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What skills should I cultivate do learn to be a sysadmin as a back up job opportunity? (self.sysadmin)

submitted 1 month ago by ComradeMiao to c/sysadmin

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Doing a PhD in humanities and enjoy it. I’ve recently really started to enjoy Linux, self hosting, and messing around with various lab stuff.

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[–] ComradeMiao 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m on mobile so it’s hard to respond to everything you said. Thank you for a detailed response and for being kind!

I am totally unaware of the field other than my uncle describing how difficult it can be. Thanks for explaining more.

Sounds like trying to find work at my libraries help desk might be a good step? I lost some hours on another university job so that could help and be a learning experience.

Maybe I can ask what could I be teaching myself at home that could transfer to a desirable skill?

I’ve worked with some languages (Java and python), docker, VMs, some managed switch and vlan stuff, and I guess generally managing multiple servers on and off site (house).

Thanks again! Their response as the first one I get in the community was upsetting and you made it better :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm happy I could help, I hate to see current industry workers forget what it was like to wonder and be uncertain before taking the plunge. Gatekeeping is an unfortunately common part of IT.

It sounds like you have a solid start in terms of homelab work, I'd definitely talk to your local library and get some real workplace experience. Homelab experience is easy to disregard when hiring unless you can show your work too, so network diagram charts or a splashy data visualization page on a server you can access remotely will help in interviews. The library experience is actual workplace application of knowledge so that's much harder to ignore and should be a priority.

I wish you all the best, I'm sorry your first encounter with the community was a territorial greybeard. As ever, I remain happy to help if you think of more questions.