IRC log for #gllug on 20120130

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11:21.06ChoHag"Recent rulings in Europe maintain that for Internet publications, each page view is publication afresh, regardless of how long ago the material was first released."
11:21.19ChoHag[citation needed] but still...
11:22.15AndyMillaro_O
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12:45.10dick_turpinAfternoon
13:50.59z00daxsup
13:51.16z00daxso guys, anyone looking for a mid level sysadmin job in north london ?
13:56.14dick_turpinBy North do you mean Birmingham? :-)
13:57.57AndyMillarz00dax: that almost looks interesting :p
13:58.29AndyMillarnot enough desktop real estate though ;)
14:12.19z00daxAndyMillar: look at it this way - no desktop systems of in-office equipment to maintain ( I should add that to the description )
14:12.26z00daxs/of i/or i/
14:13.01z00daxI convinced management sometime back that we should not hire people who dont know howto use computers :D
14:19.06AndyMillar:p
14:19.43AndyMillarthat said, I actually quite like that :p
14:19.47AndyMillarit's a good way to get to know people
14:20.46AndyMillarwhich is especially useful when you're trying to get them to do something for you
14:47.05z00daxno problems on that front, since the developers are always breaking stuff on the production servers
14:48.12mindbendrz00dax: what's the salary like? :)
14:48.26AndyMillar:p
14:48.42z00daxthey are budgetting 35k to 40k, prolly will consider going up a bit more
14:48.42AndyMillarmindbendr: 35-40k according to the mailing list
14:48.58z00daxplus, there is a 5% bonus ( in pension )
14:50.08mindbendrit's like a carnage out there
14:50.12mindbendrcisco, redhat all hiring
14:50.30z00daxthats true, there are lots of job options out there at the moment.
14:51.00z00daxI think the cool factor in this specific role is going to be that its a small company and everyone gets to have a say and stay involved ( specially the infra guy, since its a web shop )
14:51.13mindbendri recommend the cisco job tho, the manager is a friend who offered me the job a few times, it was just below my expectations.
14:51.33z00daxcisco work will be a very different sort of a ball game
14:51.40mindbendrz00dax: why's that
14:52.09mindbendrit's not cisco in that sense afaik, they do content filtering for corps.
14:52.13z00daxyou are unlikely to be in shots and flipflops playing rounders on hamstead heath on a nice summers day working for cisco
14:52.43mindbendrlol
14:52.45mindbendrfair enough
14:52.52mindbendrthat's why I didn't go there!
14:53.52dick_turpinIf only I was not up hear I'd be tempted to email Red Hat they did a crazy open email on linuxjobs basically saying "Email us and we'll see if we've got anything you can do."
14:54.10dick_turpins/hear/here
14:54.26z00daxdick_turpin: redhat hire people anywhere in the world, to work from wherever they are. if you are interested in doing something with them - email them
14:54.37z00daxvery few of the redhat guys I know actually go into an office
14:54.42z00daxand i do know a fair few
14:54.50AndyMillarz00dax: I suspect you all wear tshirts to work too :p
14:55.44z00daxpretty much, its quite casual. As long it doesnt get to tramp'r'us, its all good. Plus nice catered for lunch on Friday
14:56.18AndyMillardoesn't own tshirts :-p
14:57.09z00daxwe had a dress up wednesday for a few months, I wrote a suit in for those :D
14:57.41z00daxwore even
14:58.22dick_turpinz00dax: Trouble is I hear the head of Sales makes Himmler look like a puppy and I doubt there's much else I could do which is a real shame.
14:58.40dick_turpinI only know three people at Red Hat. :-(
15:12.17mindbendrz00dax: redhat pays dead low salary tho :D
15:12.46z00daxdunno about that
15:12.47mindbendrand nobody speaks to each other and all the geeks tell each other off at internal irc
15:13.15z00daxreally ? sounds great. as long as there is merit in the conversation and not just hot air blowing
15:13.25mindbendrthe exams are for free tho for the certs, that's the bright side. good coffee and snacks in the kitchen
15:14.03mindbendrthey are based in farnborough tho, it's a good reason for not working there :)
15:14.30mindbendrand they mostly to internal sysadmin stuff, that's also not fun always.
15:14.33mindbendr*do
15:14.52mindbendrall in all, it's a good company I guess.
15:16.10dick_turpinmindbendr: My mate Ade Bradshaw loves it. Plus he seems to travel all round Europe with them.
15:16.48mindbendrdick_turpin: he's not a sysadmin I take it :)
15:17.05dick_turpinNo he's a trainer
15:17.12mindbendrat my limited time there, i could only travel between the desk,server room and the kitchen.
15:18.48mindbendrstill, it's good to see linux sysadmin roles are blooming.
15:19.01mindbendrand we are looking for a junior/mid sysadmin too.
15:19.13dick_turpinWhy did you leave?
15:19.49mindbendrdick_turpin: circumtances, I was studying by then so I only had part-time work permit. After that, I started to earn more money and decided not to work for corps.
15:22.29dick_turpinAnd yet most people I talk to either want to work for Red Hat or Canonical. Mind you 40% of the original membership of wolveslug now works for canonical
15:22.51dick_turpinProving the dictum "It's not what you know but who you know."
15:23.11mindbendrIf I was a geek, I'd be super happy there. I'm afraid I'm not, that only brings me misery :)
15:23.47mindbendrI've got great respect to that company tho, i've learnt *a lot* there.
15:24.20mindbendrI think it's a good place to learn the linux technologies then move on to a better life.
15:25.00mindbendrBesides, it temptes the recruitment agencies when they see it on the Cv.
15:25.58dick_turpinI bet
15:26.06mindbendrwe have been battling with the brand new not properly working air conditioning in the last 10 months. That you wouldn't have in a corporate.
15:26.10mindbendrit's frigging freeizing.
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16:10.22ChoHagSo, nmap kills the kernel.
18:55.35ChoHagOh good god she won't stop talking.
18:56.43ChoHagApparently she didn't have time to prepare bottles or make dinner but was able to yak with all her friends and make macaroons. Badly.
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