[Discuss] Linux/Unix jobs on the island

[R. Langkamer]

On 8/13/07 11:25 PM, Cody Swanson wrote:

> Agreed, it's not just like that in Victoria, it's like that everywhere. 
> I was recently job hunting in Calgary and lots of the interviews I did 
> were for people that wanted 5+ years of every  unix variant, in depth 
> knowledge of storage, networking and programming and they wanted it for 
> 40K/year. Most of the time I don't even let them finish the screening 
> interview, no sense wasting their time and mine. It's funny, the same 
> employers that are crying about the shortage of skilled labour are the 
> ones making all these unreasonable demands. One thing I found that 
> stopped a lot of those calls is I removed the windows experience on my 
> publicly (monster, workopolis etc) posted resumes. Saved me a lot of 
> headaches.
> 
> I got a job with a great oil and gas company here in Calgary. Great pay 
> and benefits and lots of cool hardware to play on like a 1500+ node 
> linux cluster. The only problem with the job is that it's in Calgary! 
> :-) My wife and I decided a while ago that we want to get out of here, 
> the city is getting too big, it's no place to raise kids. Thanks 
> everyone for the tips and insight, much appreciated.


	That sounds like a great job! Cluster work! Mmmmmmmm.

	I'm looking to move to Saskatchewan due to the housing prices here in 
the west. I can handle more snow and hotter summers. :) Plus I've got 
clients there now and a real close friend that has moved there, opened a 
bicycle store and is loving it compared to Victoria and San Francisco.

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