[spam score 2/10 -pobox] [TriLUG] Linux Support Position (OT)

[Mike Mueller]

I was wondering about the 
requirements I've seen in employment ads.  The combinations of skills and 
proficiencies required are rather escalated.  The current environment is 
particularly useful for developing a database of people with technical 
skills.  The cost per resume collected must be very attractive right now.

The ideal skill set seems to be 5-10 years in a non-telecom business, SA for 
*nix and MS, Cisco certified, and expert ability to program in Perl, C++, VB, 
and Java.  Candidates with brain surgery and rocket science experience are 
preferred.

Now is a good time to hone those marketing (over-promising) skills.  Ugh.  It 
conjures up thoughts of infomercials where the announcer extolls the viewer 
to call now to get a FREE set of Linux SA's with the purchase.

Mike

On Friday 05 July 2002 22:44, Andrew C. Oliver reputedly wrote:
> Yes.... I've experienced Sysadmin-type slash DBAs first hand.  Its not a
> nice trend.  Its may be actually
> worse than the previous Programmer slash DBAs....
>
> -Andy
>
> Thunder Bear wrote:
> >On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 19:20, Jon Carnes wrote:
> >>BTW: the days of a System Admin doing only Systems work is fading rapidly
> >>(if not already gone).  SA's need extended skills in one or more of the
> >>follow:  Programming, Database/Web Applications design, or even a degree
> >> in Business.  In this respect, the traditional Universities are a great
> >> help.
> >
> >Oh yes it's crazy.  Look at most of the sysadmin job listings today.
> >You need to be both a sysadmin and what would traditionally be called a
> >DBA.  The DBA jobs are being absorbed into sysadmin jobs.  And Jon is
> >right, those other skills at least need to be part of your utility belt.
> >
> >IMHO many businesses are starting to put impossible expectations on what
> >they will get out of their sysadmins.  There aren't many of us, for
> >example, that can show proficiency in both Windows and UNIX networks,
> >but yet that isn't enough anymore.  And they will pay for these
> >unreasonable expectations in the end when they get one guy who can do
> >everything a little bit but nothing particularly well.
>
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