[ale] Question

[Wolf Halton]

Jim Kinney ++

I got my current job (at least partially) because between interview 1 and
2, I implemented the opensource applications they are using on my home
network.

Wolf

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> +10 on homework!
>
> get a pile of old crap and make it "do things". Set up a web server, an
> NFS server,  and a samba machine for windows file and  print. Make
> everything talk to everything. Do things on a winders box and then do them
> better on the Linux box. Put MySQL and PostgreSQL on the same machine with
> the same data and test which one runs faster. Retest from a winders
> machine. retest through a webserver. That take some scripting/coding, some
> administration and some engineering.
>
> <time to piss off the ubuntu/debian/slackware/gentoo fans>
>
> Get CentOS and read the RedHat documentation
> https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/ . Use nothing but CentOS 5 or
> CentOS6 (CentOS is the poor mans RHEL). The vast majority of paying jobs
> that come across the ale-jobs list (and that recruiters hit me as well) are
> for REDHAT. By vast majority, I mean 80+%. That doesn't mean some other
> distro won't work. But RHEL background will get your foot in the door.
> Configs between RHEL and Ubuntu are totally not compatible until you
> totally understand all bootup aspects of both distros AND are a bash guru.
>
> <end RHEL love fest>
>
> Learn virtualization and clustering. Be able to pull the power cord out of
> a crap box and have it's backup system pick up automatically. Learn
> scripting! Bash is your friend! Automate everything! Make your systems sort
> email by sender's 3rd letter of their last name (useless but a hard
> scripting exercise!). Don't use a gui for anything except viewing pictures!
> Learn backup methods from mondo to bacula.
>
> Use your local teachers as resources for extra experience. Ask if there is
> anything you can do to get more exposure. Ask for extra projects or for lab
> time working with them. Most profs will show a willingness to take on a
> total newbie if the newbie shows they are _MOTIVATED_TO_LEARN_.
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Wolf Halton <wolf.halton at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Mike Fletcher <fletch at phydeaux.org>wrote:
>>
>>> On Dec 26, 2011, at 17:49, jesse james <yoshi_mush_room at yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  I currently in school trying to get a Bachelor's in IT. I want to be a
>>> Linux admin. But the every job I see is require at least 5 years experience
>>> in Red Hat administration. How would I go looking for something that
>>> doesn't require as much experience like an internship or something that
>>> would build my experience.
>>>
>>>
>>> You might check with your campus IT group and see if they have any part
>>> time openings. Even if they don't have admin openings for students you
>>> might find an ops position that gets you a foot in the door and contacts
>>> with the admins.
>>>
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>>
>> Start building that administration experience by setting up a network at
>> home, and certainly look for non-profits that might be able to get you in
>> as a volunteer.  Volunteer experience is still experience.
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