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to work ever imagined.

I need to echo Neil's comments. Seeing that people found it impossible to
find Linux admin staff was a real surprise from me. I'm dreading what will
happen in a few weeks time. Not that I've got a computing qualification,
I've just found out incrementally in the last three years that computing is
consistently intellectually challenging for many reasons.

For me personally, I'd really like to gain some sys admin experience so that
I can support One Laptop per Child deployments. There are lots of kids in
the world with those things. Getting them decent infrastructure will make
everyone's life better.

Getting back on topic, I assumed that the reason that there are heavily
sponsored events, like Summer of Tech [1] was that employers were needing to
be subsidised to bring new young staff on.

Tim
@timClicks

[1] http://summeroftech.co.nz

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 20 October 2010 02:12, Peter Lambrechtsen <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:plambrechtsen at gmail.com">plambrechtsen=
@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
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<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"im">On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:33 A=
M, Neil Ramsay <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:neil.ramsay at agentnoe=
l.geek.nz" target=3D"_blank">neil.ramsay at agentnoel.geek.nz</a>&gt;</span> w=
rote:<br>
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left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">


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    Good evening WellyLUG,<br>
    just to throw in some loose change...<br>
    <br>
    As a graduate I have not found a good listing of Linux/UNIX jobs,
    which makes me believe there are not many out there.<br>
    It is also not clear what skills should be learnt - especially as
    Jethro notes you need to be self-directed.<br>
    In terms of experience, does the industry expect industry experience
    or can running a small LAN (4-5 computers) count as experience?<br></di=
v></blockquote></div><div><br>If you&#39;re looking for hard work and long =
hours (50 hours per week standard) but good money (from what I hear) you co=
uld always try Weta.=C2=A0 They are always looking for good people<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>From what I&#39;ve heard from =
ex-staff, Weta is one of the most horrible places to work ever imagined.</d=
iv><div><br></div><div>I need to echo Neil&#39;s comments. Seeing that peop=
le found it impossible to find Linux admin staff was a real surprise from m=
e. I&#39;m dreading what will happen in a few weeks time. Not that I&#39;ve=
 got a computing qualification, I&#39;ve just found out incrementally in th=
e last three years that computing is consistently intellectually challengin=
g for many reasons.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For me personally, I&#39;d really like to gain some sys=
 admin experience so that I can support One Laptop per Child deployments. T=
here are lots of kids in the world with those things. Getting them decent i=
nfrastructure will make everyone&#39;s life better.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Getting back on topic, I assumed that the reason that t=
here are heavily sponsored events, like Summer of Tech [1] was that employe=
rs were needing to be subsidised to bring new young staff on.</div><div>
<br></div><div>Tim</div><div>@timClicks</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a hre=
f=3D"http://summeroftech.co.nz">http://summeroftech.co.nz</a></div><div><br=
></div></div>

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