Linux Talent in Short Supply?
UnderpaidLoveMonki @ 2:10 pm March 26th, 2006Reading this blog entry makes me feel like I’m living in deja vu.
Is there really a shortage? I sure say so when you are comparing to the number of Windows talent, but then people with Linux talent don’t brag about their skillz. You think this will attract chicks? Hell no!
From seeing some job postings, what’s ironic is that some employers want Linux skills but the job postings does not truely reflect in what they want. Alot of the times, they mention Windows skills first and sometimes and somewhere on the bottom of posting, Linux will be listed.
At a local state university (aka 4-yr community college), Windows is heavily promoted with their cheap, but not free deals for computer science students. Another ironic thing is that Linux is mostly free and can download it at your own will! Can you do this with Windows?? Hello no! What’s worse is that those computer science students buying those Windows products at very discounted prices don’t know how Windows can sell them at a very cheap price (at the expense of the tax payers!) and they brag to their family and friends about it!
I wonder why there’s a shortage of linux talet…makes me wonder…hrmmzz!
Most human resource people believe Linux is an air conditioner company. They get confused between the term Linux and Lennox. So, HR recruiters define their job profiles like this:
Linux programmer needed by enterprise. Skills required:
REFRIGERANT METERING DEVICE CALIBRATION
LEAK TESTING
LIQUID & SUCTION LINE SERVICE VALVES KNOWLEDGE
START-UP
CHARGING FOR TXV SYSTEMSFive to ten years of relevant training and master plumbers’ license required. Will accept equivalent for H1B applicants. Microsoft Certifications a plus.
March 26th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
I’m not sure what you are saying? Linux talent is not in short supply, but something about windows beeing sold cheap to students makes it or doesn’t make it this way?
How is the windows cheap thing at the expense of tax payers?
At my university the Windows products were free. Maybe we had too much Linux talent among the students. haha
As to the last part, I applied for a programming job and on my resume I had listed that I wrote a compiler using yacc, lex, and c++ for for a game programming language and I got a response saying that they were not looking for game developers. I didn’t bother letting them know that it had nothing to do with game development.
March 26th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
Your state university system pays for the massive site license. That’s how they’re able to give away m$ products to students.
March 26th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
I’m not so sure how much the site license actually factors in. A big part of it is discounts from MS to keep csci students using their platform and tools for development and to gain experience with.