Job searching ...Computer Operations?

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu]

On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 02:10:59PM -0500, Rich Braun wrote:
> So I checked out of all that and don't really see myself ever doing sys admin
> again unless some employer is willing to meet my terms:  no more than
> 40hr/week, no more than 46wk/yr.  I think you'd have to look on another planet
> to find a job like that.  But professors, school teachers and seasonal workers
> in a variety of blue-collar fields have the hours I want.

So do sysadmins working for colleges and universities. Or so say
the several I know.

> Any chance the
> computer profession could yield up opportunity for those of us who yearn to
> travel and to sleep normally at night, without having to climb corporate
> ladders and without necessarily chasing the big bucks?

Are you good at explaining complex technical subjects to
semi-technical people? Look for a job in pre-sales engineering. 

-dsr-