Dang this video is a goldmine. Not just how to get a job, but full on take on pros and cons, full skills overview, career paths and what to focus on, general advice how to succeed and more considerations. Pure value, thanks so much!
Nice talk, being able to break complex things into simpler parts while explaining them in a clear way is a skill very few possess. You must be a very good teacher! I definitely agree with the importance of passion as an essential component in choosing a career, that's part of what got me into Linux in the first place...an innate curiosity for understanding why and how things work the way they do.
I hope you're doing well. We hope to hear from you soon. I stumbled across you channel late and although this vid is about two years old it has been the most insightful. Thank you
Thank you for this video. I just seen a video about becoming a Linux Sys. Admin through Yellowtail Tech and wanted more info on Linux Sys. Admin. This is exactly what I was looking for!
I saw those yellowtail tech videos as well. I took a AWS re/start bootcamp and got my AWS cloud practitioner cert back in December. Working on Linux RHCSA cert now after spending the past 3 months on Adrian Cantrill Developer Cert. Training. I was told by Some solutions architects that I'm studying the wrong thing if I want to do Cloud engineering and they recommended I start with Linux. So here I am.
Great video! I know there’s no straight path to becoming the best person in IT but it’s great you put together steps to take to build a great foundation in it. There’s not a lot of videos with good visuals like this so thanks a lot. I’m studying computer science and from what I’ve seen so far, there are not too many students that seem interested in this core stuff here.
Fundamentals are important. I think of it like following a recipe vs knowing how to cook. If you can follow recipes that can take you really far - you can buy a cookbook about cakes and make a lot of cakes by following the recipe, and not need to understand why you add baking soda, or flavor profiles. If you need to make an omelette, but you don't have that in your dessert cookbook, you're in trouble. The really difficult bit is knowing when to follow a recipe because it's fast and efficient, and when to put it aside. If you don't know the fundamentals you don't have the option to deviate. Good luck in your classes, I'm sure you'll do well.
No, the advice is do not do things just for the money. You can make money in tech, but you can make money in other fields. Tech is stressful and unless you have a particular personality type suited to the field, you will be *unhappy*.
@Rune Pony Ramblings Look here, brony, you can say you dont agree while not being a sarcastic jerk. Yes, most people, including you, are most likely not built for this career, regardless of how much of an "expert" you think you are.
Getting in to tech for the money is a bad idea? I'm far from a tech guru but I bought a 600,000 house as NOC Engineer. (Literally just monitoring apps). I'm not saying I love going to work every day but I do love being in demand for good paying remote jobs. Tech is great to have in your back pocket in case your hobbies dont pay.
People who are in IT for the pay creep me out. I wouldnt want someone like that on my team as they are usually way inferior to those with even a little drive towards their craft.
This video is so straightforward that I am sure even a career consultant would learn a lot from it. Thank you for sharing your experience. I am just starting my career and now have an idea of what to do.
I am so happy to have stumbled onto your channel. I am in the middle of doing Linux Administration training, and I have been so frustrated with the course's pay. Thanks for providing a bigger picture of all the components and explaining how they are all intertwined. I am using your roadmap to help me efficiently navigate my course.
I was a radio guy I didn't know a damn thing but I jumped a service desk job I'm 2012 and now I'm Linux/ Windows / Virtualization is Admin and have been for 6 years.
Wise words. Back in my day you had to compile your own kernel, there were no modules, it used to take 6 hours to compile a kernel on a 386 processor with 4mb of ram. Shit, I even had to throw a few coats over my pc because the full height 300mb hard drive sounded like a train during the night doing a compile. You new kids have it easy ;)
Thanks for this video.... it's quite eye opening. I was in tech 20 years ago... centered mainly in UNIX and network admin. But, I am definitely interested in getting back into the game.
Great stuff! Super helpful and practical. Thanks for challenging us with the question of whether we have a natural inclination, passion for tech/engineering in general.
Networking is just crazy deep topic. I am currently diving into Open VSwitch just to shape the VM traffic... and its just a rabbit hole of all rabbit holes! Trust me! Like.... Linux bridge vs OVS bridge... you even need some time to understand that you hit the wall of linux bridge limitations... and that's sometimes super frustrating. Or... nmcli vs ip. Or Bind vs Dnsmasq vs PowerDNS.. etc... there is just tremendous amount of knowledge to suck in. That's why there is even separate profession - an Network Engineer.
