(software jobs) Talented Linux Administrator

[Robert P. Sarao]

It is ridiculous lately.... need a top secret clearance is even better. 
Well you can't get one unless you have one, if you have one then you don't 
need one. With all of the defense work going on around the area, you think 
the gov't would cut the high tech guys some slack.

We did what they wanted...

"There will not be enough skilled people in high tech to keep America going"..

Well here we are... Highly skilled technical people....!!! Hmmm where are 
those jobs again....?

Well let's try this one...

"There are not enough "MALE" elementary school teachers for "MALE" students 
to identify with.. There is a shortage of "MALE" elementary school teachers...

Any school teacher jobs you know of...? There's another huge cutback 
area...and better yet.. you become a school teacher and those 25+ years of 
paying Social Security become questionable.. Because you can't "double dip" 
even though you worked those years... Paying in... retire as a teacher...? 
Goodbye Social Security.

Sorry for Spouting...

                                                 Robert


At 03:21 PM 9/28/2003 -0400, Rich Braun wrote:
>Hmm, this is the list of qualifications?
> > - load balanced and/or high availability (Linux Virtual Server) Linux
> > - analyzing networks for vulnerabilities: firewalls (iptables), (snort,
>tripwire),
> > - configuring Apache/PHP/MySQL/other services,
> > - building/configuring Red Hat servers
> > - shell scripting,
> > - Perl/Python, RPM, patching/configuring Linux kernels (2.4.xx)
> > - tuning Apache, PHP, MySQL (hundreds of concurrent connections).
> > - monitoring systems (Netsaint/Nagios/etc)
> > - tuning SQL queries, tables, indexes, etc. for speed
> > - development experience with PHP, Perl, and/or Python
> > - networks/servers for performance and identifying bottlenecks
> > - excellent communication skills with developers and non-technical users.
>
>And y'all wonder why I got the H*CK out of the tech industry.  I have 20 years
>of experience, and couldn't come close to qualifying for this position.  What
>is it that employers really want today?
>
>Back in the olden days, my resume said "assembly language programmer" and
>"winner, 8th grade spelling bee" and that put me out front of 98% of the rest.
>
>Superhumans must be walking the planet today, if these positions are actually
>getting filled.
>
>Sheesh!  If I were getting close to high school graduation today, this kind of
>job posting would drive me as far away from tech (or at least IT
>administration) as fast as a plane could carry me.  Bio-sciences suddenly seem
>more attractive.
>
>Am I just all wet, or what?
>
>-rich
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