Michael Holloway wrote: > Am i the only one who thinks this, or is it a linux geek prerequisite? > I can understand (these days) a Windows support person no longer needing to understand subnetting, but a Cisco one??????
> Additionally, if anyone knows of good recruitment methods for the > above, i would love to hear it! Personal contacts. The last few hires I've made have been on that basis. If you are a potential employee looking to get these contacts, then network (not in the IP sense) - go along to local LUG / PHP Mongers meetings, etc. ... join (and participate) in trying to help people on this and other lists... if need be, find a local company and offer to work over a summer at "Vac student rates" (I did, and was still their, as UK Operations manager, 5 years later.) However, realise that programming skill is only PART of what a typical employer is looking for - ability to work as part of a team, rather than adopt a "primadona" attitude. If everyone else in the organisation wears suits, don't expect to show up in jeans a T-shirt... on the flip side, if everyone is wearing polo shirts and chinos, don't be the only one in a 3-piece suit :-) Wearing a suit doesn't make you a "suit", and if you claim that wearing a suit stifles creativity, consider that Einstein and Money seems to do quite well in them. Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
