4 ms·
Fifteen years ago this was the same with Linux. Everyone was asking for MCSE certified professionals. And yet, my Linux experience has been invaluable over th
by 0xEFF 8y ago
Fifteen years ago this was the same with Linux. Everyone was asking for MCSE certified professionals. And yet, my Linux experience has been invaluable over the years and supply and demand for highly specialized skills have worked to my advantage.
If everyone is going one way, it's not necessarily a bad decision to take a slightly different path. I've been able to build a career and a business on the alternate path.
- scarface74 8y agoI don't remember a time where some variant of Unix wasn't the preferred server operating system.
- pjmlp 8y agoWell, I remember when servers were some variation of VAX, IBM and Unisys mainframes and most small business were happy using Novell Netware. During those days UNIX based systems were just yet another option, mostly on government and university departments. I learned UNIX thanks to our OS teacher carrying around a single PC tower (remember those?) with Xenix on it, where we would take 30m turns to try out our C programs, prepared in advance with Turbo C on MS-DOS. 80's and early 90's, before Linux and BSD actually took off as a free way (free beer) to get access to UNIX.