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   by atsaloli 10y ago

   Spamford Wallace got sentenced to 30 months in jail last year: https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2016/06/1...
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   by atsaloli 10y ago

   I was at EarthLink at the time. I remember our systems melting down with all the AOL mail in our queues.
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   by atsaloli 10y ago

   http://prgmr.com/xen/ Xen-based VPS Look forward to hearing Luke's answer - as a fellow sysadmin eneterpreneur, he's been a real inspiration (even though I'm in a different line - training).
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   by atsaloli 10y ago

   I'm self taught too. No degree. I found inspiration from a booklet "The Way To Happiness". http://www.thewaytohappiness.org . I invite you to look it over and see if there's any part that is real or speaks to
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   by atsaloli 10y ago

   I make time for the things important to me. This has meant letting some tech things go. I'm on the US West Coast and am working on my own business as a path to financial security for my family (wife and daughter depend on my technical
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   by atsaloli 10y ago

   You've got GitLab CI on your list already, right? :) https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/ It's open source (it's included in GitLab CE and EE).
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   by atsaloli 10y ago

   Thanks for defining "productized service", @bmaeser. My training service qualifies. It's private on-site training; with a small but growing course catalog. After a couple of false starts, I've priced it to guarantee pro
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   by atsaloli 10y ago

   What do you mean wrong? Technically inaccurate? Know your tech. Test, so you can be sure. Cite your sources (e.g., provide a "learn more" list.) You'll do fine! Go for it.
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   by atsaloli 10y ago

   A colleague of mine got laid off from VMWare.
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    Ingrid Gudenas was going to offer a webinar https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-your-presentations-look-so... I attended her half day workshop in the Bay Area and it transformed my public speaking and made it easier fir
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    I changed my color as soon as I got enough points to do so. Just for the sake of the game. I'm now at 438 and looking forward to the next threshold which I believe is 500 (ability to downvote). It's nice to have a game element. It
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    I'd ask why you are thinking about making the switch. What is important to you? The companies I worked at in LA didn't even have happy hours.
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    Vertical Sysadmin, Inc. | Sales | Los Angeles, USA | REMOTE, PART-TIME Seeking commission-only sales agent for high-quality Ops and DevOps training. We deliver on-site training world-wide. Our model is: small class sizes (12 max), expert in
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    Since I'm in DevOps: http://devopscafe.org
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    The "Learn Enough to be Dangerous" tutorials are excellent! e.g. https://www.learnenough.com/command-line-tutorial And the price is affordable (HTML version is free, can buy PDF). Also freecodecamp.com has a nice
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    In a situation like this, I contact the manufacturer. You can do it! Don't give up.
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    Freecodecamp.com is free if price is an issue.
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    For anybody wanting to learn DevOps today, "The DevOps Handbook" is the canonical text. https://www.amazon.com/DevOps-Handbook-World-Class-Reliabili...
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    Would your boss rehire you in 6 months? Do you have to quit? You may be able to just take a leave of absence or extended holiday at your own expense? Why would you want to get back to being a corporate slave? I'm working on building my
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    I've done both. Now I'm working on my own company. Not a "startup" (high growth) but just my own company that I'm growing with the sweat of my brow. That's a possible road as well!
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    Try local meetups, like https://www.meetup.com/London-DevOps/ and friends.
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    I'm looking forward to teaching a Vim class in Seattle next month. https://www.casitconf.org/casitconf17/tutorials/ I've got some resources for learning Vim on http://www.verticalsysadmin.com&
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    Postgres. Mature, continuously improved and growing product from a friendly and professional world wide community. https://www.postgresql.org
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    William Gibson came to a local bookstore when I was a teenager. The staff had the public going through a line, issuing a Post-It, a pen and instructions to write the name of the person to whom to make out the book. Efficient and organized
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    You may find GitLab's proposal of interest. https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/27/the-11-rules-of-gitlab-f...
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    South Ossetia used to be part of Georgia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    As a user, I loved the GitLab UI and features. I've now partnered with them and offer training on GitLab CI (and on Git), and resell GitLab Enterprise. GitLab's been great to work with as an organization, they are fast, work hard,
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    What's the insane amount of $ ? (For the Cobol development.)
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    Vertical Sysadmin, Inc. | Sales | Los Angeles, USA | REMOTE, PART-TIME Seeking commission-only sales agent for high-quality IT training. We deliver on-site training world-wide. Small class sizes (12 max), expert instructors, excellent mater
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    by atsaloli 10y ago

    Nice to see GitLab CI getting some love on this thread. I have to polish it yet but my notes for teaching GitLab CI (one-day course on the basics of it) are available at https://gitlab.com/atsaloli/gitlab-ci-tutorial a