Absolutely - I was referring more to the 20% of networking that everyone needs to know. The remaining 80% is still very valuable, but that's where you swim into the deep water, and is the purview of network admins.
Thank you Man, I always love tech even back with I was highschool, it just happen that I don't have the resource to do so, now that I'm here in united states I switch to Tech and particularly Linux since I'm one of the Dual booter and distro hopper, I really enjoy troubleshooting my old laptop before i really enjoy the problem solving aspect. best job out there, never a dull moment, and it always a new issue and plenty of different way of fixing it. I will be a cloud engineer soon, I keep learning new stuff.
Hi Nicholas, I stumbled on this video while looking for Linux OS command line tips. I stayed watching because of your quality and tone of speaking. Appreciate the career advice message, I work in estimating in the construction industry and I'm planning my next move or finding what I am most passionate about.
And BTW, in this, online/networked oriented software development ERA, most of the skills/technologies mentioned by Nick are required for Application Developers as well.
Its true I'm going in for money first, hoping for 5 to 10 years. I'm in the design field and if I'm going to feel burnt out and working on constant problem solving than I might as well get paid more. I'll see how it goes. I fell that I have to learn these things anyways since I use tech for everyday. I pick up new programs so why not learn how these things work? Thank you for the candor
HA! Fair enough. I will say though, your channel is about art, so that's probably where your passion lies. If you are going to spend a lot of time learning something, studying business might be a better bet. I have a lot of friends who are artists professionally, and the ones who make a good living are good at the business side of art, and treat their art like a business. It's very doable. Your channel has a decent number of subs, and if you keep building it, you'll get a good marketing outlet. Anyway, glad you got something out of the video, and good luck with whichever direction you decide to go in.
Thank you for this upload. Fall semester is coming, and I’ve decided to attend my local community college. I’m deciding on which route to take and saw a network with linux specialization program. I searched videos and still searching to see if its the right fit. Like you said, some people should think more about the money.
Sometimes, I wish I hadn’t gotten into IT. As a kid, my dream was to work for Pixar, and one of my biggest hobbies was using my family’s old VHS camcorder to make animated short films with my vast collection of Legos. I’d build sets or use sets I already had and just animate the figures moving around and doing things until it developed into a sort of story that usually only lasted a minute or so. This was actually an even greater feat than it sounds, because the camcorder we had would automatically rewind a few seconds every time you stopped recording. So, every frame had to be recorded for, say four seconds, because it would rewind three seconds after being stopped. That left you with really long frames and choppy animations, but trying too hard to narrow that down further would risk recording over previous work. None of these shorts had any audio either except for any white noise or background talking caught on camera, because I had no way of editing video post-recording, let alone adding audio, so I rewatched all my animations with the sound muted. It was lots of fun, though. Like I said, I wanted to work for Pixar. I even took an animation class or two in college, but my dad has always been a technical person, and when my instructor told us about his financial struggles early in his career and I saw how much competition and crunch there was in animation and how few animation jobs there were in my geographical area, I confided in my parents, who suggested that a hobby didn’t need to become a career. I decided that I had a computer and always marveled at people who actually understood them, so I went the IT route, taking classes less because they interested me and more because I liked the instructor and knew how to pass his tests. The idea was that getting a degree would mean getting a good-paying job with a path toward a career and I could have free time for creativity once I’d made it financialy. Ten years later, I’m now in my thirties and still working entry-level help desk jobs. I’ve tried to scratch that creative itch by teaching myself story structure and working on writing my first novel, but the stress of work and constantly trying to figure out what certification or new degree will finally get me a good job take away a lot of that time, and the stress of not being where I feel I should be takes whatever energy I have left. As I write this, I have Udemy in the background and a notepad on which I’m writing a bunch of Linux commands as they’re being taught in the video lectures. I figured that would finally be the ticket: memorize a bunch of commands, get a job, get enough money to stop worrying and earn back my free time for more creative endeavors after that. The truth is, I’ve never cared about the process of figuring out how things work. That’s just a nuisance on the the way to knowing. It’s using what I know creatively in an artistic fashion to express myself that I’ve always cared about. Maybe it’s time I finally walked away from IT or at least started spending the free time I have doing things I enjoy instead of trying to advance in a career as a means to an end. Anyway, sorry for the five-paragraph essay. I’m sure no one will read it, but I guess I just wanted an excuse to verbally process my current predicament. In my so-far lifelong practice of putting money before passion, I’ve received little of either. Maybe in the end all I’ve been trying to do is steal jobs from the more-qualified while robbing myself of joy and taking from others the things I could be creating for them. More for me to think about, I guess.
