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On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:18 AM, keith smith <
klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> I'm always curious what a full-time corporate Linux admin might do.
This position is not for a Linux admin. A Linux would spending time
things like Bind, HTTPD, Tomcat, etc. Effective MySQL administration
deals with a much smaller subset of Linux administration.
>
> You say the position is broken down into the following three areas:
>
> 1) 50% Linux systems administration (if you can not work on the Linux
> CLI, stop reading)
Log into a server which is acting weird, look at the error logs.
Push out a job across the farm to kill a service and all of it's child threads.
Push out a job across the farm to update all NFS mounts.
>
> 2) 35% BASH/PHP/Perl programming (if you can not program/script in some language this position will be a stretch)
BASH heavily falls in with the Linux sys admin stuff. PHP get's used
for more difficult automation and for webforms.
>
> 3) 15% MySQL (we can teach MySQL)
Writing queries, optimizing queries and schema, setting up replication
and debugging any related issues.
>
> Can you provide some highlights in these three areas? What is a set of garden variety tasks each grouping would include.
>
> Thanks!
>
> BTW: I have a friend who works in development at Godaddy and he loves it.
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On Thu, 7/29/10, Rob Wultsch <wultsch@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Rob Wultsch <wultsch@gmail.com>
> Subject: OT: MySQL DBA job (you are probably more qualified than you think...)
> To:
> Cc: "Arizona State University Linux Users Group" <asulug@asu.edu>, azphp@list.azphp.org, "Main PLUG discussion list" <PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 10:02 PM
>
> Howdy,
> I am a Senior MySQL DBA for GoDaddy.com . Management recently approved
> a significant expansion of the team with positions at a variety of
> levels becoming available.
>
> In general the job is not about MySQL. If I had to break down what a
> typical day would be like it would be something like:
> 50% Linux systems administration (if you can not work on the Linux
> CLI, stop reading)
> 35% BASH/PHP/Perl programming (if you can not program/script in some
> language this position will be a stretch)
> 15% MySQL (we can teach MySQL)
>
> In this job intellectually difficult challenges will be common. A
> successful n00b will take between 3 to 6 months of constant learning
> to become effective. In my experience most weeks are around 40 hours,
> which some outliers in either direction. The benefits are excellent.
>
> If you have questions feel free to email off list.
>
> To apply please see
> http://jobview.monster.com/MySQL-DBA-Job-Scottsdale-AZ-89648265.aspx .
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Rob Wultsch
> wultsch@gmail.com
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