[TAG] In Search Of Open-Source Experts

[Mike Orr]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 01:06:46PM -0500, Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 09:37:36AM -0800, Mike Orr wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:56:09PM +0000, Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
> > > http://informationweek.linuxpipeline.com/52600065
> > > Mentions Ballmer's email, and quotes Faber:
> > > 
> > > 'One of the chief complaints of CIOs and CEOs is that they can't find 
> > > enough qualified open-source programmers, says Faber Fedor, an 
> > > open-source consultant with services firm Linux NJ.com Inc. "I don't 
> > > think there are enough experienced people out there for the demand," he 
> > > says. Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio agrees. "There's a dearth of 
> > > skilled Linux administrators, by comparison to the more-mature Windows, 
> > > Unix, NetWare, and Macintosh environments," she says. And what happens 
> > > when too much demand meets too little supply? "They can command a 
> > > premium," DiDio says. "They get a 20% to 30% salary premium in the large 
> > > metropolitan markets."'
> > 
> > This is a joke, right?  Or an attempt to push the market in a certain
> > direction by stating what you hope for as if it were a fact?  (As Ben
> > Okopnik's father Stalin did so well.)
> 
> Son, not father. You keep telling me I'm an old fart - you just don't
> know the extent of it.
> 
> > I only wish employers were
> > begging for open-source developers and Linux administrators.  Then I'd
> > have a lot more choices for jobs.  But most jobs still seem to require
> > Windows skills, and I turn those down rather than putting the time and
> > expense into training for them.
> 
> It's not the skills - it's *you*. They see that geeky Pythoneer look,
> the bald head, and the leather jacket, and they *run* to lock and bar
> the doors and windows.

I guess when I stick my tongue out and hiss, it doesn't help.

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