I'm reading it (properly) too now but just for fun
There is something very wrong with me =/
( Captain V, Tue 11 Aug 2009, 21:28, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I'd have to agree
I like his approach but he mentions he's interviewing a Junior sysadmin. The questions he's asking are quite advanced. I feel sorry for any junior being interviewed by him!

Are you of a linux background or even techy? :)
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Tue 11 Aug 2009, 21:31, Reply)

It'd be a scary interview
But it'd make me really want the job as they clearly take things very seriously (In the sense of doing things properly rather than taking themselves seriously).

I don't have a linux background as far as sysadmin is concerned but I am sitting at a machine running Xubuntu and love everything tech related. My role at work is changing to formalise the DBA and VBA (excel) I do and include python and sysadmin work. Depending on how I think that'll work for me in the long term I'll either stick with that or consider doing a compsci degree.
( Captain V, Tue 11 Aug 2009, 21:40, Reply)

Thats pretty cool, actually
I have to admit, seeing these questions has made me google more.
I'm making a list of things that I'm not quite sure on, so i can answer all their trivia. My linux knowledge is pretty damned good but there are things that I've not picked up due to google telling me everything *doh*

I love ubuntu, but I also love mac's. I like the mixture of UNIX and pretty front end. My main "falling point" is that I'm not much of a bash scripter. I code in PHP and a bit of python.

If you get python under your belt you should be set. Im also considering compsci stuff but experience will do you better in the UK its been said
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Tue 11 Aug 2009, 21:50, Reply)

Macs....
If you lived with CHCB (which would be weird) you'd frequently hear me cursing "fucking macs". I like them in some ways but I spend most of my time frustrated by how arcane the interfaces are (although the GUIs are very pretty).

In my case I think doing compsci will probably be the better option as things like interface design and OS development particularly interest me.

*goes back to emacs tutorial*
( Captain V, Tue 11 Aug 2009, 22:07, Reply)

Leave the Macs alone!
Why, when I was your age I was using DEC Alphas and Sun stations. I then served my time with Linux so I am now entitled to a nice shiny Mac, best of all the halfway houses. And you can use the terminal window for everything if you consider things arcane. You're just bitter cos you ain't got root.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 11 Aug 2009, 22:32, Reply)

Macs are be all of the cool. makes it easy for me to use a 'puter.
that is all.
edit: hi there chcb!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 11 Aug 2009, 22:49, Reply)