I forgot firewalls and VPN. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Jean-Francois Theroux <[email protected]> wrote:
> Linux is often used for infrastructure services such as web, > authentication, dns, etc. Having experience with Apache, OpenLDAP, MySQL and > Bind is a minimum these days. Being able to script is essential too. Shell, > Python, Perl are the popular ones. I personally prefer Python these days. > > You also need to have some networking knowledge. I'm not talking about > configuring BGP here, but you gotta be able to configure switches, routers, > probably load-balancers. Understanding routing is essential to improve your > debugging. > > Virtualization is another sphere in high demand. VMware, XEN and OpenVZ are > popular. > > To become a sysadmin, you need to put in the hours. You gotta be ready to > keep learning during your entire career. Until you get a job that allows you > to better your skills during workhours, you will have to do that at home. > > -jf > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:03 PM, David Montminy > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Pascal Charest wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'd say that this somebody isn't very aware of what is popular in >> > Quebec. The GNU/Linux community in Montreal is very strong and there is >> > really no lack of contract. Either Ubuntu or Redhat trained >> > professionnal (or self-taught) are getting a lot of interesting offer. >> > Hiring is kinda hard in this domain... >> > >> >> Not to sound pessimistic but this is not the impression that I got. I've >> been looking for a job for the last 6 months and I don't see a lot of >> offers. Add to that the fact that everyone seems to ask for 5+ years of >> experience...in everything. Even in technologies such as Adobe Flex >> (which came out in march 2004) >> >> As a general advice, I would says that Red Hat seems to be the >> distribution of choise, with Suse a distant second. Database skills are >> also a plus (something I don't have and get turned down becasue of it). >> And remember that to get the job, you don't need to be a good candidate, >> you need to be the best one among the ones they interviewed. >> >> Of course, knowing the right people also helps. I don't have >> connections, and my only real source of job offers are the billboards. >> >> Good luck! >> >> David Montminy >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkmQYbgACgkQvDxX1LVv8bMEZwCdFL45q/CqxPwZ4aSqILcM2/Ok >> McYAoJpqLh5YT2unHmXatvHmGCqTPmFU >> =HU40 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >> > > > > -- > Jean-François Théroux > Linux/network security consultant > http://www.theroux.ca > -- Jean-François Théroux Linux/network security consultant http://www.theroux.ca
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