That's pretty interesting... I'm probably a couple steps ahead of you in terms of becoming a Unix admin, and I was also a Philosophy major.
In a nut shell it took about 5 years and I'm only at the door. When from Dos Application Support, to NT Admin w/ all the Ms Certs, MCSE+I/MCT. At the time I was finishing my certs I realized that it was just the beginning then started playing w/ linux/bsds etc.. Bounced around doing NT/Win2k jobs until I was the only guy in an Win2k shop who had any unix experience( playing with the linux's/bsd's) at a time when they realized they needed to go with some carrier grade Unix systems. I was fortunate enough to have my first real Solaris experience on a Sunfire 4800 with 8x900mhz Ultra Sparc III attached to a Hitachi storage array and from there I've been the Unix guy as well. Now I've implemented and am running the beginnings of a Carrier grade Unix system. But at least I still have my NT/2000 skills to fall back on, while my unix skills continue to increase.
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That's pretty interesting... I'm probably a couple steps ahead of you in terms of becoming a Unix admin, and I was also a Philosophy major.
In a nut shell it took about 5 years and I'm only at the door. When from Dos Application Support, to NT Admin w/ all the Ms Certs, MCSE+I/MCT. At the time I was finishing my certs I realized that it was just the beginning then started playing w/ linux/bsds etc.. Bounced around doing NT/Win2k jobs until I was the only guy in an Win2k shop who had any unix experience( playing with the linux's/bsd's) at a time when they realized they needed to go with some carrier grade Unix systems. I was fortunate enough to have my first real Solaris experience on a Sunfire 4800 with 8x900mhz Ultra Sparc III attached to a Hitachi storage array and from there I've been the Unix guy as well. Now I've implemented and am running the beginnings of a Carrier grade Unix system. But at least I still have my NT/2000 skills to fall back on, while my unix skills continue to increase.