It sounds like you should try to change directions. If you still want to be an animator, then that's where you should put your energy. There are ways to transition. Python, for example, is used heavily in blender. I would start doing work on animation and 3d in your free time, and build a portfolio. The truth of the matter is that most people want to be something, but they don't want to put the work in to do it. If you realize this, it's a huge advantage; you just have to be the 1 out of 100 that does the work. Now, if the area that you are in doesn't have many animation jobs, you can try freelancing, or you'll have to move. Los Angeles, London, Toronto - there are lots of animation hubs, but you'll probably need to try to move somewhere that you can find a job and network. You'll need to be really good at the fundamentals of drawing, just like in devops you'd need to be good at the fundamentals of systems, deployment, ci/cd, etc.
@@NicholasBernstein Thanks so much for the input; I think that's great advice about being the one to put in the work. Parents and educators should stop pushing degrees as magic tickets and start instilling in kids and young adults the need to choose an education and career path that they're interested in enough to work their butts off over, because I'm starting to feel like that's what it actually takes to succeed. I thought IT would be easier than animation, which was probably the wrong attitude to have. I'm not entirely sure I still want to be an animator anymore, but I won't rule it out just yet either. I think I do need to focus on something that gives me some sort of artistic outlet, though, and at very least I need to stop putting all my energy into trying to force my round peg into a square hole. If I end up going back to animation, I'll remember what you said about Python. Until then, I'm at least going to double-down on writing. :)
I'm in a similar position chasing financial security from growing up without any. My dream was to be a touring musician. But now I'm a partner in a pest control company. I'm learning Linux so I can build up to a fundamental knowledge of cloud computing. I plan on using this knowledge to bring some new concepts to the industry. On the side (my free time) I'll be making music in my home studio. Posting metal to digital platforms and just enjoying being an artist. Edit: Let me add that there is an art to learning to love anything you do or learn to do.
I know almost all of this, but wherever I go for work, they ask me for work experience , it is looks like somebody who do not have some working experience companies never hire him
In 2024 is it harder to break in as a jr Linux Admin/dev ops engineer or a jr software engineer? The later seems to be impossible so I’m considering switching over from learning python to dev ops but is the market just as rough for dev ops? Some people are saying the bar is generally higher for jr software engineers. Not “in it for the money” but I want to get my foot in door and preferably skip Windows help desk.
I am not technical yet but I am working on my RHCSA 200 Exam to take in 3 months and I want to become a Linux engineer. Currently I am a systems engineer but mostly I work on hardware. What is a good way to learn more about Linux admin career?
i did some interview, amd i reliaze there is still manu things that I have to learn to be able work in a enterprise of 2022 .. don't be sad if they did not give you job. improve your skills that level that they can't say no to you ..ofcourse it will take little more time but it's worth 😊
Hi Nick I just stumbled into this video which is very informative. I really think you did a fantastic job to condense this idea about IT in general. You mentioned projects; I am interested in Red Hat. Where can I find these? What is your recommendations? My searches do not come up with any concrete ones. Help.
Its funny how snarky some of these people are in the comments because you're honest about the nature of the profession. I guess most people would rather be gasslit into thinking that that they can do anything they feel like.
Hello , i have a question , i recently got into a MNC where we are getting trained in Autosys, Unix and SQL. So is there a way for me to get into system admin ??
It depends on your goal. If you are looking at devops/sre programming is important but less of a priority compared to a software engineer role. If you acquire new skills, and check them against the jobs you want, even if you don't do it in the most efficient order, you'll still get there.
