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Romell

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Any brehs looking for work in the DMV? Got these positions in an email this AM. I'm not really on the market so I thought I'd pass them on.

Systems Administrator II Institute for Defense Analyses - Alexandria (VA)

Senior Software Engineer International Logic Systems - Washington (DC)

Configuration Management Specialist BITS, Inc. - Chantilly (VA)

Handheld Systems Engineer BELV - Fort Belvoir (VA)

Senior Systems Engineer Zolon Tech - Reston (VA)

Associate Manager of Customer Service FPC National - Gaithersburg (MD)
 

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So they gave me a side project dealing with VOIP. Anybody familiar with Cisco ICM?

This is another project that was initially outsourced and they are bringing it back in-house..
 

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Any brehs looking for work in the DMV? Got these positions in an email this AM. I'm not really on the market so I thought I'd pass them on.

Systems Administrator II Institute for Defense Analyses - Alexandria (VA)

Senior Software Engineer International Logic Systems - Washington (DC)

Configuration Management Specialist BITS, Inc. - Chantilly (VA)

Handheld Systems Engineer BELV - Fort Belvoir (VA)

Senior Systems Engineer Zolon Tech - Reston (VA)

Associate Manager of Customer Service FPC National - Gaithersburg (MD)

I'm not looking but just wanted to say Fort Belvoir is such a nice area... That traffic tho.. Lol
 

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I got my script to run. My first "real" task at my new job.
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As I'm getting deeper into writing more intricate scripts/programs with Ruby and Python, I'm thinking about paying the $70 for a license of Sublime Text, this shyt is :ohlawd:

Do it just to support the devs. Sublime Text is overall my favorite. I'll probably shift over to WebStorm whenever I get around to doing big projects, but for small things, Sublime is the best. It's lightning fast.
 

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I'm new, but anyone have any ebooks on "CompTIA Strata IT Fundamentals" or "A+"? I'm going to be going for my certs when I get the money and study time in.
 

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I'm saying there are too many people taking the Microsoft technology path. When a toddler is able to take and pass a Microsoft exam you know that market will be saturated.

I would recommend learning Linux over anything Windows based. All the dudes I know who specialize in Linux all make 6 figures. The only Microsoft guy I know making that amount works with their CRM product. Windows administrators grow on trees and you can find one anywhere.

You need both. If a person is trying to get their foot in the door, they need Windows. If a person is trying to make that leap into big money, they need Linux and Windows (and a bunch of other knowledge that you can only really pick up on the job).

I've been in this field for years and worked for multiple big companies - they all are running Windows because that's all their Project Managers, secretaries and high-level programmers know how to navigate, they always need IT maintenance on that shyt - especially with Microsoft dropping patches that break everything and upgrades every 3 months. Limiting yourself to Linux in 2014 is shooting yourself in the foot unless you plan to go to work in a start-up or starting your own shop, in which case you're probably fukked anyway because those are a dime a dozen and usually end up flipped over within a year. In the real world, a person needs to know Windows. After all, if a 5-year-old knows how to do it, then any technical person should know how to do it.

Signed,
A Linux user currently working in a blended environment
 
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