No.."I" made $100k.....they laid alot of us off because they no longer wanted to pay that high...40k is how much they're paying now, but they can't find anybody
Well, I WAS making $100,000 there, which was low in comparison to the Senior C++ Programmer.:) (He was fired too). They said everyone was overpaid..now they wonder why they can't find qualified AIX admin for $40k...I don't think the job is worth $100k (I know the stuff so well, I think it's no big deal sometimes), but 40??? Am I weird?
Actually, $40k in NYC is what you get working in Macy's at the make-up counter. I know..my wife did it for years....with 1 room apartments going for $1700 a month, do the math
For some reason, I can't see this as viable. I was in charge of over 50 AIX servers, and while on a daily basis I didn't break my back, when the fit his the shan, BOY did it hit the shan. There used to be a joke about UNIX admins sitting with their feet on the desk playing the guitar singing Koombaya. A UNIX admins job is 80% nothing/maintenance and 20% SHEER hell. UNIX just works. Adding users is and permissions and installing software is baby stuff. We are there for when there are fires to be put out. They were rare, but when they happen, you NEED the sysadmin! There is no question that when they need something fixed yesterday, they REALLY do! Imagine a company thinking they don't need their sysadmins when suddenly they have a fire, and they are on the phone with an hourly wage tech support person and HIM trying to fix the problem w/o SSH access because of firewall issues that the manager has NO idea how to let him in!
Unfortunately, that happened at my last company..they laid me off (Sr UNIX Admin). I was in charge of their 45 AIX servers. They never went down so they figured I didnt do anything:) When I got laid off a year ago, the NEXT day they had a hardware problem. However, they have a clause where they never rehire people as perms or consultants that were laid off, for whatever reason...so they hired a 2-bit MS Admin to do it. I'm still in contact with some people there, and they tell me they are having problems up the wazoo. And they can't find talented UNIX admins for the price they will pay (VERY LOW!!). So, if you're a talented AIX admin with at least 6 years experience and will work for $40,000 in NYC, let me know, and I'll send them your resume:).
I learned LOGO on the Atari 800XL at home when I was just a lad. The manuals were excellent, and the books said LOGO was a subset of LISP. LOGO had loads of parentheses (for the more advanced functions). Can anyone vouch for this?
Are you going to a minimum security prison? A federal Prison? Will you be with white collar criminals (let's hope you do) or will you be with "real" criminals...you know, thieves, rapists, etc.
What is the actual benefit of Running Netscape 7? I'm running moz 1.1 on Linux and to me, Netscape is the same thing, albeit based on an older build...
When palladium makes my Linux machine no longer work, that's the day I leave the Computer Industry. No..I won't join the "evil" empire..I'll be a lone wolf..I already left the industry...I've been unemployed for a year!
Unfortunately, most companies have laid off all their UNIX/Linux admins, and an MCSE is running the *NIX servers.....or a prerson who has HEARD of Linux is running the machines...most of the highly skilled (and thus highly paid) admins are out of work..companies dont want to pay for the skill right now
Well, there are other Spreadsheet progs for Linux. I use Gnumeric to make up for the flaws that OpenCalc has....If Microsoft Excel had flaws, you'd hae to BUY Lotus 1-2-3 or something to make up for the flaws. There's also xcalc, and quite a few others.
I have even written a resume that shows VERY little experience...but it's harder to lie about what you HAVENT done than it is to lie about what you HAVE done. For example, I ran a succesful DataCenter for 5 years. That alone has ruined my chances. They think if I come in, I'm going to want to take over the company (NOT!). So, sometimes I don't put it, then they ask me what I've done during those years, I have a tough time finding a valid replacement:) When people ask me "How well do you know AIX?" I tell them I've administered it at jobs for the past 2 years, and my company for 5, and I have a f30 at home. Thdey don't BELIEVE me! (Why would you have an f30?) I got so mad, I had one guy ssh in to the box and do a uname. You know what he said? "How do I know this is yours?" AARRGGHH!!!!!!!!! Well, they gave the job to an MCSE....
If you make a hiring manager feel like an idiot, you'll NEVER get the job. If your resume has stuff on it that he's never heard of, you'll never get the job..if you ran a company, and have LOADS of experience, you'll never get the job.....
Preach on, brother! When I go to interviews, and they see on my resume over 12 years of experience, they get scared shitless. I've lowered my salary expectations by half. My last couple of jobs paid very high, but I go in now, with no demands. 11 months later, I'm still unemployed.
I learn more and faster on my own than I did in college. I am reading 3 books right now, and can learn faster (always have) on my own. Most of the people I know, the skill set they have they NEVER learned in college. Same with me. 12 years in "the field" and 90% of the skills I have I learned on my own. The rest I COULD have learned on my own:)
See, when I first opened up a PC and dug out the insides, I ALSO put it back together.....it took me LONGER to, but that's how you do it...if you have the guts to rip it apart, you shoul dhave the guts to put it back together, or admit that you can't and have someone help you.....
2 million people died ths year in the US from fatal diseases, car accidents, etc. My mother-in-law died of cancer in January..while THOSE people's loved ones suffer in silence, the the family members of the 3,000 who died in the WTC are on Larry King Live...and get money from the government...how come no one is mourning the millions who dies a year?
I have the stance of I don't care WHAT the hell you snort or shoot up your veins...it cleans out the gene pool. Honestly, put someone in prison for having coke? Give them MORE coke...the sooner their heart explodes, the better:)
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No.."I" made $100k.....they laid alot of us off because they no longer wanted to pay that high...40k is how much they're paying now, but they can't find anybody
They HAVE hired all H1-B's! Corporations don't want to pay anymore!
