You are absolutely correct Jay. I've been a tech hiring manager for over two decades. If you bring a good amount of skill, passion, and integrity to a role, most good hiring teams will want you. Keep learning. Even speak to what you're currently learning and/or recent things you've accomplished. Everyone starts somewhere. God bless.
You have my dream job. I'm new to IT but I have strong passion for learning Unix/Linux systems. I'm studying for RHEL and LPIC -1 right now. Hopefully that's enough to get hired in this industry.
Sometimes job listing are a "wish list" or "nice-to-have" but aren't set in stone. In my first IT job interview the IT manager said to me, "We can teach you the tech stuff, but we can't teach you to have a passion for it." Well, I definitely have the passion for it and I am still with that company after 10 years. Great video and can't wait to see more on this topic.
As a current windows admin I want to jump ship completely to Linux admin and was wondering about this question for a while. Thanks for the great content, you have become my first go to when it comes to Linux keep up the quality content!
Mate, do not underestimate yourself. I am an infrastructure engineer but i deal with everything including Linux. You will find your favourite role you fit in definitely. It just takes time.
@@amitmehra1922 Hey man. If you are non IT guy I highly recommend doing RHCSA course, for example on Udemy, first. RHCSE is a higher level certification than RHCSA, therefore it might be not for you. Of course cloud AWS is highly demanded on the market and therefore it's good to learn it, but start with Certified Solution Engineer - Associate level. You will learn about it's services, how to utilize them etc. Terraform you will need to learn later after acquiring enough Cloud knowledge. Just take small steps, one topic at a time, so you won't get overwhelmed by the amount of things to learn and you will do alright. Also, it's quite good to get a job in IT. The easiest to get is obviously helpdesk, however if you go that way, try to not get comfortable there. Do not stay there for too long and try to push it to Junior Linux Admin or L2 Support Linux. At least that's what I did, currently being Linux Admin + Cloud/L2 and I am quite enjoying this job. Good luck!
Currently in a VMware admin role I guess the cli for the ESXi hosts are kind of Linux??? Anyways I got Linux + certified turned my home lab to Linux and interested to go for red hat even if I am not a true linux admin yet.
I remember my professor was telling the same thing “just apply what do YOU have to lose” after I graduated and got my degree it took 2 months before I got an interview job I never got discouraged because all it takes is one company to take a chance on you
Great information, thank you. I am interested in pursuing a career in Linux but most of my background right now is in unrelated areas. I am working as a JavaScript programmer, but I do want to move more into DevOps I think, because Linux is something I'm really passionate about. So, definitely interested in more videos like this!
I would love to see more videos about making Linux a career! Perhaps a video explaining what to expect going from running a linux desktop or small homelab to the enterprise linux server environment?
Especially starting out showing that you're trying to learn on your own, because you want to, is huge. I got into IT by having my homelab and just chatting a bit about what I've been looking into and running on it. Being able to tick the boxes is good where you can but from my own experience, just shoot for it if you think you're kinda close. I definitely overestimated what would be needed for the day to day getting started, just needed a lot of filling in the blanks and some shifts in what I was working on at home to learn more about it.
This is an aspect of life that sometimes is neglected. Having the skills to conduct a good interview is truly helpful. Hopefully you'll post the rest of the videos.
This was a great video, thank you! More of this! I am working my way through your command line and crash course playlists in combination with other resources. I’m wanting to break into a career but I’m in my mid-late 30’s and it is intimidating. I think a good video would be to talk about how to get some experience and how to land one’s first job. Maybe even cover some potential interview questions and how we could demonstrate our knowledge and passion. Thank you again!
YES! I started self hosting with Minecraft and plex, headless on raspberry pi, and through learning the process to kind of ‘optimize’ my servers, I started running it on an old Mac Pro with proxmox. I got addicted, and decided to transition careers from owning a construction business. The first job and experience hurdle is killing me! I’d love to get more content on the subjects mentioned above. I am in my early mid 30’s
I am also on my mid 30's. My first Linux distribution was Mandriva Linux. I did it all for fun back in those days. Now I want to do it professionally. I am an opera singer. I will not change profession, I will just add a skill and a job to my life. Hope you the very best! God Bless!
