Speaking of experience

Affirmative. Haven't taken the time to figure out why.


D

* On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 06:31:43PM -0700, Joseph T. Tannenbaum wrote:
> Is it just me, or are we getting doubles of some posts?
> (Not a complaint, just curiosity)
> Joe
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of
> > plug@arcticmail.com
> > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 3:09 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Speaking of experience
> >
> >
> >
> > Find packages, install them, configure them, make them
> > work, maintain them, then add them to your resume. Say,
> > for example, qmail, qpage, hylafax, INN, NIS/NIS+, DNS,
> > sendmail, Apache, mod_ssl, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL. The
> > key is, all of these packages can run on (Linux|*BSD|
> > Solaris|AIX|HPUX) and going through the PITA of working
> > with them will naturally provide you with experience.
> > Also, buy some O'Reilly Unix books. sed/awk/perl/regular
> > expressions are all good things to know.
> >
> > Something else you could do is get a copy of Slowaris/i386
> > (it's either no cost, low cost, or you just pay for the
> > media and shipping I _think_), install it, play with it,
> > make all of the above packages work on it, then add
> > Slowaris to your resume.
> >
> > I just don't know about the whole "certification" thing.
> > I have no certifications. People ask me how I learned
> > Unix, and I respond that I don't remember--how did you
> > learn to breathe? I just tell people "I do Unix stuff.
> > Try me for 30 days. If you're not satisfied with the
> > Unix stuff I do, I'll give you double your regular
> > expressions back."
> >
> >
> > D
> >
> > * On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 12:53:05PM -0700, Ronald Ellis wrote:
> > > Same old story,
> > >
> > > I am an 'in the trenches' NT admin who's been dying to get into Linux
> > > administration. My experience in Linux is reduced to what I can (and
> > > have) set up in my local home network. I am really looking to get into
> > > UNIX (any flavor), Linux adminstration. Problem is, at my current
> > > skill set in UNIX (basic user, backup, mundane administration skills,
> > > some scripting) I'm having trouble getting serious consideration for a
> > > move into a more robust OS. Of course at my salary level, it's almost
> > > too late to move over.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any idea how to get into that? Are there any certifications
> > > that would be valuable? Sun? RedHat?
> > >
> > > Suggestions?
> > >
> > > -Ron
> > >
> > > Ronaldellis@email.com