Toronto Linux Job Market

[Robert Brockway]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Jason Spiro wrote:

Sorry for the delay in responding.  I offer as my excuse that I was busy 
doing Linux admin :)

> Where would you recommend I look to find out about part-time
> junior-level Linux positions? I am looking for something basic like

Part-time junior - that's a tricky one.  One good trick at a junior level 
is to do volunteer work.  Smaller companies and lots of others will 
consider this.  One of two things tends to happen:

1. The place likes you and manages to fund a position (P/T or F/T).  Don't
    expect this to happen really quickly.

2. The experience gained + references gets you a foot in the door
    somewhere else.

A friend of mine was doing a non-University IT course in Australia but it 
was too MS-Windows centric.  I suggested he needed some Unix experience to 
round out how IT education and to put him ahead of the crowd.  I got him a 
volunteer spot at the place I was working at the time (a small IT 
consultancy).  After about 18 months he landed a really nice job and 
hasn't looked back since.

I've been noticing a lot of Linux kernel dev jobs coming up too. *hint* 
*hint* :)

Rob

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