Hi Nick, I need your guidance, i am working as Unix/linix admin for past 5 yrs , recently i have done Azure Administrator certification and now i am confused, should i go for Axure Devops or Normal Devops like jenkins, ansible, docker,terraform . Or should i go for Azure solution architect. Second thing, being a unix admin i have done certification on azure admin , does this incline towards windows admin work?
Azure is OS-agnostic: it supports a variety of operation systems, including Linux Some companies use Azure Devops but Jenskins is more popular in the real world. The Azure devops would help you understand devops best practices in general that are transferable to Jenkins.
So, I'm an industrial mechanic. I love working with computers, I love experimenting with a RaspberryPi or a VM with a Linux distro, I love taking things apart and figuring out how they work, I just love discovering new things and experimenting with stuff. I'm also lazy and look at ways to make things easier the next time I have to do them like automating extraction of certain data out of an excel sheet to add to a daily report, parse data out of a logging system and analyze said data to improve efficiency and lifespan of tools (and objectively prove it, trough said data). With 0 education on how to do such things. (I have to education as a mechanic, either) Do you think I'm fit for a job as Linux/system admin?
Get on with it or get off my display. I didn't come looking for information about linux administration to be told why I shouldn't. Why are you even here?
@@musingsbyalex7764 the title may be different, but if you are doing deployments, and ci-cd pipelines and automation, you're still essentially a Linux admin. Those have all been basic skills for Unix admins since the early days. It might be called a SRE, or cloud engineer, or devops engineer, but effectively it's still being a Linux admin. Perhaps I should update the name of the position in future videos though, as you are right about fewer jobs with that title
I wonder how much per hour it would be, for one on one guidance thru systems for 1 or more hours. It would be the best investment. CouldCompareStrengths&Interests = "Give Recommendations" Could learn so much. Please consider.
Dang this video is a goldmine. Not just how to get a job, but full on take on pros and cons, full skills overview, career paths and what to focus on, general advice how to succeed and more considerations. Pure value, thanks so much!
Thanks a lot!
I’ve always loved the to the point non sugar coated advice you give.
Thanks!
Nice talk, being able to break complex things into simpler parts while explaining them in a clear way is a skill very few possess. You must be a very good teacher! I definitely agree with the importance of passion as an essential component in choosing a career, that's part of what got me into Linux in the first place...an innate curiosity for understanding why and how things work the way they do.
Thanks! It took me quite a while to get decent at it, so I appreciate you noticing. :)
I hope you're doing well. We hope to hear from you soon. I stumbled across you channel late and although this vid is about two years old it has been the most insightful. Thank you
Thank you for this video. I just seen a video about becoming a Linux Sys. Admin through Yellowtail Tech and wanted more info on Linux Sys. Admin. This is exactly what I was looking for!
I saw those yellowtail tech videos as well. I took a AWS re/start bootcamp and got my AWS cloud practitioner cert back in December. Working on Linux RHCSA cert now after spending the past 3 months on Adrian Cantrill Developer Cert. Training. I was told by Some solutions architects that I'm studying the wrong thing if I want to do Cloud engineering and they recommended I start with Linux. So here I am.
Great video! I know there’s no straight path to becoming the best person in IT but it’s great you put together steps to take to build a great foundation in it. There’s not a lot of videos with good visuals like this so thanks a lot. I’m studying computer science and from what I’ve seen so far, there are not too many students that seem interested in this core stuff here.
Fundamentals are important. I think of it like following a recipe vs knowing how to cook. If you can follow recipes that can take you really far - you can buy a cookbook about cakes and make a lot of cakes by following the recipe, and not need to understand why you add baking soda, or flavor profiles. If you need to make an omelette, but you don't have that in your dessert cookbook, you're in trouble. The really difficult bit is knowing when to follow a recipe because it's fast and efficient, and when to put it aside. If you don't know the fundamentals you don't have the option to deviate. Good luck in your classes, I'm sure you'll do well.
"If you weren't born an expert don't bother trying to learn because you weren't destined for it and tech is only for the chosen."
Such _great_ advice!