I have problems evaluating my skills for almost every job offer . Sometimes job descriptions are so intimidated. There are so many requirements. Now I understand why. It will be much easier to apply for my dream job. LearnLinuxTV doing great job, thanks!
I'm trying to transition to a tech career from a chemistry background. Been learning Linux during the great virus and feel like I've learned a lot and am pretty good with plenty of things but still need to look up things. I was wondering what would be ideal to look for in a starting job.
I have been working as a chemical engineer for 9 years and now plan to career change. I have always used Linux on my personal computer for more than 15 years and it helped me a lot for learning programming.
I feel like I'm at a point in my career where I am looking for a challenge and something new, this means many job applications have things listed that I don't know but I am still going to apply because I would definitely like to learn some of them. Thanks for this informative video
loved your content, I recenlty applied for an IT admin job, where my actual experience laied as an IT admin assisstant, so the interviwer asked me quastions about commands in linux and I didnt know them, where i mention I have an idea but ive been away from the IT community, finally I closed the interview saying ''I am willing to work for you guys for free, as long as you see i am fit, I am really hungry for experience and learning', I know it sounded desperate but it happened that way, it felt like an eye opener that I should get my skills straight with linux atleast, I doubt that they will get back at me but anyways I gonna learn linux now
I wish all managers were thinking like you Jay. I'm a very passionate engineer and I have been looking for a job for more than 10 months and I had a lot of interviews but I hardly saw (only two or three managers out of at least 30 interviews!) were looking the same way you think. Most Managers these days have only technical skills or have long-term experience in the same company and become managers, but no management knowledge or experience at all.
Thanks for your insights, Jay. I am planning a quite drastic lateral career move into the IT industry and I have chosen the Linux Sysadmin role as an entry point, because I discovered my passion for Linux during my many IT rabbit holes I chased down over the last couple of years. Your advice is very valuable. Just bought your new book and I love it. Keep up the great work!
I have 3 years of experience in System Integration i.e. building a server from scratch, testing the server, installing the OS and server configuration & troubleshooting. I'm a Red Hat Certified Engineer and continuously learning Linux in-depth everyday. Unfortunately, when I'm applying for new roles (Systems Admin, System Engineer, Linux Engineer) I'm not even getting a single call. I'm scared to apply for new positions because of the requirements that a company need. I feel like it's worthless doing some great certifications like RHCE. Whenever I apply for Fulltime job I get a reply as "Hiring team decided to consider another candidate". I feel more disappointed every day btw, I have visa restrictions to work in the US (H1B).
Most of openings in current IT job market are for senior positions. Starter positions are very rare and usually offer min wage, which is not something to consider if you are already established in non-IT field and just want a career change.
I am enjoying the one command in depth series I must say, its better for me than a 3 hour video or something. I just don't have time to watch much over an hour long vids as I once did. Especially in tech, noone will ever have all the requirements.
Hiring managers have lost a lot of good candidates because they ask for everything, the kitchen sink, the contents of your refrigerator, and your first born. Most of the time the person putting together the job requirements doesn't have any idea what the job really requires.
Yes, you should since 90% of the requirements are fluff made up by HR. They're not looking for an omniscient person with 80 years experience like they make it seem. Even with senior level positions sometimes they'd prefer hiring a couple of juniors for that one position.
The HR department is the idiot in the job ad writing process. In the past I've seen ads wanting network admins with Novell CNEs to admin Microsoft server networks, or vice-versa, or asking for ten years experience in a technology that's only three years old. HR people should be forced to research/familiarize themselves with what they're talking about before they write a word.
Honestly, HR will f things up at every opportunity. I would write job descriptions for developer positions in my group, pass them to HR for the posting, then once it's out in the wild I'd read some fictional account of what I had asked for. They completely rewrote everything "to our standards (!)" and removed all the important content (You need a Python dev? No! C++ is better), not once but many times. I just got sick of it and did my own recruiting after a while and sent good candidates to HR so they could send them back to me.
