[ale] Recall: Job Opportunity- Linux/System Admin

[Jerald Sheets]

Seriously.

Instead of taking the opportunity to educate, we sit in our pompous  
little chairs and throw epithets to make ourselves look smart.

This hearkens all the way back to the list splitting war of 2007.   
Some people just don't want to come here for:

A) Off Topic rants and discussions regarding nothing to do with Linux  
(ad infinitum, might I add) (it has gotten better since I've been  
back, tho)
B) Treatment received when a question is asked
C) Treatment received when a mistake is made

We are a user's GROUP.  We exist for the welfare of the GROUP, and not  
the few (or the one.  1$ to Mr. Spock)  Education of the n00bs and  
uninitiated should be our biggest and best goal.  If we get some  
education on more senior topics along the way, great.  One way, we  
individually benefit.  The other way, the whole Linux community  
benefits.

How many young users/admins/curious have moved on because of treatment  
received here?  How many potential Linux jobs have we not heard about  
because people are afraid to come here and post because of the  
treatment they'd receive at the hands of the "elite" on this board?

Guys, you and I both know that the percentage of HR people who have  
even a passing clue about what we do is slim.  These are HR  
professionals..  people like my dad, your uncle, somebody's mom.  They  
are not IT professionals, they are just HR professionals.  In that  
business, computer expertise is a soft skill that it is "nice to  
have".  They need to be able to conduct searches, work with Word and  
Outlook, and be personable, friendly, and knowledgeable enough to do a  
first-screening of a person to get them to the next step in the process.

Honestly, given the type of work we do, it's a remarkably effective  
method.  The average recruiter/HR professional will closely mirror  
what we might expect out of users we might support.  If we hack off  
the recruiter, chances are very good we'd hack off our users, and  
wouldn't be a good fit for whatever it might be they're representing.

One day we should go ahead and put a bullet in this attitude.  Now  
would be good.

--jms


On May 15, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Jeff Lightner wrote:

> Funny - this list goes on and on about all sorts of OT stuff but 3
> emails about something almost on topic (job opportunity for Linux  
> admin)
> is enough to send some folks into a tizzy.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of  
> Jeff
> Hubbs
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:37 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Recall: Job Opportunity- Linux/System Admin
>
> Kelly Flanagan wrote:
>>
>> Kelly Flanagan would like to recall the message, "[ale] Job
>> Opportunity- Linux/System Admin".
>>
> Heh, I *bet* you do! :)
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