Hi everyone,
Please be nice, it's my first time
Now the bad news is that due to circumstances beyond my control, I was forced into contracting. The good news is that I have more than doubled my take home. It's pretty awesome to take home the large sums of cash
The bad news is that my contract is a fixed term 3 months. It has been drilled into me at every opportunity that it is only 3 months
Now my specialisation is Unix, Linux and virtualisation. I have done 3rd line/Senior engineer/Large VM project implementation for the last few years. Virtualisation, Linux (part RH certified, working towards RHCE), Unix and high end (HDS and EMC) SAN storage. I can do Windows if required I am a Linux geek through and through.
Now after having tasted the good life, I am looking on the horizon to see whats around for after this contract. Problem is the Windows jobs seem to outnumber Linux by at least fifty to one.
So I basically guess my question is, should I continue down my specialisation route that I enjoy or diversify into Exchange for example.
I get 5 times the offers for Windows 3rd line than I do for Linux but the Windows sides are only offering 2/3rds the money of the Unix work.
What I don't want to be doing is being stuck in a low end £15-20 an hour contract, ie increase my worth, not decrease it.
I am going to put aside perhaps 3K for a nice course The other side of it is, should I look at doing ITIL practictioner or similar.
What would people advise, esp the Linux people. Should I for example, get the RHCE and perhaps CCNA or Exchange and Windows side (I have no Windows certs that are valid any more, even though I use the tech) Or do an ITIL practitioner as it seems to be a very popular requirement these days!
Regards
me
Please be nice, it's my first time
Now the bad news is that due to circumstances beyond my control, I was forced into contracting. The good news is that I have more than doubled my take home. It's pretty awesome to take home the large sums of cash
The bad news is that my contract is a fixed term 3 months. It has been drilled into me at every opportunity that it is only 3 months
Now my specialisation is Unix, Linux and virtualisation. I have done 3rd line/Senior engineer/Large VM project implementation for the last few years. Virtualisation, Linux (part RH certified, working towards RHCE), Unix and high end (HDS and EMC) SAN storage. I can do Windows if required
I am a Linux geek through and through.Now after having tasted the good life, I am looking on the horizon to see whats around for after this contract. Problem is the Windows jobs seem to outnumber Linux by at least fifty to one.
So I basically guess my question is, should I continue down my specialisation route that I enjoy or diversify into Exchange for example.
I get 5 times the offers for Windows 3rd line than I do for Linux but the Windows sides are only offering 2/3rds the money of the Unix work.
What I don't want to be doing is being stuck in a low end £15-20 an hour contract, ie increase my worth, not decrease it.
I am going to put aside perhaps 3K for a nice course
The other side of it is, should I look at doing ITIL practictioner or similar.What would people advise, esp the Linux people. Should I for example, get the RHCE and perhaps CCNA or Exchange and Windows side (I have no Windows certs that are valid any more, even though I use the tech) Or do an ITIL practitioner as it seems to be a very popular requirement these days!
Regards
me
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