@@d00dEEE I've been hired the same way. Manager wanted someone for a specific task. Some one I met once remembered me and reached out. Job role and HR listing were two different things. Craziness how companies function.
Thanks for this video ! Linux is passion thing and most of time maybe because of our bill like u said you get in without growing opportunities for us ....for we beginners I think after watch you that we must put or follow our passion first
There are many job openings for embedded Linux. From what I have read Raspberry PI is only the beginning of this huge domain. Many employers want expertise with the ultra lower level hardware/software than a PI. Have you thought of doing a tutorial using BuildRoot and Yocto with low level hardware? And where to purchase a learner kit for each level of embeddedness.
A course going from zero to hero as a Linux sys admin would be incredible! Also, more of these job videos would be awesome. I am trying to transition from construction to systems administrator or devops (at some point) and I am in my mid 30’s with a stay at home wife and 6 kids. Making this transition is tricky, and frustrating, so far. I’ve supposedly passed the interview with flying colors, 3 times now, and been passed up for someone that just has a little bit of experience.
If you like I can help you, I can introduce you to a school that can do that for you, a control environment with slow steady learning. They also help with you internship.
My personal experience withing with corporate companies; sometimes the job listing and what they actually will do are not the same. HR likely hasn't even stepped foot on the floor, and incompetent lower level bosses are out of touch with their employees. They just say things to make themselves look good. Apply anyways and ask plenty of questions during the interview. Reverse the role. You interview them.
Good video, but if a position lists 10 things they want and 2 or 3 are critical they should have a Required and Preferred to prevent people wasting time. Hiring in general these days is often a very broken process with the hiring departments so far removed the positions they just add a bunch of buzzwords or hot-skills and waste everyone's time. I agree the passion and willingness to learn is usually more important in the real world but I don't know how to convey that over in an interview or on a resume.
Yeah, that's the mistake I made with my current workplace. It's too small for me to have any room to grow and learn anything. And the truth is, I should've known better and chosen something more challenging, even if the pay was good.
What would you say are top technologies to learn to land a role as devops engineer? I currently work in IT and I am trying to jump into devops, but honestly with so much technologies out there for devops the list looks overwhelming
We tried to hire two candidates both this year and last year. It is/was for PostgreSQL Database Administrator jobs on Linux. Linux scripting was one of the skills requirements. The first candidate was a real disappointment/disaster. He was fired even if his skills on Linux were pretty low. The second one left the company 15 days after being hired. They were both only interested by money. Don't lie on your resume and don't copy/paste what you read on the Web. Tha'ts the best advise I can share if you have to work with real Linux experts.
You are absolutely correct Jay. I've been a tech hiring manager for over two decades. If you bring a good amount of skill, passion, and integrity to a role, most good hiring teams will want you. Keep learning. Even speak to what you're currently learning and/or recent things you've accomplished. Everyone starts somewhere. God bless.
~ As a RedHat Systems Admin
I would say "Yes...go for it!" They may wanna teach you, the way that they do things. Bonus for you and the company.
You have my dream job. I'm new to IT but I have strong passion for learning Unix/Linux systems. I'm studying for RHEL and LPIC -1 right now. Hopefully that's enough to get hired in this industry.
@@RobbieFlores Best of luck on passing the test.
@@RobbieFlores x2 just LPIC-1 for now
Sometimes job listing are a "wish list" or "nice-to-have" but aren't set in stone. In my first IT job interview the IT manager said to me, "We can teach you the tech stuff, but we can't teach you to have a passion for it." Well, I definitely have the passion for it and I am still with that company after 10 years.
Great video and can't wait to see more on this topic.
As a current windows admin I want to jump ship completely to Linux admin and was wondering about this question for a while. Thanks for the great content, you have become my first go to when it comes to Linux keep up the quality content!
Mate, do not underestimate yourself. I am an infrastructure engineer but i deal with everything including Linux. You will find your favourite role you fit in definitely. It just takes time.
