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Do you know any good places to look for sysadmin jobs that might be more open?
by greyhat 16y ago
Do you know any good places to look for sysadmin jobs that might be more open?
- KevinMS 16y agoWish I could help you. My only suggestion is to ignore the requirements. It must be tough though, a programmer can send samples, a designer can send a portfolio, but what can a sysadmin do.
- alain94040 16y agoI just blogged minutes ago with a solution for you: http://blog.fairsoftware.net/2010/11/10/how-to-land-a-job-at-google-or-elsewhere/ http://blog.fairsoftware.net/2010/11/10/how-to-land-a-job-at... In the case of a sysadmin job, this is how I would do it: start showing some expertise in configuring Linux virtual instances, discuss why and how you manage them, share tips and tricks you learned. That will do you a lot of good on your resume, help you land interviews, and help you convince during those interviews. Especially if you are competing with other college grads with 0 experience, you'll stand out.
- smiler 16y agoA sys admin can set up a virtual network on EC2. He can blog about it, he can then ask to take his laptop to the interview (check beforehand if WiFi / ethernet is available, otherwise perhaps a 3g dongle) and they can demonstrate everything they can do. Just imagine a sysadmin turning up with their laptop and demonstrating... 1. Provisioning of servers where they've created the *nix build, deployed a web app, mysql etc 2. They show off their system monitoring capability, take down a few services and then show off their e-mail alerts. Bonus points for twilio integration with SMS :) 3. They then show the backup process they have and how they verify their backups 4. The sysadmin then runs a series of security tests against a server and shows the results I would hire that guy in an instant