[TriLUG] Linux Careers in the Triangle

[Greg Pubill via TriLUG]

Hi TriLUG,

As a recent arrival to the group I would like to ask for any 
suggestions/comments/advice from senior members which may help focus my 
Linux career path.

I'm at a stage where I have recently completed my degree, which took me 
a while, my daughter is in college herself. I have worked with several 
Linux distros but I don't feel I've gotten so much experience out of if 
because my responsibilities were install, edit config files and ship it 
out. So this was a little repetitive.

If you were on my shoes; where would you go next?

For example, would I want to learn programming (C, C++) or; would I want 
to focus on cloud computing (Hadoop, OpenStack...) or maybe web development?

I have more time these days, my contract recently ended. I could use 
this time to prepare for a cert, or audit a class, or follow some online 
training course to sharpen my skills.

Any thoughts you can share would really help me personally, and who 
knows it might even serve to help others thinking about careers in Linux 
and open source.

Greg