Cool, what are you currently doing to make a switch to Linux?
Hey man! Let us know when you succeed. Good luck :)
@@amitmehra1922 Hey man. If you are non IT guy I highly recommend doing RHCSA course, for example on Udemy, first. RHCSE is a higher level certification than RHCSA, therefore it might be not for you. Of course cloud AWS is highly demanded on the market and therefore it's good to learn it, but start with Certified Solution Engineer - Associate level. You will learn about it's services, how to utilize them etc. Terraform you will need to learn later after acquiring enough Cloud knowledge. Just take small steps, one topic at a time, so you won't get overwhelmed by the amount of things to learn and you will do alright. Also, it's quite good to get a job in IT. The easiest to get is obviously helpdesk, however if you go that way, try to not get comfortable there. Do not stay there for too long and try to push it to Junior Linux Admin or L2 Support Linux.
At least that's what I did, currently being Linux Admin + Cloud/L2 and I am quite enjoying this job. Good luck!
Currently in a VMware admin role I guess the cli for the ESXi hosts are kind of Linux??? Anyways I got Linux + certified turned my home lab to Linux and interested to go for red hat even if I am not a true linux admin yet.
I remember my professor was telling the same thing “just apply what do YOU have to lose” after I graduated and got my degree it took 2 months before I got an interview job I never got discouraged because all it takes is one company to take a chance on you
Great information, thank you. I am interested in pursuing a career in Linux but most of my background right now is in unrelated areas. I am working as a JavaScript programmer, but I do want to move more into DevOps I think, because Linux is something I'm really passionate about. So, definitely interested in more videos like this!
I would love to see more videos about making Linux a career! Perhaps a video explaining what to expect going from running a linux desktop or small homelab to the enterprise linux server environment?
Especially starting out showing that you're trying to learn on your own, because you want to, is huge. I got into IT by having my homelab and just chatting a bit about what I've been looking into and running on it. Being able to tick the boxes is good where you can but from my own experience, just shoot for it if you think you're kinda close. I definitely overestimated what would be needed for the day to day getting started, just needed a lot of filling in the blanks and some shifts in what I was working on at home to learn more about it.
These were actually very encouraging words! 🙏
This is an aspect of life that sometimes is neglected. Having the skills to conduct a good interview is truly helpful. Hopefully you'll post the rest of the videos.
This was a great video, thank you! More of this! I am working my way through your command line and crash course playlists in combination with other resources. I’m wanting to break into a career but I’m in my mid-late 30’s and it is intimidating. I think a good video would be to talk about how to get some experience and how to land one’s first job. Maybe even cover some potential interview questions and how we could demonstrate our knowledge and passion. Thank you again!
YES! I started self hosting with Minecraft and plex, headless on raspberry pi, and through learning the process to kind of ‘optimize’ my servers, I started running it on an old Mac Pro with proxmox. I got addicted, and decided to transition careers from owning a construction business. The first job and experience hurdle is killing me! I’d love to get more content on the subjects mentioned above. I am in my early mid 30’s
Issue I ran into years ago was having no degree. I got a degree, and then the excuse was no experience. Catch 22.
I am also on my mid 30's. My first Linux distribution was Mandriva Linux. I did it all for fun back in those days. Now I want to do it professionally. I am an opera singer. I will not change profession, I will just add a skill and a job to my life. Hope you the very best! God Bless!
I am 64 years old, but I am full of fire. I have been into programming since I was 55. If this is interesting, then what can stop...
I have problems evaluating my skills for almost every job offer . Sometimes job descriptions are so intimidated. There are so many requirements. Now I understand why. It will be much easier to apply for my dream job. LearnLinuxTV doing great job, thanks!
I'm trying to transition to a tech career from a chemistry background. Been learning Linux during the great virus and feel like I've learned a lot and am pretty good with plenty of things but still need to look up things. I was wondering what would be ideal to look for in a starting job.
I have been working as a chemical engineer for 9 years and now plan to career change. I have always used Linux on my personal computer for more than 15 years and it helped me a lot for learning programming.
