What are some IT jobs where you don’t sit at a desk for 8-10hrs a day?
Like a lot of people in IT I sit at a desk for 8-10hrs/day working on stuff that needs to get done “now”. That usually means eating unhealthy lunches at my desk, and sometimes dinner too. This does...
View ArticleKVM graphical tools and employment
I saw a job classified asking for a Linux admin who could administer KVM based vm’s. I can do so if I use virt-manager or some form of graphical tool, but I’m not really familiar with all of the...
View ArticleSysAdmin Career Question: Internal or Client Based
ServerFault Community, It seems there are two positions SysAdmins find themselves in, either you are working for a non-IT services based single client (your employer) and providing in-house IT support...
View ArticleShould I be afraid of Linux server administration?
I’ve been trying to figure out what to focus on. I finally realized that the root of my quandary is that I am unsure about learning Linux server administration. I have been getting pretty good with...
View ArticleBeing a more attractive job candidate – Certs XOR Degree
I’m currently working in an IT position, where I do predominantly security related issues/consulting (In the loosest sense of the term) In-House and for Service-Contract clients (as the only/acting...
View ArticleIf you could go back in time would you still choose IT?
I am a new grad and am looking for work in IT likely as a Unix admin. What I would like to ask all of you, is if you could go back in time would you still choose a career in IT? or was it the biggest...
View ArticleBased on my past DBA experience, what DBMS should I specialize in?
I would like to have feedback from the serverfault community about my database administration career. I used to use mainly Linux for 14+ years. I worked as a network administrator at a small ISP,...
View Articlenext career step
I’m almost 40 year old. I’ve had a lot of different jobs in different areas. I’ve worked as truck driver, painter, help runner at a big banking company, i was self employeed (painting, construction,...
View ArticleHow/when do you study?
Would be interesting to find out how other sysadmins are educating themselves. I find myself in the need of constantly learning new things. I prefer to spend more time on the subject and know it...
View ArticleFrom dev to sys admin – some advice needed [closed]
I work as a Sharepoint developer. All is well, but with my knowledge of windows server in general and AD etc (much more than that of a dev) and what I have done on the cloud with hosting my own...
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