[NCLUG] Linux Jobs around Ft. C?

[Michael Crosiar]

Seems like there was a discussion a long time ago
about having a mailing list for local job postings.
Did this ever happen?

--- DJ Eshelman <dj at sgc-inc.net> wrote:
> Greetings everyone,
> sorry I've been so distant lately (not that I was
> _really_ contributing all
> that much :) ).
> 
> I've come off a contract recently and am once again
> looking for work around
> here.
> I recently went to a job interview of a position (I
> won't say what company)
> that wanted both Microsoft and 'unix' experience.
> Well, maybe it was a bit forward to wear a polo
> adorning Tux to this
> interview, but I found that they had no real desire
> for anything other than
> M$; as they were a 'development partner' and
> therefore completely into
> the 'no linux is good linux' kind of thing.  So
> obviously I didn't get the
> job.  In fact it was kind of insulting- I told the
> person interviewing me
> that I didn't have as much hands on experience with
> M$ Exchange because
> I've always either used or been in companies using
> SendMail, Procmail or
> something similar.
> The person then proceeded to start asking me basic
> level questions (one of
> which was intertaining- he asked me how you can set
> up two mail servers
> with only one external IP address using NAT in your
> firewall.  I described
> the process of using internal DNS and such; no need
> to go into detail here,
> you all know what I'm talking about, and anyway he
> proceeded to tell me
> that it in fact couldn't be done without two
> seperate external IP addresses.
> 
> That lead, of course to an equally insulting basic Q
> and A involving him
> asking me what is needed to do 'file sharing'
> between PCs and... well, take
> a wild guess what happened there.
> 
> So I'm actually a bit glad I didn't get this exact
> job, however, I'm
> starting to wonder if I'm going to have to move
> elsewhere in the state or
> to another state altogether in order to find a
> company that wants a linux
> admin (no engineering or anything fancy- just a
> frickin mid-level admin)
> and is actually willing to pay more than $12 an
> hour...
> 
> So my question is simply- am I dreaming or is it
> possible out here?  I'm
> just hoping I don't have to get my MCSE (hisssss)
> just to get a job in Fort
> Collins...
> 
> thanks for the input as always gents.
> 
> Oh, and as far as SCO- maybe just an object lesson
> that no matter
> how 'free' everything gets, someone always wants
> something for nothing,
> especially when their business is failing and
> someone else's isn't...
> 
> -DJ Eshelman
> 
> 
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