Gaining Experience for your Linux Career

Gaining Experience for your Linux Career - What should you Learn?!

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Жыл бұрын

If you're trying to get your foot in the door for an exciting career in Information Technology, what should you learn? There's countless technologies out there, and you can't learn them all. In this video, Jay discusses an unlikely source of information for what to learn - visiting job boards!
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Time Codes
00:20 - Intro
01:47 - Checking job ads for what's relevant in the job market today
02:27 - Creating a scoring system to weigh which technologies you should focus on learning
03:17 - Important disclaimer about searching job boards for relevant skills
04:30 - Why you should check job boards regularly (at least quarterly)
05:43 - Why you should also choose a "Passion Project"
07:41 - Contributing to open-sourse as your Passion Project
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@nowy-slad 3 ай бұрын

I totally agree with Jay. Job offers tell you everything about your market. Personally, I have a list of skills that were most popular on the relevant job offers, and I was learning one by one to cut off biggest "bottlenecks" of my career. But also, do what makes your heart beat faster. That's a recipe for a joyful and successful career :)

@Handelsbilanzdefizit Жыл бұрын

After decades in IT-business, you sometime did almost everything, but it's hard to recall it when needed. So, the most important skills are system-independent, like documentation and stuff like that. How to prioritize and order your work, and get things done in a structured way. It slows down at the beginning, but saves a lot of time at the end, when your projects become really complicated. That's my opinion.

@tvoe3223 7 ай бұрын

100% agree 👍🏽

@christopherjackson2157 Жыл бұрын

I found this helpful. Currently looking to transition into a new field and the timing was spot on.

@aminulcombd Жыл бұрын

Great content! I particularly like the idea of having a hobby project of many. It is helpful.

@matancaForever Жыл бұрын

Jay congratulations on this video. This is something that we all should do.

@securelinuxchannel1519 Жыл бұрын

I love to watch your content , my love started for Linux after watch your video

@Ray_TambaBudol_Marcos Жыл бұрын

RHCSA with a good intership program with solid mentor it's going to be a great start

@jvkanufan8115 Жыл бұрын

The added bonus of the passion project - it might just be a niche domain the right employer might pay extra for due to the scarcity of the knowledge and skills.

@bradrickrobinson7452 5 ай бұрын

Great information and advice!!!

@anirbanc88 Жыл бұрын

you are awesome jay, great tip!

@matthewsjardine Жыл бұрын

This is exactly want I needed. Thank you! It seems logical in hindsight 😄

@ivandelevic Жыл бұрын

Me too! Very useful who is a beginner!

@miped0707 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always - thank you A small comment - while working from home on company machine I guess you should be careful using the work machine even when not on company network if some kind of endpoint security software is installed :D Keep up the great work - it is deeply appreciated

@unijabnx2000 Жыл бұрын

the RHCSA can be a good path to start on.

@jorojo5219 Жыл бұрын

I agree with that.

@ar_prichan Жыл бұрын

I'm on that right now,

@johnvardy9559 Жыл бұрын

Maybe Linux foundation?

@fishingangler4315 8 ай бұрын

@@johnvardy9559No linux experience, yes. A few years of experience then RHCSA.

@eman0828 7 ай бұрын

@@fishingangler4315Yup. A lot of these exams aren't designed to obtain and expect easily land a job right away. Doesn’t work that way in the real world. The RCHSA is like the equivalent to the CCNA. You need some prior real world experience. I see a lot people just collect certs but aren't even working in I.T. they are simply wasting their time and money. I'm a both a Desktop Support Tech and Red Hat Linux Admin with no degree or certs. Since i have been supporting both RHEL7 and RHEL8 for awhile, I can utilize my professional experience and apply it to the RHCSA exam. You get certified while working in the role that justifies your Proficiencies with better pay in the long run.

@MinimalistMatty Жыл бұрын

Great advice Jay! Best channel on KZfaq 🤲🏼

@LearnLinuxTV Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ivandelevic Жыл бұрын

🙏 Thanks Very important for me!

@Ranblv Жыл бұрын

when I look for linux sysadmin I am looking for areas where ms suck and linux can help. so I suggest focus on scripting, connecting storage like netapp and security areas like pen test. bash is nice but is the base of the ladder not the skill. learning monitoring like zabbix/nagios/checkmk is always useful.

@nicholasberhami8761 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I'm no pro Linux user but I had a lot of fun with vms and hardware passthrough 2 years ago and some time later I had the opportunity to implement the things I had learned and I was proud 'cause I even got to make some money out of it, eventually. Again, thanks for the tips, great video 🙏🤘

@ArniesTech Жыл бұрын

Amazing nicholas, sounds like the perfect way to getting the feet wet and actually start a professional career! Keep going! 💪

@nicholasberhami8761 Жыл бұрын

@@ArniesTech thanks bud 🙏🤘 Let's go🔥🔥🔥

@TheMyname707 Жыл бұрын

Great, simple, elegant and timeless advise. I also, every couple of years, applying for a job to see what the market will offer. Just to get my bearings on what I can expect from my current employer, brush up my cv and get feedback. Sidenote: Firms also put out fake job offerings to scan the market, so it's fair play.

@joshmcneil1086 Жыл бұрын

Excellent advice. I did not know about the fake job offerings, but of course they do. Thank you for commenting.

@SuperHtownswag 2 ай бұрын

Big facts. So tired of the fake job postings put out by employers.

