<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Brian Wall writes:<br>
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:25 PM Wes Smith <<a href="mailto:james007wjs@gmail.com" target="_blank">james007wjs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Looking for a job that involves Linux. What does one look for entry level stuff? Anybody have any openings? Don't see the job posting board. Currently doing IMAC/depot level work at the moment. A little about my experience, I have my Linux+ and security+ cert. Don't have much enterprise related Linux experience but I do run it at home on my desktop, and have setup qemu for pci passthrough to play my games in a windows 10 VM. Run a tor relay, and a bitcoin node with a hidden service. Picked up a rpi and used that to install coreboot on my thinkpad. Current projects I'm working on is setting up a mail server jail with freebsd, setup a ovirt host on a micro dell optiplex, then automate installs with chef, puppet, and ansible. I need to pick up a bash or python book and get some scripting under my belt.<br>
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Wes,<br>
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I don't think I saw a reply to your post. Based on your experience,<br>
you might be able to find a position as a junior level admin. You're<br>
not ready to run an organizations' *NIX platform on your own, but you<br>
can certainly get some experience from those who do. I just did a<br>
quick Google search for "Junior Linux administrator twin cities" and<br>
had a few hits. Here's a search on Indeed:<br>
<a href="https://www.indeed.com/q-Linux-System-Administrator-l-Minneapolis,-MN-jobs.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.indeed.com/q-Linux-System-Administrator-l-Minneapolis,-MN-jobs.html</a><br>
That turns up a bunch of openings.<br>
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LinkedIn is becoming more prevalent in helping you be found by<br>
recruiters. Yeah, you'll get a lot of junk from recruiters, but you<br>
can start to get a feel for what's out there. There's good stuff out<br>
there too. I actually had a recruiter from Pandora (yes THAT Pandora)<br>
reach out to me about a storage admin position. A tuned up LinkedIn<br>
page can get some decent hits, if you're willing to invest the time<br>
(and put up with the garbage).<br></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <br></blockquote><div>I've been backing away slowly from LinkedIn. I think they </div><div>are giving recruiters too much power and the recruiters</div><div>are more than just a nuisance. Before that I backed away</div><div>slowly from Google and now use <a href="https://duckduckgo.com">https://duckduckgo.com</a></div><div>. Possibly Google and LinkedIn are partnering..</div><div><br></div><div>I might advise the OP to become an entrepreneur and</div><div>start a social media site.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div>Ebenezer Enterprises - In G-d we trust.</div><div><a href="https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards">https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>