On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 23:31, Brian Chabot wrote: > Greg Rundlett wrote: > > The Free Software Foundation is looking for a GNU/Linux Sys Admin. > > http://www.fsf.org/jobs/fsf-sysadmin.html > > This makes me REALLY wish I was a coder. I'm recently unemployed and > fit (or could reasonably fake) all the requirements except: > 3+ years experience with at least two programming languages. > (and of course the programming skills requirements...) > > GRRRRRR. > > And the pay is low, but the benefits are significantly higher than > anything on the market today. I mean full medical, FOUR WEEKS PAID > vacation, plus holidays, a new notebook, and a cell phone? DAMN. I > haven't seen benifits in IT like that since before the bubble burst.
Looked at it, and the pay is REALLY low. Then again, it's a union job, and I despise unions in any case. I'm wondering why a software/admin job would be unionized. A *Free Software* job of all things. Strange. Spooky. Ironic. Maybe I missed something. Has Boston unionized the IT profession? Of course, if you're "starving", anything will look sweet. And if you have a family, the benefits don't suck either. Another negative is that it is in Massachusetts, and on top of the low salary you get to pay $$$$ in mass taxes that of which you receive no material benefit from (unless you live in Mass, in which case you have my sympathies. :-)). Aside from all those negatives, it looks like an interesting position. Too many negatives for my tastes, though. I've been looking for a way to contribute to Free Software, but still have a family to feed, a mortgage, and all the usual "facts of life" issues... -- Fred -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- place "[hey]" in your subject. The mass of humans on planet Earth -- regard them as the ebbing seas in the winds of change. They ebb, they flow, they know not where to go. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
