[geeks] employment(and the rehash there of)

David Passmore dpassmor at sneakers.org
Thu Feb 21 21:52:17 CST 2002


As bad as your job may be, my advice is to keep it. Unless you have Top
Secret clearance or a CISSP, your options in this area are going to be
extremely limited for the time being. Especially if you don't have a degree,
as much as I hate to say it. 

David

On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:35:52PM -0500, Big Endian wrote:
> 
> As a mid level Sysadmin looking for a new job what kinds of companies 
> offer interesting work medium team sizes (5-10 people?) and things to 
> learn?  I'd like to get into larger systems (I've yet to admin 
> anything bigger than a dual cpu P3), larger networks (more than 
> stupid point to point vpns and single t1 links), and more oses 
> (linux/bsd shop now).  I'm leaving my present job because I am the 
> *only* admin and I don't have the authority to do my job.  I'm 
> micro-managed to the point of my manager today reading out of the 
> o'reily sendmail book ordering me to flip a setting (OForkEachJob)... 
> even quoting book page numbers and such as if he thought they meant 
> something. I'm tired of having to make an end run around my boss to 
> get something done and then paying for it later.
> 
> Any NoVA geeks know of a place that fits above requirements?  I 
> *CANNOT* afford to move, and long commutes would be best avoided.  I 
> live in centreville.



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