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Re: [PLUG] help with filling a sysadmin position
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A couple of add-ons to Josh's post:
On Oct 1, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Josh Goldstein wrote:
> - Does anyone have any suggestions regarding the job description?
> You could say "15-20 mins from Center City Philly" - some people
> might assume it's too far away and in a dull location.
Indicate what access the location has to public transportation (if any).
>
> You mention 24x7 support, FreeBSD, MTA and DB performance tuning,
> interacting with clients, AND programing. That makes me wonder if
> the new person would be part of an IT team and what size is the
> team, because doing all of that or even some of all of that seems
> like it could easily snowball into waaay too much work for just one
> person.
This is especially true if you are advertising for a UNIX System
Administrator as opposed to a <some flavor of> LINUX System
Administrator. REAL SysAdmins know that there is are significant
differences between flavors and regard "unix" postings as something
someone in HR with no clue wrote.
T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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