I was making 35k+ as a hybrid desktop support/jr sysadmin for a museum. On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:08 PM, keith smith wrote: > > HostGator offered $35k for Linux Admin Skills? I'm not a Linux sys admin > so I am not sure what you guys get paid however $35k seems a little low, > even if it is much cheaper to live in Texas. What is GD offering? I know > they pay their programmers very well. > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > 2 Chronicles 7:14 (New International) : if my people, who are called by my > name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their > wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and > will heal their land. > > --- On *Sun, 3/6/11, Bryan O'Neal *wrote: > > > From: Bryan O'Neal > Subject: Re: OT: HostGator looking for Linux administrators; PERL and C > Developers > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 7:40 PM > > Just saying - I got offered 35K to move to TX. I make substantially > more working for the hosting industry leader here in town. And yes GD > is hiring and having trouble finding qualified candidates. > Let me know if you are interested in linux or mysql positions > > On 3/3/11, Matt Graham > > wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:05:15AM -0800, keith smith wrote: > >>> I hear housing in Texas is very affordable. Also the cost of > >>> living is lower from what I hear. > > > > "In Texas" != "In Austin, TX". Austin's a reasonably big city, and > really > > cheap houses are all far out in the surrounding suburbs or in terrible > > neighborhoods. > > > > From: Steve Holmes > > > >> Austin would be a nice place; they have a university (U of Texas) > >> and universities generally contribute to a good scale of living > >> and culture. > > > > Austin is an island of relative sanity in the middle of Texas. Part of > this > > is because the major employers are the state government, UT, and various > > tech > > companies; it's not tied to the awl bidness and the boom-bust cycle there > > like > > so much of the rest of TX is. The influence of UT means that there are > > plenty > > of people there who know there's a world outside of TX, which helps. You > > *will* still find people who live up to all the bad stereotypes of > Texans. > > There are just fewer of them in Austin than in Dallas. The local music > > scene's really nice if you like that sort of thing. > > > > Yes, I lived in Austin for 5 years, though it was a loooong time ago. > > > > -- > > Matt G / Dances With Crows > > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen