[Gllug] Vacancy: Linux Sysadmin, Desktop Sysadmin, MySQL DBA etc (LONDON)

[Caroline Ford]

2008/7/9 Bruce Richardson <itsbruce at workshy.org>:
> On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 06:59:52AM +0100, Greg wrote:
>> Communities like GLLUG and L.pm attract good people, people who care
>> about their technologies enough to read about them and also discuss
>> them, so its a smart move by recruiters to target these communities.
>
> When Linux User Groups first began to appear, Linux was an obscure hobby
> with almost no commercial use.  As interest in Linux began to spread
> (and as the OS matured a little), LUGs became great places to network as
> they attracted a huge range of people from many different backgrounds
> with very varied skill sets.  Now that Linux has become a mainstream
> technology, with certifications and commercial support and the rest,
> people do not need to join LUGs to find out about it and groups like
> GLLUG risk fading back to mere hobbyist circles again (if this hasn't
> already happened.)  I can't think of a better way to speed that along
> than to be needlessly hostile to people offering jobs.
>
>

I'm never really sure whether all the hostility is made up for
presumed pleasure, or whether we have a lot of people with weird
social skills.

I see the average GLLUG email poster as a bitter old man who has
nothing else to do.

Caroline
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