[wplug] Leaving the area

Zachary Uram netrek at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 23:32:49 EST 2016


Thanks Justin. I have an aunt in Cleveland! Enjoy your new life there.

Zach

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:19 PM, Justin Smith <justin at adminix.net> wrote:

> Even if I had, it would only have been a placeholder for something in
> Ohio. I've wanted
> to live closer to my significant other, who lives out that way, for some
> time.
>
> I will say this, though: there /are/ IT jobs in Pittsburgh. However, you
> need to be either
> impossible qualified or impractically flexible in order to attain most of
> them. For
> instance, most local job listings either list a dazzling array of
> qualifications that
> disqualify most people short of industry veterans, or the originating
> company expects
> you to revolve your life around work.
>
> But there are a handful of companies out there that seem to get it right.
> The Grant
> Street Group, which I believe still sponsors SNAPGH, is one such
> organization. I also
> had a positive experience with Wombat Security Technologies. Dick's
> Sporting Goods
> also employs Linux specialists.
>
> The best advice I can give anyone in the area who's looking for something
> better is to
> get out there and talk with people like me who've been in the trenches.
> The people
> who work at job fairs will probably forget you, blindly pushing your
> resume out rarely
> works, and most recruiters are simply salesmen for the companies they
> represent.
>
> Oh, and LinkedIn Premium is a /super/ nice tool for applying to job
> listings that happen
> to be active on LinkedIn. It sort of lets you "cheat" by bumping your
> resume to the top
> of the stack above everyone else who applied so you're more likely to get
> noticed.
>
> Heh, if I had more time, I might even be tempted to give a seminar on what
> it means
> to look for IT work in the Pittsburgh area. If anyone reading this still
> has questions or
> needs guidance on their job search, contact me off-list, and I'd be happy
> to help.
>
> On Monday, January 04, 2016 06:13:27 PM Zachary Uram wrote:
> > Too bad you couldn't find a job in Pittsburgh. I keep hearing that
> > Pittsburgh is becoming a big tech city, yet we don't have the jobs to
> keep
> > people here. Big problem!
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Stanley C Slomberg <
> scslomberg at gmail.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > A very large congratulations to you, Justin. I am glad you are really
> > > moving up and northwest in the world. Cleveland is a nice town and it
> will
> > > be an adventure for you in new surroundings.
> > >
> > > Good Luck to you
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:34 AM, <justin at adminix.net> wrote:
> > > > Many of you know I've been looking for a new job for a little while
> now.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well, I found something. I've been hired by MIM Software, a medical
> > > > imaging software company located in Beachwood, OH, to be their new
> "IT
> > > > Analyst," which is essentially a jack-of-all-trades position where
> I'll
> > > > be working with a variety of infrastructure duties.
> > > >
> > > > My tentative schedule is to finish things up in Pittsburgh by the
> end of
> > > > next week and start moving out to Ohio the following week. So this is
> > > > goodbye - sort of. I'll be at the GUM this coming Saturday, but after
> > > > that, you won't see me around very much, if at all. I'll still be on
> the
> > > > mailing lists, of course, and I may help with coordinating "virtual
> > > > events" if I can find a local Linux organization in the Cleveland or
> > > > Akron area that might be interested in doing something like that with
> > > > WPLUG.
> > > >
> > > > I'll still be on the WPLUG board, incidentally, so there's that.
> > > >
> > > > The board has known about this for a little while now, but I figured
> the
> > > > rest of you deserve to know as well. I just wanted to say that it's
> been
> > > > great getting to know you all, and I think you're all awesome. :)
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > JUSTIN SMITH
> > > > Linux System Administrator
> > > >
> > > >
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