all great advice from everyone. Unfortunately, I can't change schools b/c
of a little rule that you have to spend your last 64 hrs at the school your
going to graduate at. I just was wanting some advice as to what I could
read up on, so IF I'm sitting in that interview room, and he asked me if
what I know about Linux, what I should be able to tell him to get me in.
Again, I don't think my school is preparing me for this. As a matter of
fact, most of the classes I took were in business, not computers. And if it
was a computer course, it was about using Excel, or how do to HTML. Stuff
that I had already learned at home, and previous classes. The real power
stuff that I don't have access to like SQL, Oracle, etc. You know, the
stuff that costs 5,000 minimum per license is what I would like to learn.
Alas, this is out of my reach. So, I decided to work on what I could learn
myself, and is cheap, *nix environments. Thanks to all who replied. This
is a great list of good ppl, which is what I find all around the linux
community.
> ----------
> From: William W. Austin[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:06 AM
> To: Green, Aaron
> Subject: Re: OHH NO! My employer just got Linux!
>
> Aaron Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all, I'm a MIS student who doesn't think he's being properly prepared
> by
> > the usual college classes for a job later. (Ex. My teacher doesn't
> want to
> > install Linux on his computer simply b/c it's open source, so no one can
> be
> > trusted since everyone can see the source code). So, I was wondering
> what
> > kind of programs I could enroll in that would better prepare me for a
> job.
> > Would it be a specific training program? Or just playing with Linux at
> my
> > home? Anything I should know that might help me would be appreciated.
> > Thanks for your time.
>
> (SNIP)
>
> What kind of programs... Hmm. That depends on what kind of job you want to
> get
>:-). In general, try to avoid upper level course in theory of ballet or
> art
> logistics if possibly -- they don't help much... :-)
>
> All kidding aside (sorry, couldn't resist), you will find some
> IS departments (MIS, Computer Science, etc. ad nauseum) which do
> excellent preparation in this regard and some which are -- as you
> describe above -- anywhere from a little paranoid to downright hostile.
>
> However the main thing I've found (hey don't look at me -- my degrees
> are in physics ... I used to be a theoretical physicist a couple of
> lifetimes ago... but I had fun) is that you have to learn _yourself_
> -- coursework give you but a good starting point for a practical
> education.
>
> I have been running unix (and now linux) boxes (too many types to
> list and who cares anyway) since _version_ 4 of unix (not _release_
> but version) in the late 60's and helped spread the message a long
> time ago.
>
> My advice to someone who asks as you did would be first to put up your
> own linux systems -- TWO at a minimum so that you can play network
> god. Then when you think you are somewhere between hopelessly lost
> (not likely on this list) and absolutely invincible, get active in
> a local linux group. The folks there will be able to point you in
> the right direction.
>
> Now a question (I had problems with 2 thesis advisors, changed twice,
> was much happier and had much less hassle after that) about your
> "teacher [who] doesn't want to install Linux on his computer ..."
> I assume that this is not your only professor/instructor in computer
> science/is/mis/etc. ??? (a) If not then talk to some of the others
> there. (b) If he's your faculty advisor, get another one if you can.
>
> If he _is_ your only one, then I will make the assumption that you
> are not into upper level courses yet and that limits your exposure
> to the upper level faculty at this point.... Hmmm. Problematic.
> If this latter situation is the case, try talking to other students
> in the department -- there are bound to be some other "malcontents"
> who want to run linux as well, and if there are enough of you, you
> can reasonably exert pressure on the department to add some support
> for linux.
>
> However, if your department is thorougly intrenched in ANY particular
> O/S to the exclusion of all others -- be it MicroSoft, Solaris, Linux,
> HP-UX, or ANY OTHER SINGLE O/S then I would humbly suggest that you RUN
> DO NOT WALK to the nearest exit, and find another school. This should
> be the most open time in your educational life, and if it is limited
> to a single thread, as described in this paragraph, then you cannot and
> will not get the education you are paying (out the nose, probably) for.
>
> Good luck -- feel free to ignore any and all of this, but remember that
> ultimately YOU, not the college or university you attend, are responsible
> for making sure that you get the education and courses you need to
> prepare you for a job in the real world.
>
> Hope this helps (sorry for the length),
>
> William W. Austin* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Life is just a phase I'm going through"
>
> (*If you the "Dr." title, people will invariably come up to you and ask
> for medical advice ...)
>
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