Good luck I'm sure your gonna make it. Some year ago I had very basic linux skill, now I'm ready to switch job to gain more Linux skills
I feel like I'm at a point in my career where I am looking for a challenge and something new, this means many job applications have things listed that I don't know but I am still going to apply because I would definitely like to learn some of them. Thanks for this informative video
loved your content, I recenlty applied for an IT admin job, where my actual experience laied as an IT admin assisstant, so the interviwer asked me quastions about commands in linux and I didnt know them, where i mention I have an idea but ive been away from the IT community, finally I closed the interview saying ''I am willing to work for you guys for free, as long as you see i am fit, I am really hungry for experience and learning', I know it sounded desperate but it happened that way, it felt like an eye opener that I should get my skills straight with linux atleast, I doubt that they will get back at me but anyways I gonna learn linux now
I love this video, and definitely want more like that.thank you for the GREAT tutorial that you made.
I wish all managers were thinking like you Jay. I'm a very passionate engineer and I have been looking for a job for more than 10 months and I had a lot of interviews but I hardly saw (only two or three managers out of at least 30 interviews!) were looking the same way you think. Most Managers these days have only technical skills or have long-term experience in the same company and become managers, but no management knowledge or experience at all.
Yes, I would appreciate more career related videos.
Thank you!
Thanks for your insights, Jay. I am planning a quite drastic lateral career move into the IT industry and I have chosen the Linux Sysadmin role as an entry point, because I discovered my passion for Linux during my many IT rabbit holes I chased down over the last couple of years. Your advice is very valuable. Just bought your new book and I love it. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for this channel. Keep posting sir. I learned a lot from you.
I have 3 years of experience in System Integration i.e. building a server from scratch, testing the server, installing the OS and server configuration & troubleshooting. I'm a Red Hat Certified Engineer and continuously learning Linux in-depth everyday. Unfortunately, when I'm applying for new roles (Systems Admin, System Engineer, Linux Engineer) I'm not even getting a single call. I'm scared to apply for new positions because of the requirements that a company need. I feel like it's worthless doing some great certifications like RHCE. Whenever I apply for Fulltime job I get a reply as "Hiring team decided to consider another candidate". I feel more disappointed every day btw, I have visa restrictions to work in the US (H1B).
Outstanding content as always! Very informative!!!
Most of openings in current IT job market are for senior positions. Starter positions are very rare and usually offer min wage, which is not something to consider if you are already established in non-IT field and just want a career change.
That's okey, just get a 6months Linux System Administrator then the doors will okey for you, more money offer and more tech you can potentially learn.
I am enjoying the one command in depth series I must say, its better for me than a 3 hour video or something. I just don't have time to watch much over an hour long vids as I once did.
Especially in tech, noone will ever have all the requirements.
Hiring managers have lost a lot of good candidates because they ask for everything, the kitchen sink, the contents of your refrigerator, and your first born. Most of the time the person putting together the job requirements doesn't have any idea what the job really requires.
Really good video. There should always be a passion to learn something new that's how one can enjoy their career.
Yes, you should since 90% of the requirements are fluff made up by HR. They're not looking for an omniscient person with 80 years experience like they make it seem. Even with senior level positions sometimes they'd prefer hiring a couple of juniors for that one position.
The HR department is the idiot in the job ad writing process. In the past I've seen ads wanting network admins with Novell CNEs to admin Microsoft server networks, or vice-versa, or asking for ten years experience in a technology that's only three years old. HR people should be forced to research/familiarize themselves with what they're talking about before they write a word.
Honestly, HR will f things up at every opportunity. I would write job descriptions for developer positions in my group, pass them to HR for the posting, then once it's out in the wild I'd read some fictional account of what I had asked for. They completely rewrote everything "to our standards (!)" and removed all the important content (You need a Python dev? No! C++ is better), not once but many times. I just got sick of it and did my own recruiting after a while and sent good candidates to HR so they could send them back to me.
@@d00dEEE I've been hired the same way. Manager wanted someone for a specific task. Some one I met once remembered me and reached out. Job role and HR listing were two different things. Craziness how companies function.
