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We have 2 presentations this month from Stephen Partington and der.hans


Stephen Partington: My experiences with SSD and LVM-Cache

A discussion and presentation of my recent experiences with setting up a home server with SSD+HDD and Joining the two with LVM-Cache

Stephen is currently a System Engineer with Pearson North America he has worked in the IT industry since 1995. Performing job roles from call center technical support to Multi-Platform It services. His first Linux experiences were with Redhat 6 (Pre Fedora). And while he has never been able to have a 100% Linux oriented job he has had Linux servers in just about every one of them and frequently has had a Linux server running at home for various projects. Technology interests Range from computer desktop and mobile technology to storage and virtualization and networking.


der.hans: Resume Writing for Tech

cat /usr/share/dict/tech-jargon | sort --random-sort | head -$(( 128000 / RANDOM )) | generate_job_description >tech_job.html

1% unemployment in Free Software roles, yet recruiters still put down a laundry list of tech jargon rather than looking for smart people who can get the job done.

Avoid some tech resume myths to get past HR to talk to the hiring manager.

Get tips on resume writing for tech job.

Biography:
der.hans is the founder of the Free Software Stammtisch, chairman for the Phoenix Linux Users Group and a repeat speaker at SCaLE. He has vast experience in a variety of roles in software engineering and system administration including sysadmin, instructor, developer, DBA and IT manager.

In his free time he likes to camp, learn about sustainable culture and annually not set himself on fire.