[Cialug] Cialug Beginnings

[Pawel]

So a hiring manager would like to hear about some personal projects? Perhaps
one good example of an overcome challenge? I guess it would paint a decent
picture of the applicant's self-motivation and ability to seek answers.

Thanks for all your input. I'm beginning to see that the biggest challenge
of development [in my eyes] is having a vision or finding that interesting
problem that needs solving. Once it's found, the rest is research and
determination.

Two more quick question while I still have the floor! :) How important are
certifications in the real world? And please, what is the "industry
standard" for C certificates? I'm having an impossible time finding a C
cert... And my instructors don't really know of any.


See you around,

Pawel Darowski
PDarowski at gmail.com

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

>  On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Pawel <pdarowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Since I cannot attend meetings for quite some time, perhaps the IRC
>> channel would be a good place to start taking advantage of the knowledge
>> that already exists in this group. My question is: how did some of you start
>> your careers as Linux professionals? My goal is to use Linux in my
>> professional life from Day 1.
>>
>
> I too am usually unable to make it to the meetings. I do about one per
> year. However I still feel reasonably involved with the group by
> participating on the list.
>
>
>>
>> Any tips, stories, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>> Thank you,
>>
>
> The common thread among the people I've met through this group is that
> we're tinkerers. Find some fascinating problem or challenge and dig into it.
> Back in "the day" the most interesting linux problem was figuring out how to
> get it to actually install. This one has been pretty soundly dealt with now
> though. :-)
>
> (in my case I owned only about 5 working floppies and lived off campus at
> ISU (near towers) and had to ride my bike to Durham to download 5 slackware
> disks, then ride back home to complete the next phase of the install -
> which, btw, is slower than a 14.4k modem)
>
> Some people are financially motivated - they want to run PHP or Ruby or a
> server and make websites for money. A huge number of people I've dealt with
> are into Games and want to make their own. You'll not find a more diverse
> set of development tools than is available in Linux (check out PyGame). Yet
> others are into robotics or hardware hacking which is yet again very well
> suited for Linux. A few people use Linux to hook up to their TV to record
> and watch TV shows.
>
> By the way, this kind of activity looks great to potential employers. They
> really like to see people who are problem solves and are self-motivated to
> learn new skills and explore new ways of doing things.
>
> I will say that there are three trends to keep in mind as you're looking
> for interesting challenges:
>
>  1. We're in an increasingly heterogeneous environment - windows, mac os,
> linux, ipads and more all need to talk to each other
>  2. The web is either the most important application deployment platform
> now, or is right up there (this ties into the prev point)
>  3. Mobile is huge (and the number one mobile platform in the world runs
> Linux)
>
> (You asked for opinions...)
>
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