[SGVLUG] job market place

[Rae Yip]

Also useful when dealing with VMs is the skill to tailor software
package trees (including dependencies and everything). One step above
that is generating your own spins or distros.

-Rae.

On 4/5/12, matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>
> Hi,
>
> Just wanted to share some of the research I have gathered:
>
> 1) There seems to be a shortage of senior level IT talent.
> I'm guessing this is due to investment $ going into tech
>
> ( associated with the likes of fb going IPO .. )
>
> 2) VMs are major components to linux admin/engineering work
>
> ( VMware, Amazon, Xen, .. )
>
> Some jobs seem to want just about everything also,
> most of which you would expect as a Linux Admin
> ( apache, LAMP, Jboss, SVN, etc.. ) and some which
> you would expect to see from an Linux Engineering position:
>
> such as C/C++/Java skills.
>
> Oddly, some companies are asking for the last 4 # of SSN!
> They seem to want to use it for an identifier.. hmmm I personally
> don't like that, as I can potentially get your complete SSN from that
> if I know a little more about you.
>
> Also, I found it really odd to be contacted by Indian recruiters whom
> could not speak American English well enough for me to understand!
> REALLY!! Come on, if you are going to out source that part, give that
> job to someone we can understand!!
>
> Anyways, if you are looking for work now, or looking to change your
> job now, GO FOR IT. I have not seen the market this good for
> tech jobs in a long time.
>
> Good Luck
> matti
>