A huge part of the picture is that a Sr. Level Sys Admin doesn't need help..
Sr. Level Sys Admin is what you work your position into.. My Experience. Marvin On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Mike C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Louis - Thank you for your reply. > > > Your responses compel me to be a bit more clear about some things. > > "10) at some point, you will have to get into networking...." > > -- I've over 10 yrs of work experience as a Network Engineer, in which I've > worked with Unix on Network Management platforms and I've used Linux > Networking tools for network troubleshooting. I've even built Linux test > boxes and run LAN / WAN networks through those text boxes to do network > traffic analysis. > > I'm doing a lot of what you said, but learning scripting languages even as > a former Comp. Sci. major is kind of dry and uninteresting when there's not > a problem to solve or project deadline to meet. Not too event mention that > there are drums waiting to be played, bikes waiting to be ridden and > Network Engineer jobs a plenty. > > I guess what I'm having difficulty with is that to me there doesn't seem to > be a clear and well defined development path. > > For example, when I got into Network Engineering. I started out by taking > the TCP/IP exam of the MCSE than I self-studied for Cisco Certified Network > Administrator and got my first job as a Network Engineer without any > hands-on real world experience. > > >From there, I was able have access to training, lab time, certifications > and projects that took me from a rank novice to a seasoned veteran in just > a few short years. > > So what I've experienced over the years is a floundering at Jr. Linux Sys > Admin level as there's only so much I've been able to do on my own and > there doesn't seem to be many job opportunities for a Jr. Linux Sys Admin > to work under a Sr. Level Sys Admin and get good hands-on experience and > mentoring. > > I realize it's my own personal struggle and everyone has walked their own > path to Linux Sys Admin greatness. The path seems a lot lot harder for to > my find than for a Network Engineer. The trail heads aren't very well > marked and the trails not very well mapped out. > > Cheers, > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
