Am 23. Sep, 2006 schwätzte Steve White so: > Greetings. > > I am new to the Phoenix area recently transplanted from Los Angeles. I was a Welcome to Phoenix! > lurker on a couple of the LUG lists out there posting occasionally. While I > am not a complete noob when it comes to Linux, I have a lot to learn. Now > that I have time (still looking for work out here) I'd like to seriously > begin learning Linux. > > I'd love to come to the install-fest, but I may have another commitment on > that day so perhaps the next one. > > I have a job lined up to do phone tech support. It will be enough to pay > bills but it isn't what I was doing out in CA. > > I have 7+ years experience dealing with all aspects of Windows networks - > both server and workstation - as well as handling all data and > telephone/mobile telephone communications as the IT Manager for the company I > was with. That plus an MBA doesn't seem to be getting me much attention out > here. > > Any help is greatly appreciated as I know exceedingly few people in the area. I see that you're on the west side. Please show up to our meeting Tuesday night if you have time. It's right next to I-17 and Bell. We will be covering hugin classroom-style and I got notice today that we'll also have something on the GIMP. Since you're coming from .ca.us I presume you know about craigslist.com, but maybe you don't know that there's one for Phoenix. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/ In that area ( quite possibly where you're working ) USAA recently opened a new call center. I would think they're looking for some infrastructure ( tech, mgt, hr ) people as well as call center reps. Contact Red Seven, http://www.RedSevenLinux.com/, and see if they're hiring. They had a position open recently, but I heard that they might've filled it. PetSmart HQ is up there and they use *NIX, but as it has been described to me for years, it's definitely a place to avoid working. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ # Join the League of Professional System Administrators! https://LOPSA.org/ # In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. # It is not always an easy sacrifice.