[lug] December's BLUG Talk

[Paul E Condon]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:36:14PM -0700, Bear Giles wrote:
> Chris Riddoch wrote:
> 
> >>asked if I might be interested in speaking at a BLUG meeting to
> >>speak about the gaps between home enthusiasts and the people we hire
> >>at our Linux consulting company.
> 
> How many of us are "home enthusiasts" vs. professional IT workers?
> 
> On a related note, my biggest issue with a lot of HR people is 
> that they can't get past the "you use it at home, so you can't 
> have professional level of knowledge" misconception.  Maybe that's 
> true with Windows, I don't know, but I use the same tools on my 
> home network that I use at work... and often have a better 
> understanding than many "professional" sysadmins since I have the 
> luxury of taking the time to really read the documentation, try 
> out different solutions, etc.  Yet our resumes are immediately 
> tossed "for lack of experience."
> 

Maybe you lack the crucial qualification: an ability to AK the 
pointy haired boss. In my opinion, the word professional is often 
used to mean an ability to put up with incompetent management.

Just my $.02

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Paul E Condon           
pecondon at peakpeak.com