[geeks] I'm bored

[Andrew Weiss]

Heh I wish I had the qualifications to get a UNIX job in this market.  
Stupid finance companies are mucking things up...

<RANT>
(MUST have trading floor experience... MUST have experience with yadda 
yadda yadda... .Must have JD Edwards experience... MUST have 4 + 
years... 10 + years... etc. etc. etc...which is especially funny when 
they are an NT shop...what gets me are the ones that say MUST have a 
Computer Science degree... ? ERM... for a sysadmin position?... for 
NT?... erm nope durr... you [employers] don't know what you're looking 
for.)
</RANT>

Unfortunately it'll take me years to find one (thoroughly UNIX based; 
greater than 50%) that'd take me on my paper experience alone... i.e. 
I'd actually get an interview.

So I'll admin NT for now..

NT is ok if I'm at the helm... just freaking boring.  I batten things 
down and simplify until I can leave the machines alone for months at a 
time and then things get boring... NT is just too easy to make oneself 
redundant (for someone who knows what they're doing ;-)) and not just 
for lack of having to touch the box, but for lack of desire TO touch the 
box.

Andrew

On Saturday, March 23, 2002, at 03:02 PM, Kurt Huhn wrote:

>> ya know, its often funny or interesting to see the choices some people 
>> are
>> willing to make due to forgetfulness (while i think being a trainer 
>> is a
>> different story/occupation than what follows...).
>>
>> i can remember starving and only making 4.50 an hour cleaning hotel 
>> rooms.
>> for that kind of hell i'd much rather make at least 50k a year 
>> adminning a
>> broken operating system for a few months until a better thing came
>> along...
>>
>> arrogance and pride doesn't pay bills or feed children. *shrug*
>>
>
> While that is true - if presented with a choice of "admin NT, or find
> another line of work" - I would find another line of work.  Seriously.
> I hate Windows that much - haveing done NT admin for a number of years.
>
> I can make very good money being a personal trainer, and even more
> building custom motorcycles - figure 17k to build, and they retail for
> 40k.   Two weeks build-time per bike, and you get a very handsome living
> out of it - as long as the clients are there.  I'm actually considering
> doing this on a part-time basis anyway because I love doing it.
>
> If it was the difference between admining NT and earning $4.50 an hour,
> the choice is obvious (admin NT).  However, the world is so much larger
> than that - and there are so many other choices.  I've developed a very
> entreprenurial spirit in the last few years, so starting my own business
> doesn't scare me as much as it might scare other people.  I've already
> got a couple side ventures, and a decent savings, so I could do it if I
> needed to.
>
> Kurt
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