> > Brian Wall writes: > On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:25 PM Wes Smith <james007wjs at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Looking for a job that involves Linux. What does one look for entry > level stuff? Anybody have any openings? Don't see the job posting board. > Currently doing IMAC/depot level work at the moment. A little about my > experience, I have my Linux+ and security+ cert. Don't have much enterprise > related Linux experience but I do run it at home on my desktop, and have > setup qemu for pci passthrough to play my games in a windows 10 VM. Run a > tor relay, and a bitcoin node with a hidden service. Picked up a rpi and > used that to install coreboot on my thinkpad. Current projects I'm working > on is setting up a mail server jail with freebsd, setup a ovirt host on a > micro dell optiplex, then automate installs with chef, puppet, and ansible. > I need to pick up a bash or python book and get some scripting under my > belt. > > Wes, > > I don't think I saw a reply to your post. Based on your experience, > you might be able to find a position as a junior level admin. You're > not ready to run an organizations' *NIX platform on your own, but you > can certainly get some experience from those who do. I just did a > quick Google search for "Junior Linux administrator twin cities" and > had a few hits. Here's a search on Indeed: > > https://www.indeed.com/q-Linux-System-Administrator-l-Minneapolis,-MN-jobs.html > That turns up a bunch of openings. > > LinkedIn is becoming more prevalent in helping you be found by > recruiters. Yeah, you'll get a lot of junk from recruiters, but you > can start to get a feel for what's out there. There's good stuff out > there too. I actually had a recruiter from Pandora (yes THAT Pandora) > reach out to me about a storage admin position. A tuned up LinkedIn > page can get some decent hits, if you're willing to invest the time > (and put up with the garbage). > > > I've been backing away slowly from LinkedIn. I think they are giving recruiters too much power and the recruiters are more than just a nuisance. Before that I backed away slowly from Google and now use https://duckduckgo.com . Possibly Google and LinkedIn are partnering.. I might advise the OP to become an entrepreneur and start a social media site. Brian Ebenezer Enterprises - In G-d we trust. https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20190305/fe24ae86/attachment.html>