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

[Karanbir Singh]

On 11/23/2010 01:24 PM, Steve Parker wrote:
> In what circumstance do you expect a typical sysadmin to have come
> across this? I can not think of a sensibly-designed system which would
> have such a requirement

I would expect every capable linux sysadmin to be aware of the 
networking stack and atleast know how it works and where to look or 
howto test for such things. He did have a linux laptop in front of him 
and we did give him 15 min before the interview to get familiar with how 
it was setup ( it was a bog standard centos install ).

> Or did they simply say that they had experience of multiple VIPs and
> were not aware of any limits (but for bonus points, here's how they
> would find out)? That is the answer that I would expect - showing
> practical, real-world experience of the technology in question, but not
> claiming to know more than they do.

Absolutely! there were others in the mix who did say just that. But then 
fell over when asked to actually find that limit or in other places down 
the interview process.

As another example, when asked to find per-process blockdev i/o rate, 
only 1 out of 8 people actually looked in /proc/<id>/; a couple 
dismissed it as only available in >= 2.6.2X; the rest just went faffing 
about with iostat / vmstat / <randomtool>.

> Also, some firms use these questions to get answers without paying
> consultancy fees.

Asking people on/about roles that they will need to work with in the job 
will almost always encroach upon the idea of 'free consulting', but in 
many cases is the only way to workout if the person can fit the team or 
not.

- KB
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