The problem I find with "companies looking for ideal candidates" is that they seem to want great people to show up on their doorstep as if by magic. But great p

The problem I find with "companies looking for ideal candidates" is that they seem to want great people to show up on their doorstep as if by magic. But great people aren't magically created from nothing: they're grown from a set of skills that shows they can think the right way, and applied to the company's specific technical choices. Shameless plug: I'm a sysadmin trying to turn into a devops guy in Austin, and I'm looking for a devops job. Ruby, Chef, and Ansible, but a but weak in the coding area.