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Ask HN: Can I get a job writing shell scripts?
I have about 10-odd years of experience writing code. Though I am no expert, I am good at writing bash scripts.
I already have a full-time job but I want to get something else on the side. Exposure is more a priority than money.
Can I get a job writing shell scripts? I would happy debugging somebody else's code too.
- bediger 16y agoI would have to say "probably not". Shell scripts (ksh in big corporations, bash elsewhere) get a lot of use, but managers typically see them as almost throwaway, one-shot code. For some reason, Immoral Megacorporation managers do not like non-compiled code, and shell scripts are not only interpreted, they're way more legible than Perl. So, even when you absolutely must write shell scripts for init.d startup and shutdown, or you write shell scripts to set up complicated environments and command lines for WebLogic Server use, writing shell scripts is still considered somewhat of a boring, unimportant task.
- Kristo5747 16y agoInteresting viewpoint. Corporation managers never seize to amaze me. The shell scripts written by my *nix mentor were anything but boring or unimportant. The guy had x consoles running, monitoring x^2 servers etc...
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agos/seize/cease/
- brudgers 16y agoWriting Powershell scripts which automate Windows applications and OS tasks might have some potential since many small businesses don't have that capability in-house.