The CS grads I am forced to interact with are barely literate and terrible at their jobs. I didn’t get lucky – I’m fucking good at what I do. If you let the fear of market forces dictate what you do in this life, you’re just being cowardly.
We cannot hire enough linux professionals fast enough. There just isn’t enough smart linux pros to do the work we need.
Comp Sci is not engineering.
When I graduated university with an art degree I learned Linux and became a system engineer. Ten years later I’m not even close to broke. I’m doing quite well for myself. I taught myself everything I need to know about Linux, bash scripting, ansible, docker, picked up python, some php and JavaScript(node). I’m starting a side hustle selling custom built light fixtures and WLED installs for home construction. Im always working on new pieces to sell and looking for more custom installs.
Save you a click:
➜ dig -t A archive.is @1.1.1.1
; <<>> DiG 9.18.12-0ubuntu0.22.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> -t A archive.is @1.1.1.1
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 910
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
; EDE: 3 (Stale Answer)
; EDE: 22 (No Reachable Authority): (at delegation archive.is.)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;archive.is. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
archive.is. 30 IN A 198.23.187.186
;; Query time: 28 msec
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Fri Sep 01 09:31:23 EDT 2023
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 92
➜ whois $(dig -t A archive.is @1.1.1.1 +short) | grep -P '[Oo]rg.*'
Organization: ColoCrossing (VGS-9)
OrgName: ColoCrossing
OrgId: VGS-9
OrgTechHandle: NETWO882-ARIN
OrgTechName: Network Operations
OrgTechPhone: +1-800-518-9716
OrgTechEmail: support@colocrossing.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NETWO882-ARIN
OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE3246-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-800-518-9716
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@colocrossing.com
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ABUSE3246-ARIN
OrgNOCHandle: NETWO882-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Network Operations
OrgNOCPhone: +1-800-518-9716
OrgNOCEmail: support@colocrossing.com
OrgNOCRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NETWO882-ARIN
Both of those companies make absolute dogshit vehicles anyway so it’s on-brand for them to try and milk profit out of other avenues since reliability is a joke to them.