@vaibhavjadhav-rx8no Жыл бұрын

we have lots information resources available on interner and in books but because of lack of proper guidance we cant manage and utilize those knowledge. Thank you for guide us 👍🙏

@LearnLinuxTV Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@ironmanlifts Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay. Any Void Linux review coming up?

@Hifonics78 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your tips

@psstream889 Жыл бұрын

Quality video as always

@williamwilson4424 Жыл бұрын

actually thought of this about 10 years ago. Then I just settled going the cert route.

@jamescarmon6958 Жыл бұрын

man.... your videos are awesome....such a good channel keep it up bro

@alexxx4434 Жыл бұрын

Some great advices!

@everon727 Жыл бұрын

Simple to the point. Been looking for a video that tells you what u should learn if u want a Linux career. It's always, learn command line or nothing useful. This is realistic information

@zeburgerkang 4 ай бұрын

Some advertisement will say Office 365 and Azure, very vague... others will be ultra specific, I am trying to contact companies that are obviously using HR with a simple advertisement so I can try and bypass them and talk to a hiring manager for specific departments.

@elitehaxxor8025 Жыл бұрын

I always find myself lost when it comes to this field, it's so hard to know what you want to specialize in because the field is so broad. I want to develop games with C#, but then I also want to administrate Windows. I want to learn Linux, but then I want to get my CCNA and learn networking. I want to be a web developer, but I also want to make mods for games. Although I know I can't learn everything, I know I want to be a swiss army knife who is capable of a lot and I can pivot at will.

@LearnLinuxTV Жыл бұрын

You can study those things - keep in mind, there’s overlap. So sometimes you’ll naturally lean into the other stuff. For example, it’s pretty much impossible to learn Linux without also stumbling upon some networking concepts. Trust me, it’s not as difficult as it seems to be at first.

@frantzdae Жыл бұрын

I understand you exactly. I think I'm in the same shoes. I'm a web software engineer, did this for about 10 years. But I'm also a Linux enthusiast, using it as my daily driver, also messing with it sometimes as part of my job (mostly devops stuff). To be honest I'm thinking about pivoting to this area, but I'm not much interested in becoming a full-time devops or sysadmin. I'm more interested in the Linux desktop, like messing with Gnome extensions or writing GTK based applications. I don't have the necessary skills yet, but I think I have the basics to start messing with it more seriously. I'm also a retrogame enthusiast. I'm writing my first game in good old C for MSDOS - I'm kind of in the middle of the process. It's not a super-ambitious game, but more like a pilot project to learn the basics of it the hard way. I like it a lot, but it also frustrates me a lot sometimes... That's how learning stuff works. To make things even busier, I started to mess with digital music production. I'm a beginner, but I feel the calling to discover this creative area a little further. So I'm kind of bouncing between all these projects, and sometimes I feel that I'm not going anywhere. That's part of the "swiss army knife" experience. But on the other hand I have hope that if I don't give up, and I'm listening to my inner self's callings, I'll arrive to the point when the ultimate path will be clearer. At least that's how it worked out in the past. So even when I get the criticism (even from myself) that I'm always changing my plans and I should stick to just one thing, I know that it's not necessarily correct. It's a valid advice though. I just need to be messy in some periods of my life to find order later.

@stephensimmons4719 5 ай бұрын

Can you do some Linux command Line vs Microsoft PowerShell also, how to become a security analyst or a Linux System analyst

@michaels2208 Ай бұрын

You mentioned watching this 5 years from the filming. Well it's a year, I'm 50 year old disabled vet and got to a spot i want to work again. I put linux on an old laptop and it works again! Is the info here still relevant for me in my situation today. I have basic knowledge of computers. I did network calling for a while so i understand signal flow, which means nothing to what we are talking about. Sorry, thank you for the info.

@aliebada Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@syedkhurramnadeem309 Жыл бұрын

I found it good from Pakistan but i have a question here that can only linux career is good in these days as devops and etc guys are there how a person who has only linux experience will fit in these days jobs and which distribution you suggest to stick with it hope you will answer

@Utubeasiangirls 4 ай бұрын

What if we want to get an entry level linux job and they ask for a degree or 10 years etc,, linux related job experience?

@kevinray4536 11 ай бұрын

thank you sir

@Levi-qm5cg 4 ай бұрын

"Don't look at job boards while on companies network" As I watch this video connected to my companies network😦 My heart sank a little bit hahaha

@seanmui8772 6 ай бұрын

Am 40 and aiming to be a Linux Expert. Is it still okay for the job prospect?

@LearnLinuxTV 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@ya_Ra28 2 ай бұрын

Why not, its even more interesting at this age.

@linuxuser8179 Жыл бұрын

I did earn my RHCSA and then RHCE having these certifications didn't help me at all. I'm struggling to find new job opportunities in Linux env.

@radonspace2098 Жыл бұрын

Serious? Could this be dependent on your location? Specialising could also be useful i think.

@linuxuser8179 Жыл бұрын

@@radonspace2098 When I'm applying I'm choosing job roles as systems administrator, linux administrator, systems engineer. I'm open to relocate all over the US. I have around 3-4 years of experience mostly in Linux. I have been getting many rejection emails even for entry level positions.

@comic-typ5919 Жыл бұрын

@@linuxuser8179 Im sure you find a job very soon, good luck

@radonspace2098 Жыл бұрын

@@linuxuser8179 Devops maybe? If you are skilled with Ansible or even Containerisation then you could focus more on these technologies. It's strange you are getting rejected.

@Blomvi Жыл бұрын

@@linuxuser8179 do you know rhcsa required 2 years of experience? Which means , you are not entry level