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Demand For Linux Skills Rising This Year
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.
The Year of Linux is finally here!
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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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.
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 ...
I can see companies caring about Linux expertise; after all, the vast majority of servers run Linux, so if you're hiring for someone doing devops you probably want them to know their way around Linux. But 44% prefer people with "Linux certification"? I know some companies care about stuff like RHEL certifications, but I didn't think it was that many.
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Dying site? I found my last two jobs on Dice, both which turned out to be really great. I have always found Dice to be an excellent job resource site for IT professionals. Maybe the jobs you applied for through Dice didn't hire you :P
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My experience with most companies is that what they say and do are two completely different things. Of course they're going to ask for all skills ever possible, but they aren't willing to pay for the skills they claim to want. The question I always see is "are critical thinking skills important to you?" Of course every business is going to claim they want critical thinking skills. But in reality, most won't pay the premium those skills cost, nor do they want those skills to question stupid business practices.
Again, how they respond to these stupid surveys and what they do in practice are two different things.
>> want to recruit Linux professionals...likely to hire a candidate with Linux certification
Wait...which one do you want? Professionals or certified neophytes?
When the retards in H.R. post a job opening requiring ten years experience in something, it will actually be possible to meet the requirements.
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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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Cheap H1B labor is typically 'certified', so they can use that to disqualify actual talent (who often doesnt have the time or interest in the certification process).
If the company priority is controlling cost, then that will likely be your end result.
I won't argue with that mentality. I will simply gently remind them that you get what you pay for.