sad day on PLUG

Dan Lund situationalawareness at gmail.com
Tue Nov 13 10:08:07 MST 2007


As usual, it also depends on the genre of the tech industry, also.
Unix positions are plentiful at certain times of the year due to
budgeting reasons, while Windows administration can come and go
depending on the fluxuations of administrators... tech sup is a
seasonal thing.


On Nov 13, 2007 9:40 AM, Jorge Delacruz <alterthegrid at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The tech market is always slow here in the 4th
> quarter.  Strangely enough, I have heard of many
> openings at Amex (not IBM) and Safeway.
>
> Maybe you need a resume review/overhaul.  I had a
> writer-friend look at mine and offer some suggestions.
>  Have someone look yours over.
>
> JD
>
> --- Technomage-hawke <technomage.hawke at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> > is there a possibility I could get a job there? :)
> >
> > I am looking at the prospect of having to leave the
> > state before march if I
> > don't get work by new years. Frankly, I can't afford
> > the move, but I have not
> > heard back from any of my applied for jobs (not a
> > single one).
> >
> > </economic query>
> >
> > is it me or is the employment market about to
> > meltdown?
> > <economic query/>
> >
> > On Sunday 11 November 2007 17:04, Jorge Delacruz
> > wrote:
> > > I'm working on a system (server with PXE boot and
> > > kickstart) that simplifies the below process to:
> > >
> > > 1. Buy new Optiplex from Dell
> > > 2. Open box, unpack computer
> > > 3. Connect computer to keyboard/power/network and
> > turn
> > > on
> > > 4.  Enter MAC address, IP, name on server
> > > 5. 5-7 minutes later, disconnect computer and put
> > in
> > > user workspace
> > > 6. Repeat process with next box.
> > >
> > > --- Craig White <craig at tobyhouse.com> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 09:48 -0700, Dan Lund
> > wrote:
> > > > > I prefer CentOS for pure stability and
> > > >
> > > > reliability, and Gentoo or
> > > >
> > > > > Debian for custom configurations.
> > > > > I just have issues personally with running
> > > >
> > > > something Red Hat uses as a
> > > >
> > > > > beta test-bed for it's future product.
> > > >
> > > > ----
> > > > actually, it's a great desktop OS for our
> > > > non-profit.
> > > >
> > > > unattended/automated kickstart installation
> > > > including configuration from
> > > > local lan repository.
> > > >
> > > > 1. Buy new Optiplex from Dell
> > > > 2. Open box, unpack computer
> > > > 3. Connect comuter to keyboard/power/network and
> > > > turn on
> > > > 4. Press button and insert boot CD
> > > > 5. Press F12 and choose boot disc
> > > > 6. Select CD
> > > > 7. On Linux boot... enter
> > > >    linux install
> > > > method=http://my_local_repository/stage_2_boot \
> > >
> > >
> >
> ks=http://my_local_webserver/configuration_server/ks-fc8-x86_64.cfg
> > >
> > > > 8. 1 hour later, disconnect computer and put in
> > user
> > > > workspace
> > > > 9. Repeat process with next box.
> > > >
> > > > Craig
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > > Jorge Delacruz
> > >
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> Jorge Delacruz
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Dan Lund

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