jobs in Linux / IT

[phil]

On Dec 20, 2005, at 4:55 PM, Christopher Browne wrote:

> A common scenario seems to be that a lot of organizations are
> forlornly searching for skilled staff.

While, at the same time, there's an abundance of very experienced IT 
people unemployed, under-employed, or bouncing from one exploitive 
company to the next.

> not finding people at the "skilled enough"
> level.

I suspect that the expansion of "skilled enough" causes most of the 
problem.    I recently saw an ad, insisting on someone with pthreads 
and sockets experience on Solaris.  It so happens that I *have* done 
that, but by specifying the OS, they were prejudicing the search 
against people who otherwise had the ability they needed.  (And 
learning the bits that Solaris does differently isn't a big deal!)

Also, I routinely see ads asking for in-depth knowledge of some custom, 
in-house technology.  Likewise, experience in a particular line of 
business that probably won't have a major impact on IT duties.

........................
Phillip Mills
Multi-platform software development
(416) 224-0714

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