No, the advice is do not do things just for the money. You can make money in tech, but you can make money in other fields. Tech is stressful and unless you have a particular personality type suited to the field, you will be *unhappy*.
When will you create some new videos for 2023?! I like your content
@Rune Pony Ramblings Look here, brony, you can say you dont agree while not being a sarcastic jerk. Yes, most people, including you, are most likely not built for this career, regardless of how much of an "expert" you think you are.
Getting in to tech for the money is a bad idea? I'm far from a tech guru but I bought a 600,000 house as NOC Engineer. (Literally just monitoring apps). I'm not saying I love going to work every day but I do love being in demand for good paying remote jobs. Tech is great to have in your back pocket in case your hobbies dont pay.
I didn't know the difference between a computer and a laptop when I got my first job as a call center help Desk agent and field tech.
Get Comptia A+ certification for your foundation. Even if you dont pass the test, companies will hire you for the effort and every thing you did learn
There are exceptions to every rule but I think engineering takes a certain personality type not to have mental health repercussions.
People who are in IT for the pay creep me out. I wouldnt want someone like that on my team as they are usually way inferior to those with even a little drive towards their craft.
This is what I needed to hear someone who's been in the industry talk about..
Thanks sir.
This video is so straightforward that I am sure even a career consultant would learn a lot from it. Thank you for sharing your experience. I am just starting my career and now have an idea of what to do.
Glad it was helpful!
this video is not just a information it's a healing too..
That's really nice of you to say. :)
Amazing video. This should be a must for any person who thinks about getting into Cloud/DevOps roles.
I am so happy to have stumbled onto your channel. I am in the middle of doing Linux Administration training, and I have been so frustrated with the course's pay. Thanks for providing a bigger picture of all the components and explaining how they are all intertwined. I am using your roadmap to help me efficiently navigate my course.
Where are you doing Linux Admin training if I may ask? I'm interested in training for this field too.
I was a radio guy I didn't know a damn thing but I jumped a service desk job I'm 2012 and now I'm Linux/ Windows / Virtualization is Admin and have been for 6 years.
Thanks for sharing this roadmap! Really appreciate the detailed explanations
Wise words. Back in my day you had to compile your own kernel, there were no modules, it used to take 6 hours to compile a kernel on a 386 processor with 4mb of ram. Shit, I even had to throw a few coats over my pc because the full height 300mb hard drive sounded like a train during the night doing a compile. You new kids have it easy ;)
Thanks for this video.... it's quite eye opening. I was in tech 20 years ago... centered mainly in UNIX and network admin. But, I am definitely interested in getting back into the game.
Great stuff! Super helpful and practical. Thanks for challenging us with the question of whether we have a natural inclination, passion for tech/engineering in general.
Glad it was helpful!
Networking is just crazy deep topic. I am currently diving into Open VSwitch just to shape the VM traffic... and its just a rabbit hole of all rabbit holes! Trust me! Like.... Linux bridge vs OVS bridge... you even need some time to understand that you hit the wall of linux bridge limitations... and that's sometimes super frustrating. Or... nmcli vs ip. Or Bind vs Dnsmasq vs PowerDNS.. etc... there is just tremendous amount of knowledge to suck in. That's why there is even separate profession - an Network Engineer.
Absolutely - I was referring more to the 20% of networking that everyone needs to know. The remaining 80% is still very valuable, but that's where you swim into the deep water, and is the purview of network admins.
Thank you Man, I always love tech even back with I was highschool, it just happen that I don't have the resource to do so, now that I'm here in united states I switch to Tech and particularly Linux since I'm one of the Dual booter and distro hopper, I really enjoy troubleshooting my old laptop before i really enjoy the problem solving aspect. best job out there, never a dull moment, and it always a new issue and plenty of different way of fixing it. I will be a cloud engineer soon, I keep learning new stuff.
I just decided this is what I should do, and I thank you for helping me come to this conclusion.
Sir, after a long screen time searching for cloud related contents I am truly thankful to you for this video. You nailed it!
Glad you found it useful!
Hi Nicholas, I stumbled on this video while looking for Linux OS command line tips. I stayed watching because of your quality and tone of speaking. Appreciate the career advice message, I work in estimating in the construction industry and I'm planning my next move or finding what I am most passionate about.
Great to hear!
This is extremely helpful information.
This is the kind of video I needed to come across. Thank you much.
Glad you found it useful. :)
One of the best explanations as to why “tech” as a career.
Happy New Year Nick!!! Wish you a healthy and wealthy year, brother. I've gone through most of the things that you mentioned. So true!!!
And BTW, in this, online/networked oriented software development ERA, most of the skills/technologies mentioned by Nick are required for Application Developers as well.
Thanks and right back at you!
Its true I'm going in for money first, hoping for 5 to 10 years. I'm in the design field and if I'm going to feel burnt out and working on constant problem solving than I might as well get paid more. I'll see how it goes. I fell that I have to learn these things anyways since I use tech for everyday. I pick up new programs so why not learn how these things work? Thank you for the candor
HA! Fair enough. I will say though, your channel is about art, so that's probably where your passion lies. If you are going to spend a lot of time learning something, studying business might be a better bet. I have a lot of friends who are artists professionally, and the ones who make a good living are good at the business side of art, and treat their art like a business. It's very doable. Your channel has a decent number of subs, and if you keep building it, you'll get a good marketing outlet. Anyway, glad you got something out of the video, and good luck with whichever direction you decide to go in.
Watching this video for a second time today, really helpful and inspiring, thanks
This is great information and very specific. Thank you !
Thanks! Glad it was helpful
Thank you! I like the idea of the two scripts at the end.
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it.
We need more "How to survive 2021" tutorials...
Done - see my most recent video, as rambling as it is. :)
Thank you for the kind words and help... Take care God bless
What has changed in the last 3 years? I would love to see an updated version of this.
Thank u for making Videos to Help Others ❤️ You are my Hero :* And cool projects U Made ! Keep up the good Work 🥰
absolutely great video, thank you so much! very helpful
Thank you for this upload. Fall semester is coming, and I’ve decided to attend my local community college. I’m deciding on which route to take and saw a network with linux specialization program. I searched videos and still searching to see if its the right fit. Like you said, some people should think more about the money.
Best of luck!
Sometimes, I wish I hadn’t gotten into IT. As a kid, my dream was to work for Pixar, and one of my biggest hobbies was using my family’s old VHS camcorder to make animated short films with my vast collection of Legos. I’d build sets or use sets I already had and just animate the figures moving around and doing things until it developed into a sort of story that usually only lasted a minute or so.
This was actually an even greater feat than it sounds, because the camcorder we had would automatically rewind a few seconds every time you stopped recording. So, every frame had to be recorded for, say four seconds, because it would rewind three seconds after being stopped. That left you with really long frames and choppy animations, but trying too hard to narrow that down further would risk recording over previous work. None of these shorts had any audio either except for any white noise or background talking caught on camera, because I had no way of editing video post-recording, let alone adding audio, so I rewatched all my animations with the sound muted.
It was lots of fun, though. Like I said, I wanted to work for Pixar. I even took an animation class or two in college, but my dad has always been a technical person, and when my instructor told us about his financial struggles early in his career and I saw how much competition and crunch there was in animation and how few animation jobs there were in my geographical area, I confided in my parents, who suggested that a hobby didn’t need to become a career. I decided that I had a computer and always marveled at people who actually understood them, so I went the IT route, taking classes less because they interested me and more because I liked the instructor and knew how to pass his tests. The idea was that getting a degree would mean getting a good-paying job with a path toward a career and I could have free time for creativity once I’d made it financialy.
Ten years later, I’m now in my thirties and still working entry-level help desk jobs. I’ve tried to scratch that creative itch by teaching myself story structure and working on writing my first novel, but the stress of work and constantly trying to figure out what certification or new degree will finally get me a good job take away a lot of that time, and the stress of not being where I feel I should be takes whatever energy I have left.
As I write this, I have Udemy in the background and a notepad on which I’m writing a bunch of Linux commands as they’re being taught in the video lectures. I figured that would finally be the ticket: memorize a bunch of commands, get a job, get enough money to stop worrying and earn back my free time for more creative endeavors after that. The truth is, I’ve never cared about the process of figuring out how things work. That’s just a nuisance on the the way to knowing. It’s using what I know creatively in an artistic fashion to express myself that I’ve always cared about. Maybe it’s time I finally walked away from IT or at least started spending the free time I have doing things I enjoy instead of trying to advance in a career as a means to an end.
Anyway, sorry for the five-paragraph essay. I’m sure no one will read it, but I guess I just wanted an excuse to verbally process my current predicament. In my so-far lifelong practice of putting money before passion, I’ve received little of either. Maybe in the end all I’ve been trying to do is steal jobs from the more-qualified while robbing myself of joy and taking from others the things I could be creating for them. More for me to think about, I guess.
It sounds like you should try to change directions. If you still want to be an animator, then that's where you should put your energy. There are ways to transition. Python, for example, is used heavily in blender. I would start doing work on animation and 3d in your free time, and build a portfolio. The truth of the matter is that most people want to be something, but they don't want to put the work in to do it. If you realize this, it's a huge advantage; you just have to be the 1 out of 100 that does the work. Now, if the area that you are in doesn't have many animation jobs, you can try freelancing, or you'll have to move. Los Angeles, London, Toronto - there are lots of animation hubs, but you'll probably need to try to move somewhere that you can find a job and network. You'll need to be really good at the fundamentals of drawing, just like in devops you'd need to be good at the fundamentals of systems, deployment, ci/cd, etc.
@@NicholasBernstein Thanks so much for the input; I think that's great advice about being the one to put in the work. Parents and educators should stop pushing degrees as magic tickets and start instilling in kids and young adults the need to choose an education and career path that they're interested in enough to work their butts off over, because I'm starting to feel like that's what it actually takes to succeed. I thought IT would be easier than animation, which was probably the wrong attitude to have.
I'm not entirely sure I still want to be an animator anymore, but I won't rule it out just yet either. I think I do need to focus on something that gives me some sort of artistic outlet, though, and at very least I need to stop putting all my energy into trying to force my round peg into a square hole. If I end up going back to animation, I'll remember what you said about Python. Until then, I'm at least going to double-down on writing. :)
Sounds like a good plan. A creative outlet is never a bad idea. :)
I'm in a similar position chasing financial security from growing up without any. My dream was to be a touring musician. But now I'm a partner in a pest control company. I'm learning Linux so I can build up to a fundamental knowledge of cloud computing. I plan on using this knowledge to bring some new concepts to the industry.
On the side (my free time) I'll be making music in my home studio. Posting metal to digital platforms and just enjoying being an artist.
Edit: Let me add that there is an art to learning to love anything you do or learn to do.
I know almost all of this, but wherever I go for work, they ask me for work experience , it is looks like somebody who do not have some working experience companies never hire him
I'll see if I can add an end-card but I've got ab early video on my channel about how to hire yourself: th-cam.com/video/Xck_mXxLlYI/w-d-xo.html
This was great advised to the point!
Very nice video about Linux as a career.
In 2024 is it harder to break in as a jr Linux Admin/dev ops engineer or a jr software engineer? The later seems to be impossible so I’m considering switching over from learning python to dev ops but is the market just as rough for dev ops? Some people are saying the bar is generally higher for jr software engineers. Not “in it for the money” but I want to get my foot in door and preferably skip Windows help desk.
What about putting on your resume that "I can kick your ass". Will that impress the interviewers? That will definitely get me a job right?
I am not technical yet but I am working on my RHCSA 200 Exam to take in 3 months and I want to become a Linux engineer. Currently I am a systems engineer but mostly I work on hardware. What is a good way to learn more about Linux admin career?
i did some interview, amd i reliaze there is still manu things that I have to learn to be able work in a enterprise of 2022 .. don't be sad if they did not give you job. improve your skills that level that they can't say no to you ..ofcourse it will take little more time but it's worth 😊
Really Useful content for beginner.
Glad you think so!
Such great advice! I bookmarked your video so I can refer back to it when I need it. Thanks so much.
Can you please make something like this but for 2024 ? With any updates ?
Thanks for video
Thanks for the advice Sir!.
