I work at an indie ISP. One of the biggest growth opportunities I've ever had was when my job gave me a bare-metal server in one of our datacenters. It was sit

I work at an indie ISP. One of the biggest growth opportunities I've ever had was when my job gave me a bare-metal server in one of our datacenters. It was sitting in the junk pile, with a cash value of maybe $700 if we were to sell it on ebay. So I asked if I could use it, and they set it up for me. I had never configured `/etc/network/interfaces`. I had never used the `ip` or `route` commands. I never knew what would happen if you tried to `traceroute` when your gateway is misconfigured. Now I've done all of those things :) For me, any opportunity to get my hands dirty on something I've never done before, I jump on. I have taken jobs because of that one criteria. If I'm not growing at my job, I either take action (talk to my boss) and make sure I get new opportunities, or I start looking for another job.