Reddit.com/r/sysadmin would probably be a good place to post this question again, but with detailed information on your experience and skills.
lsc@prgmr.com is probably still looking for sysadmins and has no problem with people working remotely. I don’t know the guy, my knowledge comes solely from comment stalking on Hacker News. His hiring strategy seems to be getting people to do some short contract work (for which they get paid) and offering more and more of these contracts if they continue to work out.
I’m sure you’ve heard it all before but if you have RSI you should wear wrist splints whenever you’re typing, get an ergonomic keyboard and switch to Dvorak, in that order of urgency.
You can get a job as a sysadmin. If you have a high need for analytical thought and problem solving then you can get good and valuable as a sysadmin. Never spend an hour doing something you could automate in a day, and the programmer virtue of laziness, etc.
Only you have good information on what you would love. What do you like doing now? How can you get a job doing it, or a job where it is part of your duties?
Jobs in your local area, and remote working jobs are available to you.
Network. Go to local meetups for people in the industries you’re interested in. If there’s a company you’d be interested in working for research them heavily and prepare properly before contacting them about a job. I have heard good things about What Color Is Your Parachute. If you can do a website it beats even a killer cover letter as an application. See this. Having a personal website or blog on which you make yourself look like someone who is capable, competent and reliable is pretty good too. For tips on becoming a self-publicity machine see Penelope Trunk’s website or Giles Bowkett’s.
Not doing anything, interviewing badly, whether by poor presentation, excessive nervousness, or simply being badly prepared.
Only you have good information on what you would love
That is an empowering philosophy to have yet after giving some thought to the question it seems to me that others have plenty of good information too. Not just due to weakness for introspection—knowledge of jobs and of human psychology tells you a lot about whether someone is likely to love a job!
Reddit.com/r/sysadmin would probably be a good place to post this question again, but with detailed information on your experience and skills.
lsc@prgmr.com is probably still looking for sysadmins and has no problem with people working remotely. I don’t know the guy, my knowledge comes solely from comment stalking on Hacker News. His hiring strategy seems to be getting people to do some short contract work (for which they get paid) and offering more and more of these contracts if they continue to work out.
I’m sure you’ve heard it all before but if you have RSI you should wear wrist splints whenever you’re typing, get an ergonomic keyboard and switch to Dvorak, in that order of urgency.
You can get a job as a sysadmin. If you have a high need for analytical thought and problem solving then you can get good and valuable as a sysadmin. Never spend an hour doing something you could automate in a day, and the programmer virtue of laziness, etc.
Only you have good information on what you would love. What do you like doing now? How can you get a job doing it, or a job where it is part of your duties?
Jobs in your local area, and remote working jobs are available to you.
Network. Go to local meetups for people in the industries you’re interested in. If there’s a company you’d be interested in working for research them heavily and prepare properly before contacting them about a job. I have heard good things about What Color Is Your Parachute. If you can do a website it beats even a killer cover letter as an application. See this. Having a personal website or blog on which you make yourself look like someone who is capable, competent and reliable is pretty good too. For tips on becoming a self-publicity machine see Penelope Trunk’s website or Giles Bowkett’s.
Not doing anything, interviewing badly, whether by poor presentation, excessive nervousness, or simply being badly prepared.
Consider contacting a recruitment agency as well.
That is an empowering philosophy to have yet after giving some thought to the question it seems to me that others have plenty of good information too. Not just due to weakness for introspection—knowledge of jobs and of human psychology tells you a lot about whether someone is likely to love a job!