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    breaking into the 'enterprise'

    no, i dont mean the space ship that flys around with Capt. Kirk... but i mean the large mega company. and by 'breaking into' i dont mean cracking into or taking a crow bar to their front door or computer systems.

    the most linux servers in a company that i have admin'd was about a dozen.. not counting VMs and windows servers. in the 5 years ive tinkered with linux i think ive got a good amount of knowledge in this field, but i have a feeling that i would be at a big disadvatage if i ever applied to a large enterprise for a job because of my lack of experience in such an environment. moreover, i think some of these businesses lack an understanding on linux and opensource in general... for example, ive seen job postings asking for 5-10 years of enterprise grade linux experience... last i checked linux only was noticed by the enterprise a few years ago.

    sure, i can always try landing entry level jobs at some big companies, but i might end up getting less than i make now... and thats not acceptable right now. im comfy with my job, but i was just wondering what things were like on the other side.

    any thoughts or ideas? thanks

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    send out lots of resumes and keep your fingers crossed, worked for me and it only took 3 years

  3. #3
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    Take your chances, pretend you have the experience and "fake it till you make it".
    $whatis microsoft
    microsoft: nothing appropriate

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