[rescue] cheap gps for time reference

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, it was written:

> From my perspective, it seems like the jobs are there but the pay is
> not.  That is, forget the $125 per hour "Web/Perl programmer" (as a
> hypothetical example) stuff; say hello to the many available $45 per
> hour positions available.

I'm just trying to find a $20-$25/hr[1] job babysitting Unix and/or
ciscoSystem boxen in the Houston area, and failing.  The only thing I'm
asking out of the ordinary is that the employer let me work a schedule
that will let me attend school, with the condition that I'll gladly wear a
pager/cell-phone, and I'll never be more than 5 minutes away from an ssh
station.  It's an unusual request, but I don't see how it could be
construed as undoable--most of the heavy-duty (ie: shit's about to break,
or already did break) system administration has to happen outside of
normal business hours anyway.

Hell, I'd happily be a code-monkey, so long as I can verify no conflict of
interest with the stuff that I write and either sell or give away.

One thing that hurts me is that I only have six years experience in
industry.  I've only been the "top dog" of the network for three of those,
and I don't have a degree yet.  The three years prior to that, I did
support and HTML crap.

Dammit, but someone needs to write a HOWTO on job-hunting.  I suck at this
so unbelievably badly.  Yes, this is a request for hints.

--Jonathan
[1] Seriously, that's fine for me.  I'm cheap.