____/ skydweller on Friday 16 November 2007 01:31 : \____
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:08:30 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> For Linux admins, career options remain plentiful
>>
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>> | Thanks for the advice, Brent. The future looks bright for Linux.
>> Anything | else you want to tell our readers?
>> |
>> | Don't worry about getting an MCSE, Linux is where it's at right now.
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>> http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/
> originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1280915,00.html
>>
>> IBM and Illinois State University Collaborate to Equip Students With
>> 21st Century Computing Skills
>>
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>> | As part of this collaboration, IBM is loaning the long-term use of the
>> latest | IBM System z 890 server to the University's College of Applied
>> Science and | Technology to build skills on virtualization, Linux and
>> Power | Architecture(TM) technologies.
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>> http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/071114/0328578.html
>>
>> 21st Century Computing Skills = Linux, virtualisation, and some
>> architecture Windows never met (PowerPC).
>
> ...
>
>> | The Scary World of Linux Computers. |
>
> ...
>
>> | Today's adherents of Microsoft are like the COBOL programmers in the |
>> 90s: too old to learn new tricks, and too tired to even want to try. |
>> They are dinosaurs, dependent upon resisting change to maintain their |
>> proprietary world.
>> |
>> | Change isn't resisted successfully for long, but holdout adherents can
>> | oppose progress and tenaciously hold things up for longer periods of |
>> time than one might imagine possible. |
>
>
> This brings back memories. I was one of those 90s COBOL programmers at
> what was then Chase Manhattan Bank, and had reached the ripe old age of
> 40. Completely, entirely, a COBOL CICS shop (well, except for those
> weirdos on VAX :)). Someone in management decided to sponsor a project to
> be developed using Sybase (on NCR Unix) and PowerBuilder (on Windows
> 3.1). Since there were zero in-house skills, they offered training in the
> required skillsets to the staff chosen for the project. There were about
> 8 of us, IIRC, plus a Sybase consultant brought in to write an Open Server
> queue manager.
>
> The general consensus among our peers was that we had lost our minds; why
> give up a nice safe mainframe gig for this PC shit?
>
> I started with Linux in 2003, installing SUSE 9.0 which I actually bought
> at one of the big-box retailers. Running a linux box at home opened up a
> whole new world; I'd never realized it was possible, for little or no
> monetary investment, to have an entire educational platform at my
> fingertips. I could actually work with web servers, mail servers, db
> servers, whatever suited my fancy, right on my desktop. I found that it
> was actually fun to learn to solve problems myself, by finding
> documentation on the web, reading logs, hacking code, checking newsgroups,
> instead of opening a support ticket at the first sign of trouble (standard
> MO in my shop). The 5-day database classes $EMPLOYER provides every year
> are actually useful now - without a home platform to run the DB, the new
> features learned in the class are quickly forgotten since we typically run
> 3-5 year old versions. As a bonus, I got better at what I do and have
> developed skills I didn't have before.
>
> Aside from the age bias (you're never too old to learn), I'd say Mr.
> Thomson is spot on. Digging into linux (goddammit, how can *linux* not be
> in the default dictionary ?!?) now is good preparation for the future.
>From what I can gather (from what I hear as well as personal experience), HR is
head-hunting Linux skills. There's more demand than availability of skills.
Companies suddenly realise that they can save a fortune if they employ someone
who can tinker with the GUI on some Debian server.
Also of interest (from the past year):
2007: Where the Tech Jobs Are
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| ...open source and Linux skills are very hot. ?Linux is one of the fastest
| growing, if not required, then recommended skills that most of the
| sysadmins and operations people have,? Melland says. ?If you?re a systems
| administrator and you don?t have Linux experience, you might want to seek
| that out.?
|
| [...]
|
| All this migration to Linux and open source means that job openings are
| zooming. Based on Dice statistics, Linux as a recommended skill is up 51%
| this year, and roughly 150% in the last two years.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3649436
Linux and Open Source: How They Affect HR Professionals
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| Linux and other open source applications are finding increasing acceptance
| in the global marketplace by small and large companies alike. Statistics on
| the growth of a few open source programs-like Apache (a Web server), Linux
| (an operating system), FreeBSD (an operating system), and PostgreSQL (a
| database server)- demonstrate this. This column considers why open source
| is growing so fast, and what it means to human resources professionals.
|
| [...]
|
| With the growth in the OSS marketplace, led by Linux, more and more
| companies will be using OSS as a portion of their IT infrastructure,
| particularly in the arena of servers. As more applications become
| Web-based, there will be less and less reason for people to use Windows
| or Macintosh desktop computers. Companies like NumSum.com and Writely
| (just acquired by Google) provide traditional applications akin to Excel
| and Word through a Web browser interface. Windows isn't going away any
| time soon, but its days are numbered. OSS is shrinking Windows lifetime
| for servers and eventually it may do so for desktop machines as well.
| And that should provide interesting developments for all of us to watch.
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http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/637577/linux_and_open_source_how_they_affect_hr_professionals/index.html?source=r_technology
Linux jobs abound, tech job service says
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| Online IT job clearinghouse Dice Inc. has some interesting statistics
| to accompany LinuxWorld. As of August 1, there were 7,000 jobs
| opportunities on Dice.com for technology professionals with Linux
| experience. This is up 35.6 percent from the beginning of the year
| and 55 percent higher than 12 months ago, the service reports.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3892050451.html
Spending on open source support services in Canada to soar
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| The market for open source support services is going to boom over
| the next five years, according to a recent Gartner survey.
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http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=42488&cid=6
City of Munich is looking for additional Linux specialists (technical system
integration)
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| You can join the limux client team! The City of Munich published four
| job vacancies on their official homepage! If you?ve always been a fan
| of the open-source movement, want to take part in an ambitious project
| and be part of a great team and have appropriate knowledge of free
| software generally, as well as Debian GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org
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http://www.marsmenschen.com/index.php/2006/12/22/city-of-munich-is-looking-for-additional-linux-specialists-technical-system-integration/
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~~ Best of wishes
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