Thanks for this video ! Linux is passion thing and most of time maybe because of our bill like u said you get in without growing opportunities for us ....for we beginners I think after watch you that we must put or follow our passion first
Love the fact your Mycroft ai also crashes randomly on volume changes !
thank you for your videos ! Your courses are very helpful and understandable :). Greetings from Poland!
There are many job openings for embedded Linux. From what I have read Raspberry PI is only the beginning of this huge domain. Many employers want expertise with the ultra lower level hardware/software than a PI. Have you thought of doing a tutorial using BuildRoot and Yocto with low level hardware? And where to purchase a learner kit for each level of embeddedness.
A course going from zero to hero as a Linux sys admin would be incredible! Also, more of these job videos would be awesome. I am trying to transition from construction to systems administrator or devops (at some point) and I am in my mid 30’s with a stay at home wife and 6 kids. Making this transition is tricky, and frustrating, so far. I’ve supposedly passed the interview with flying colors, 3 times now, and been passed up for someone that just has a little bit of experience.
If you like I can help you, I can introduce you to a school that can do that for you, a control environment with slow steady learning. They also help with you internship.
Keep it up! It takes time and effort
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My personal experience withing with corporate companies; sometimes the job listing and what they actually will do are not the same. HR likely hasn't even stepped foot on the floor, and incompetent lower level bosses are out of touch with their employees. They just say things to make themselves look good. Apply anyways and ask plenty of questions during the interview. Reverse the role. You interview them.
Really enjoyed this format
Great Video, love to see more..Inspiring information.
Sir I am from India and I like to your explanation all these things ..I am new your subscriber 😊
Man, you know, i learn not only Linux with your videos but English as well. You'd be a good teacher if you wanted to change your occupation))))
words of wisdom!
Good video, but if a position lists 10 things they want and 2 or 3 are critical they should have a Required and Preferred to prevent people wasting time. Hiring in general these days is often a very broken process with the hiring departments so far removed the positions they just add a bunch of buzzwords or hot-skills and waste everyone's time.
I agree the passion and willingness to learn is usually more important in the real world but I don't know how to convey that over in an interview or on a resume.
Yeah, that's the mistake I made with my current workplace. It's too small for me to have any room to grow and learn anything. And the truth is, I should've known better and chosen something more challenging, even if the pay was good.
What would you say are top technologies to learn to land a role as devops engineer? I currently work in IT and I am trying to jump into devops, but honestly with so much technologies out there for devops the list looks overwhelming
Do I need a college degree to get a job in linux?
Never hurts to try,or dye triun
4:35 facts!
I want to say THANK YOU once again. I really enjoy ur pronounciation as a not english speaking person. You do a fantastic job!
Thank you so much it was so easy ❤
Thanks Jay! keep it up!
please make it series
Absolutely great video
continue this series please thanks.
Where can i get that robot on your SYS76 desktop?
Great video, thank you for your view.
this is superb advice sir, i am looking for jobs, i am a very passionate guy but i lack college degree, i hope i make it in this world!
Wise advice. Thanks
Thanks, Jay.
good video, thank you :)
This is awesome 👍
12:00 kubernetes!
Hi I do not have a degree, can I work as a Linux sys admin with certification ?
Hell yea brother do you
great video. Keep it up
dis is good, plz make more...
Awesome content
Good Stuff!
Another point is that women generally don't apply unless they meet all requirements, but men will. This is something job posters should keep in mind.
Apply for everything. The worst they can say is "No".
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This tile just a bait for a click and donations. Wasting time. Misleading title and wasting people time
We tried to hire two candidates both this year and last year. It is/was for PostgreSQL Database Administrator jobs on Linux. Linux scripting was one of the skills requirements. The first candidate was a real disappointment/disaster. He was fired even if his skills on Linux were pretty low. The second one left the company 15 days after being hired. They were both only interested by money. Don't lie on your resume and don't copy/paste what you read on the Web. Tha'ts the best advise I can share if you have to work with real Linux experts.