Unix Jobs

[Ho'ala Greevy]

howzit Charles, welcome back!  I too am a '94 grad (McKinley) who returned
home last March after leaving my position as a sys admin for Critical Path
(email firm) in San Francisco.  couldn't find any sort of job here, so i
started a business instead.  

at any rate, from what i've experienced since being back, dusty's right-
the majority of unix game in town is thru the military and feds.  a few
weeks back i learned they represent the second biggest industry in the
state, spending some $8 billion in 2000 alone.  not trying to sway your
opinion or anything of the sort, but i thought it was an interesting note.

dusty broke it down with the contacts, they look like a good place to
start.

good luck,
Ho'ala



On Thu, 2 Aug 2001 epsas at inflicted.net wrote:

> Dear Luau'ers,
> 
> Does anyone know of a company that is hiring Unix programmers or
> systems administrators- or, just as good, a resource to find Unix work
> in Hawaii?  Dice seems to come up empty handed (save for a sysadmin
> position that requires 5 years of Solaris experience, versus my 3,
> I'll see how that turns out)- and the Hawaiian job sites were just as
> much of a help.
> 
> I moved to back to Hawaii last month from San Francisco (I graduated
> HS here in 94'), where I was working with a Unix Consulting firm.  
> Everything was going fine, until the point when the stock market
> imploded, the dot-coms crashed, and with it my consulting firm's
> client base.  I was laid off with a letter of recomendation and a
> severence check - I then decided to head back to Hawaii to find a
> living.  From what I've been reading, I'm not the only person whose
> come back to Hawaii from Silicon Valley.
> 
> What I've found is that I'm either way overqualified for the positions
> available (not hubris, I've been systems lead on networks comprised of
> over 120 production servers) or the position involves schlepping for
> the military, which I am not particularly interested in.
> 
> But... I'll persevere - and I won't be ashamed to aim my sights low,
> in recognition of the current market for Unix geeks in Hawaii.
> 
> And... if all else fails...  I'm a good cook!
> 
> 
> Aloha,
> Charles
> 
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