[Gllug] hourly/daily rate for linux systems admins?

[Karanbir Singh]

On 11/24/2010 09:28 AM, Jason Clifford wrote:
> They not only fail to get a good handle on the applicant's real
> abilities but they also give the employer a false idea of what makes for
> a good new employee.

If as a part of the interview process you are not going to evaluate how 
the person works in real-world situations; I cant see how you are ever 
going to build that confidence required to hire someone. Randomly 
bringing in people and then hoping they 'mature well' in the 
organisation is not only a waste of organisation resources, its also a 
waste of the $employee's time.

Btw, I feel the age of the 'generic' sysadmin is mostly something that's 
starting to feel like an idea from the past. Just as Linux has main 
streamed in the past few years, expecting specialised abilities in 
people who manage and run focused, specific infrastructure around it has 
been becoming more and more of a norm these days.

Unless one is in the business of education, hiring a mail transport 
admin who didnt know his MX stuff well, isn't something I'm going to 
consider - on the other hand, if such a person has made it into the 
interview stage, something earlier in the filtration process is 
potentially broken. On the other hand, asking someone about corner case 
MX setups when hiring someone for a most storage-admin related role is a 
bit of a waste. Unless, the aim is to create by-force a situation where 
the person is on unfamiliar grounds and to see how that person reacts 
and works out from there.

> someone to hit the ground running at or near to full speed is not
> realistic.

Not at full speed, imho most organisations would buffer 2 to 6 months 
for that to happen. But unless someone has been vegetating at their 
previous job, not expecting them to be even marginally productive 
technically is setting some seriously low barriers.

- KB
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