Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:22:39 -0400 From: Nathan Mace <mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: what is the best subject to concentrate on? Message-ID: <20010930182239.17b404fc.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu>
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i would have posted this to the freebsd-jobs mailing list, but after i joined i read the description and i decided that it might not be the best place to post this question. if it is please let me know and i will repost it there. I am currently a senior at a liberal-arts university in what quite a few people would consider a small city(about 50,000 people). I am majoring(4-year degree) in Computer Information Systems, currently my university does not offer a unix class of any kind, but i believe there are plans for one next sememeter. Most of my computer related classes have been programming or networking class. I have had several semesters of VB, one semester of C++, and i am taking a semester of Java right now. I've been using Linux on my desktop computer for about 3 years, I switched to freebsd about 3 months ago and havn't looked back. So although i havn't had any 'formal' unix classes, i think that i have a pretty good grasp on things. I've compiled several kernel's in both linux and freebsd, i am also running samba on my machine with very good success, i have also played around with apache some. i have also managed to troubleshoot and get the little things like decent video resolution and sound working. i know that isn't anything major or groundbreaking, but i *do* know how to find a doc online and i can use the 'man' command. i have also worked been working as a STA(Student Technical Assistant) for the college for the past 3 years, where i have learned how to trouble-shoot PC's running win95 & 98, how to deal with cranky users when their PC starts acting up, basic network(Ethernet) troubleshooting, and PC repair and how to build a PC from various components(mo-bo, cpu, ram, etc, etc), and million other little things that people learn when they start doing tech support. when i graduate,i would to be able to get a junior level *nix sys admin position. my question is what should i focus on during my last year of college to increase my odds of getting a 'good' job(ex: one that i will enjoy). i'm not expecting to get a senior network admin position, just a junior level job where i would be able to increase my skills/knowledge about *NIX in general or freebsd/linux specifically. since i havn't had a 'formal' unix class, would it be worth my time/money to get certified in A+/Linux to show that i at least know a little bit about it? once again if this is the wrong mailing list for this i am sorry, please tell me where i should send questions like this and that is where they will go. also, i am trying to get the formating of my mail client fixed so that when you guys read it isn't garbled. i believe i have got it fixed, but if not please let me know. nathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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