If you aren't afraid of science and math, you might look for jobs in a
more scientific field. People who have to do numerical analysis and other
computationally intensive computer tasks seem to know prefer *NIX ...and
once they're comfortable with *NIX, Windows can feel like a straight
jacket at times. We mostly use Solaris. (Most have a PC or a Mac for
word processing and such, but the *NIX boxes are where we do the
programming.)
In fact, one of my coworkers got so frustrated after NT crashed 5 times in
one afternoon (possibly because of a video driver error) while he was
testing some C++ code he had written that he said, "I'm tempted to install
Linux!" I said, "Let's do it." He was worried since he only had 45
minutes before he had to go and neither of us had ever done an FTP Linux
installation. We did a RedHat FTP install in under 30 minutes. That's
about equal to the total time he spent waiting for the machine to boot to
Windows that day. My favorite comment...while it was downloading
packages, he said something like, "Linux has come so far...This
installation is jus as easy as Windows. The only difference is that you
get a real operating system when you're done." ;-)
By the way, I know that our programmers are trying to hire some CS
students to work part time doing programming and such at least through
next semester. If you're interested in working in an environment where
half of the managers have Linux at home, you might try applying. The
problem is that you're hired as a "student employee." The benefit is that
you won't have to deal with anyone blindly loyal to Microsoft.
See
http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/adg_web/personnel/studentjob.html
I work for the Signal Physics Lab.
---Tom
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Tom Bryan
Signal Physics Laboratory
Applied Research Laboratories
University of Texas at Austin
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