Well, I WAS making $100,000 there, which was low in comparison to the Senior C++ Programmer. :) (He was fired too). They said everyone was overpaid..now they wonder why they can't find qualified AIX admin for $40k...I don't think the job is worth $100k (I know the stuff so well, I think it's no big deal sometimes), but 40??? Am I weird?
Actually, $40k in NYC is what you get working in Macy's at the make-up counter. I know..my wife did it for years....with 1 room apartments going for $1700 a month, do the math
For some reason, I can't see this as viable. I was in charge of over 50 AIX servers, and while on a daily basis I didn't break my back, when the fit his the shan, BOY did it hit the shan. There used to be a joke about UNIX admins sitting with their feet on the desk playing the guitar singing Koombaya. A UNIX admins job is 80% nothing/maintenance and 20% SHEER hell. UNIX just works. Adding users is and permissions and installing software is baby stuff. We are there for when there are fires to be put out. They were rare, but when they happen, you NEED the sysadmin! There is no question that when they need something fixed yesterday, they REALLY do! Imagine a company thinking they don't need their sysadmins when suddenly they have a fire, and they are on the phone with an hourly wage tech support person and HIM trying to fix the problem w/o SSH access because of firewall issues that the manager has NO idea how to let him in!
Unfortunately, that happened at my last company..they laid me off (Sr UNIX Admin). I was in charge of their 45 AIX servers. They never went down so they figured I didnt do anything :) When I got laid off a year ago, the NEXT day they had a hardware problem. However, they have a clause where they never rehire people as perms or consultants that were laid off, for whatever reason...so they hired a 2-bit MS Admin to do it. I'm still in contact with some people there, and they tell me they are having problems up the wazoo. And they can't find talented UNIX admins for the price they will pay (VERY LOW!!). So, if you're a talented AIX admin with at least 6 years experience and will work for $40,000 in NYC, let me know, and I'll send them your resume :).
I learned LOGO on the Atari 800XL at home when I was just a lad. The manuals were excellent, and the books said LOGO was a subset of LISP. LOGO had loads of parentheses (for the more advanced functions). Can anyone vouch for this?
No..federal prison is for federal crimes...state prison is for state crimes....
I use Linux for everything....for games, I use PS2...
So you can right click and make the directory available thru apple talk or NFS?
Are you going to a minimum security prison? A federal Prison? Will you be with white collar criminals (let's hope you do) or will you be with "real" criminals...you know, thieves, rapists, etc.
What is the actual benefit of Running Netscape 7? I'm running moz 1.1 on Linux and to me, Netscape is the same thing, albeit based on an older build...
When palladium makes my Linux machine no longer work, that's the day I leave the Computer Industry. No..I won't join the "evil" empire..I'll be a lone wolf..I already left the industry...I've been unemployed for a year!
Hehe.....that's what it is now :)
Unfortunately, most companies have laid off all their UNIX/Linux admins, and an MCSE is running the *NIX servers.....or a prerson who has HEARD of Linux is running the machines...most of the highly skilled (and thus highly paid) admins are out of work..companies dont want to pay for the skill right now
Well, there are other Spreadsheet progs for Linux. I use Gnumeric to make up for the flaws that OpenCalc has....If Microsoft Excel had flaws, you'd hae to BUY Lotus 1-2-3 or something to make up for the flaws. There's also xcalc, and quite a few others.
I have even written a resume that shows VERY little experience...but it's harder to lie about what you HAVENT done than it is to lie about what you HAVE done. For example, I ran a succesful DataCenter for 5 years. That alone has ruined my chances. They think if I come in, I'm going to want to take over the company (NOT!). So, sometimes I don't put it, then they ask me what I've done during those years, I have a tough time finding a valid replacement :) When people ask me "How well do you know AIX?" I tell them I've administered it at jobs for the past 2 years, and my company for 5, and I have a f30 at home. Thdey don't BELIEVE me! (Why would you have an f30?) I got so mad, I had one guy ssh in to the box and do a uname. You know what he said? "How do I know this is yours?" AARRGGHH!!!!!!!!! Well, they gave the job to an MCSE....
I find it VERY difficult to go to college, when you have a mortgage, a wife and kids to support. I learn more on my own.
If you make a hiring manager feel like an idiot, you'll NEVER get the job. If your resume has stuff on it that he's never heard of, you'll never get the job..if you ran a company, and have LOADS of experience, you'll never get the job.....
Preach on, brother! When I go to interviews, and they see on my resume over 12 years of experience, they get scared shitless. I've lowered my salary expectations by half. My last couple of jobs paid very high, but I go in now, with no demands. 11 months later, I'm still unemployed.
I learn more and faster on my own than I did in college. I am reading 3 books right now, and can learn faster (always have) on my own. Most of the people I know, the skill set they have they NEVER learned in college. Same with me. 12 years in "the field" and 90% of the skills I have I learned on my own. The rest I COULD have learned on my own :)
See, when I first opened up a PC and dug out the insides, I ALSO put it back together.....it took me LONGER to, but that's how you do it...if you have the guts to rip it apart, you shoul dhave the guts to put it back together, or admit that you can't and have someone help you.....
I agree w/ you there...it is true that if it were legal, it would be more accessible....it would rise sharply, then taper off
2 million people died ths year in the US from fatal diseases, car accidents, etc. My mother-in-law died of cancer in January..while THOSE people's loved ones suffer in silence, the the family members of the 3,000 who died in the WTC are on Larry King Live...and get money from the government...how come no one is mourning the millions who dies a year?
I have the stance of I don't care WHAT the hell you snort or shoot up your veins...it cleans out the gene pool. Honestly, put someone in prison for having coke? Give them MORE coke...the sooner their heart explodes, the better :)