how to get a role in storage with no experience ?

[rugbeater]

Any ideas ?

Are these storage roles a case of being promoted within a company and learn from there ?

[Agent]

Worth a look - Big Yellow Self Storage – Careers at Big Yellow

[rugbeater]

Worth a look - Big Yellow Self Storage – Careers at Big Yellow

[LondonManc]

Unfortunately Agent was being serious. He's already been endorsed on LinkedIn for Storage expertise

[Agent]

Sorry, I couldn't resist

On a serious note, do you have zero experience or trying to move from another role?

[LondonManc]

Any ideas ?

Are these storage roles a case of being promoted within a company and learn from there ?

Ask within the company. Like most things in life, show an interest in it and you might get lucky with a mentor waiting there for a willing student.

[stek]

Any ideas ?

Are these storage roles a case of being promoted within a company and learn from there ?

Storage is a piece of piss, one of the more over-hyped 'skills'. Sorry storage guys....

Get on eBay, buy a few cheap servers, some fibre cards, a Brocade SAN switch, an old IBM DS3400 or something, and do some zoning and masking, create some LUNs, present them, stick on CV....

[northernladuk]

You are highly unlikely to get any gig with no experience. Clients use contractors to bring expertise in, not to train them so you'll be wasting your time and theirs by applying. It is possible to change some roles while in contract but a brand new technology skill is unlikely.

[Bee]

You are highly unlikely to get any gig with no experience. Clients use contractors to bring expertise in, not to train them so you'll be wasting your time and theirs by applying. It is possible to change some roles while in contract but a brand new technology skill is unlikely.

Unfortunately it's true.

[Lance]

Storage is a piece of piss, one of the more over-hyped 'skills'. Sorry storage guys....

Get on eBay, buy a few cheap servers, some fibre cards, a Brocade SAN switch, an old IBM DS3400 or something, and do some zoning and masking, create some LUNs, present them, stick on CV....

Then get a book on 3PAR.
You sell yourself with 'experience' in the outdated hardware mentioned above, then get a basic 3PAR qualification. Now you're a storage expert. And be careful when you get your first gig that you don't get found out in the first month.