Not a shortage of skilled Linux techs

Story: Critical Shortage of Linux Talent Slowing AdoptionTotal Replies: 1
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AnonymousCoward

Oct 05, 2005
4:34 AM EDT
Just a shortage of skilled techs, full stop.

Any paper tiger with a mouthful of buzzwords can get themselves in the door -- but very, very few of them are producing good results for their employers/customers. They know sweet fanny adams about anything except how to reboot and reinstall, and they'd much rather spend thirty grand on replacing existing infrastructure with a poor system that they do understand, than spend five grand worth of time bringing themselves up to speed on a new and far more capable one (to say nothing of learning how to operate the existing systems effectively).
tadelste

Oct 05, 2005
5:48 AM EDT
AC: BDCB (Before the Dot Com Bust) - I helped our recruiting group screen candidates. In 90%, I guess, of the candidates - people said they did things that they couldn't possibly do with the software they claimed to have used. We had a lot of former shoe salessman hired for the bench before I got there.

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