Always welcome
Excellent video. Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Pls update for 23
Hi Nick
I just stumbled into this video which is very informative. I really think you did a fantastic job to condense this idea about IT in general. You mentioned projects; I am interested in Red Hat. Where can I find these? What is your recommendations? My searches do not come up with any concrete ones. Help.
Projects should come from your own interests, or from mimicing job postings.
Its funny how snarky some of these people are in the comments because you're honest about the nature of the profession. I guess most people would rather be gasslit into thinking that that they can do anything they feel like.
thank you :)
Thank you for the advices
Great work man, thank u a lot
Glad it helped
I like your video. Thank you.
Thank you for this.
Hello nicholas ,
what an amazing video can you please suggest which projects to do ? are you planning to do any project example ?
I will give it some thought
I don’t know what HDD OR SDD drives do not do I know off the top what RAM does … your wrong about me not being into tech still
update? maybe more relevant services?
Hello , i have a question , i recently got into a MNC where we are getting trained in Autosys, Unix and SQL. So is there a way for me to get into system admin ??
Apply for a junior role somewhere?
Yes it was useful 👍
Glad to hear. :)
what you think require more effort bulding those skills or building a backend developer skills ? starting from base
It depends on your goal. If you are looking at devops/sre programming is important but less of a priority compared to a software engineer role. If you acquire new skills, and check them against the jobs you want, even if you don't do it in the most efficient order, you'll still get there.
Any reason you're not using a Linux desktop distro?
Yes, I have clients that require software that runs on windows.
Hi Nick,
I need your guidance, i am working as Unix/linix admin for past 5 yrs , recently i have done Azure Administrator certification and now i am confused, should i go for Axure Devops or Normal Devops like jenkins, ansible, docker,terraform .
Or should i go for Azure solution architect.
Second thing, being a unix admin i have done certification on azure admin , does this incline towards windows admin work?
Azure is OS-agnostic: it supports a variety of operation systems, including Linux
Some companies use Azure Devops but Jenskins is more popular in the real world. The Azure devops would help you understand devops best practices in general that are transferable to Jenkins.
How to get a project ? for a linux sys admin? please enlighten me on this
Your own personal interests.
sir love you from afghanistan
So, I'm an industrial mechanic. I love working with computers, I love experimenting with a RaspberryPi or a VM with a Linux distro, I love taking things apart and figuring out how they work, I just love discovering new things and experimenting with stuff. I'm also lazy and look at ways to make things easier the next time I have to do them like automating extraction of certain data out of an excel sheet to add to a daily report, parse data out of a logging system and analyze said data to improve efficiency and lifespan of tools (and objectively prove it, trough said data). With 0 education on how to do such things. (I have to education as a mechanic, either)
Do you think I'm fit for a job as Linux/system admin?
Industrial mechanic? You are probably more suited to it than 70% of people new to IT.
My dog name is Linux^_^
Mine's is "Bits" :)
04:51 - ‘how computers work’
06:40 - ‘operating systems’
11:31 - ‘networking’
14:15 - ‘foundational services’
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17:54 - ‘virtualization’
18:01 - ‘automation’
18:09 - ‘scripting/programming’
19:56 - ‘cloud’
you need to know the basics of how to do PPT, and you sounds like very tired and not so happy.
I have health issues that impact my energy levels, but you're also welcome not to watch.
> use Windows
Get on with it or get off my display. I didn't come looking for information about linux administration to be told why I shouldn't. Why are you even here?
Is linux admin has no future
Could you rephrase that?
@@NicholasBernstein is linux admin as career no future in that
Less job as linux admin in 2022 and beyond
Linux is the future
@@musingsbyalex7764 the title may be different, but if you are doing deployments, and ci-cd pipelines and automation, you're still essentially a Linux admin. Those have all been basic skills for Unix admins since the early days. It might be called a SRE, or cloud engineer, or devops engineer, but effectively it's still being a Linux admin. Perhaps I should update the name of the position in future videos though, as you are right about fewer jobs with that title
Depressing, just leave people alone
I wonder how much per hour it would be, for one on one guidance thru systems for 1 or more hours. It would be the best investment. CouldCompareStrengths&Interests = "Give Recommendations"
Could learn so much. Please consider.