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Demand For Linux Skills Rising This Year

Posted by samzenpus on from the popular-kids dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes This year is shaping up as a really good one for Linux, at least on the jobs front. According to a new report (PDF) from The Linux Foundation and Dice, nearly all surveyed hiring managers want to recruit Linux professionals within the next six months, with 44 percent of them indicating they're more likely to hire a candidate with Linux certification over one who does not. Forty-two percent of hiring managers say that experience in OpenStack and CloudStack will have a major impact on their hiring decisions, while 23 percent report security is a sought-after area of expertise and 19 percent are looking for Linux-skilled people with Software-Defined Networking skills. Ninety-seven percent of hiring managers report they will bring on Linux talent relative to other skills areas in the next six months.

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  1. More of the same ... by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yet another report that doesn't give hard numbers either in the summary or the article. And of course, the pdf is walled behind a "give us your information and we'll let you download it" page.

    The criteria are pretty slack - as long as a company is thinking about hiring one linux worker, that's counted as a win. No saying if it's because they've consolidated several previous linux positions into one future job, or how many non-linux workers are being hired, to put the numbers into perspective.

    Notably missing was the "how many linux workers have/will you lay off" question, even though we know this is happening thanks to off-shoring, etc/

    I doubt we will ever have an unbiased set of numbers to work with - that would require someone who doesn't have a vested interest in the outcome.

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    1. Re:More of the same ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I shy away from hiring people who highlight Linux experience as part of their skillset. My experience with them is that they are constantly trying to rework things that are already functional using OSS tools that are poorly documented and supported and when they leave to chase the next shiny job no one is quite sure what the hell they did. Knowledge of standard commercial tools that we already use is the most important thing.

    2. Re:More of the same ... by Anon-Admin · · Score: 2, Insightful

      That was worth the laugh!

      Your windows delusion is grand for an anonymous coward! Having spent the better part of 20 years working as a Linux professional I can tell you that all the fortune 500 and above companies have, use, and enjoy Linux. It is well supported, COTS apps are all over the place, and the OSS tools are well documented within the companies where they are used. They are far better documented than the custom internally developed apps for windows that every company has.

      Windows has it's place in business just a Linux does. No one OS can do it all perfectly and any manager/person who claims that all your problems can be solved by switching to (Linux/Windows/Mac/Solairs/HP-UX/AIX) should be fired on the spot!

  2. 100% by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    100% are looking for a H1-B that they can pay as little as possible while holding a green card like it's the sword of damocles over their head.

  3. What is a Linux Skill? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I am not sure how you quantify a Linux skill? What does knowing your way around Linux even mean? Is knowing your way around Linux quantifiable by doing some odd configuration with hardware, ie disabling TCP offload for troublesome NICs? Or is it simply setting up services for others to use?

    Most people can do this stuff. Kernel development however ...

  4. Re:It's happening!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    On the desktop?

    Yeah, that's never going to happen until freetards start caring about what users want.

  5. Slashdice are you fucking joking? by Graymalkin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oh man sweet an unbiased report about the importance of Linux certifications! From a job board and a organization selling Linux certifications no less. I bet this report is totally legit and has hard numbers to back up all of the claims. I'm probably not going to be disappointing from some obvious slashvertisement.

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