[TriLUG] Linux Careers in the Triangle

[R Radford via TriLUG]

What degree did you just complete, from where, and what prompted you to get
that degree (ie: what did you want to do with it)?

Those are all important questions to aid in understanding what your next
steps could/should be...


On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Greg Pubill via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> 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
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