Re: [Nolug] idiotic gig

On Thu September 9 2010 8:29 pm, Alex Levy wrote:
> Ya but at least an A+ looks good on resume's. I'm trying to find even an
> intro IT related job. TAC hasn't called since I last worked with you Joey
> lol (other than 1 small gig)

<Rant now, coherent article later>

Pick something you really want to do and learn it inside and out. Read, read,
read. Set up a lab. Lurk on the appropriate mailing lists or forums. Attend a
conference. Become an expert at it.

I don't care if you want to be a coder, a sysadmin, a programmer, a graphics
dude or a clueless manager, but do the following (you'll thank me later):

Pick a Linux distro you like and learn it. Then pick one you hate and learn
that. Then learn NetBSD (it's impractical but oh so gratifying). Your Windows
knowledge will skyrocket if you know UNIX (you'll understand what's going on
in the background whilst you point and click).

Learn the OSI model. Set up your own firewall and write the rules yourself.
Set up Apache, Postfix, IMAP, BIND, Spamassassin and virus scanners. Handle
your own mail. Serve your own DNS and web pages. Read Rute, NAG, SAG and
LAME.

Learn Perl. Learn C. Learn LAMP. Learn the UNIX shell. Learn Asterisk. Learn
Samba. Get VMware and set up a lab.

Do the rest of the stuff I put in my article if I ever write it.

--Joey

>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net> wrote:
> > On Thu September 9 2010 8:19 pm, Alex Levy wrote:
> > > sounds good for us not-yet certified folks, to bad its in Houston, I'm
> > > working at VW and that job is almost as mindless haha
> >
> > Certs are overrated. Know you stuff and go far.
> >
> > --
> > Joey Kelly
> > Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant
> > http://joeykelly.net
> > 504-239-6550
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