Austin is a great place to be if your looking for a job, that's for sure. I'm looking for somebody to hire right now ( https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_dunbradstreet/external1/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetail&jobPostId=3469&localeCode=en-us) and unemployment in this town is ~2%, which makes it damn near impossible. We are mostly a Linux shop, but I need somebody who has a little more Windows experience than we currently have on the team. It's a mixed bag. You sill have to do actual work (tickets, on-call, etc), but you get to be part of the decision making process and run projects too.
I don't know anything about your current position (or you), but ideally you would want to find ways to provide leadership now. I understand that it's not always easy, but leadership isn't about a title but rather it is a mentality. Long before I became the manager of my team I was a leader of my team. Through my technical expertise and vision I was able to influence the decisions that were made around architecture, infrastructure, and operations. Leadership is required regardless of whether you want to be a people leader or an architect, or some other high level technical person. If you want some more specific or detailed advice, feel free to contact me off-list. On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Matt Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > Lots of good questions > > On 05/14/2015 09:59 PM, Christopher Webber wrote: > > Speaking as a technical manager and someone that is heavily involved in > the community, I think the best bet for the list, is an understanding of > what you are looking for. Is you linked in up to date and can you link to > it? > > What would make it easier to help you would be: > - Where are you based? > > > I'm in Austin, Texas > > - Are you willing to relocate? > > > That's not currently practical > > - What is your current skill set? > > - Windows/*nix, all of the above? > > > Linux and AIX. > > - Any config mgmt experience? > > > More theory than practice. I have yet to work for a place that > understands modern configuration management. > > - Any relevant technologies (java platforms, id mgmt, ruby web > services, asp.net) > > > Not any more. I have been using Ruby since 2003. > > - What do you want to develop? > > > Stable, reliable, maintainable systems. > > - Are you interested in making technical decisions and doing interesting > things or are you looking to manage folks and facilitate them in doing > those things? > > > Both, actually. I want to be in a position to say "we will use a version > control system" and make it stick. > > - What excites you about tech? Algorithms, complex systems, id mgmt? > > > I'm actually much more of an Operations guy. Making things run smoothly > is what excites me. > > I think a lot of us would love to help but it is hard without a bit more > info. > > > So, there's more info. > > -- Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > -- --------------------------------- Mark Honomichl "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
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