<br>
>> Basic SQL skills (PL/SQL). Relational database administration experience (e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL or MySQL).<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Desired Skills:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Experience with high volume internet applications highly desired<br>
>> Monitoring tools: Nagios, BigBrother, Splunk, Gomez, Keynote, Nimbus, Sitescope<br>
>> Knowledge of Email Deliverability, Email Service Providers, spam filtering technologies, DNS blacklists, feedback loops, whitelisting and email protocols.<br>
>> Commercial experience on administering scalable, multi-tenant, on-demand SaaS solutions using open source technologies: Web (Apache, Tomcat), Mail/SMTP (Postfix, sendmail, qmail), DNS/Bind, Perl, vsftpd<br>
>> Familiarity with Java/JDK, Ant, Bugzilla, Subversion (SVN), CruiseControl, rsync, ssh, Netapp (NFS), Cognos, screen, make<br>
>> Networking Experience - TCP/IP, administration of networking hardware (Cisco, SonicWall, etc.), network monitoring, routing, load Balancing, firewalls<br>
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>> Thank you,<br>
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>> Here's to Valuing Relationships and Delivering Results,<br>
>><br>
</div></div><div>>> Rob Geer<br>
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