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Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on

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Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on

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Post by reallydontask »

alekq wrote: post #22

Thank you very much for this! I am sorry that I did not know about it sooner. Anyway the question for HN - is it too "late" for a person to consider career change in 33? To clarify, I am not in IT business, my formal education (and job) is in business administration, however with recent and important changes in my private and work life, I am considering to bite the bullet. Initially, I considered back-end development…

We've got a junior devops chap that is in his late 30s and has never worked in IT, so it's possible

Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on

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Post by atmosx »

alekq wrote: post #22

Thank you very much for this! I am sorry that I did not know about it sooner. Anyway the question for HN - is it too "late" for a person to consider career change in 33? To clarify, I am not in IT business, my formal education (and job) is in business administration, however with recent and important changes in my private and work life, I am considering to bite the bullet. Initially, I considered back-end development…

Absolutely not impossible, if you like Linux, etc - go for it!

Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on

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Post by yes_man »

alekq wrote: post #22

Thank you very much for this! I am sorry that I did not know about it sooner. Anyway the question for HN - is it too "late" for a person to consider career change in 33? To clarify, I am not in IT business, my formal education (and job) is in business administration, however with recent and important changes in my private and work life, I am considering to bite the bullet. Initially, I considered back-end development…

You are 33 years old. Consider how long your whole life has lasted since you were born. If you retire at 66, you still have another 33 years of career left. If you enjoy computers you don't need to stop at retirement age either. Plenty time for a career change, go for it :)

Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on

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Post by user_agent »

I'm speechless, @OP. It ceases to amaze me that people who aren't in a position to generate value for others often generate more of thereof than a regular, healthy individual. I'd like this world to be inhabited with more people like you. I know myself how it's like to live with a deliberating illness, so let me just say that I'll be praying for your recovery (and if that's not possible at least less pain and a better "reinstatiation" prospects in the future if a reincarnation is a thing).

It seems that I'm going to make it regarding my health challenges, so I promise to make a good use of the Linux skills that your course is going to help me to systematize. Thank you. I'd not get into tech without what have happened to me. Being forced to be on a "lock-down" for 2,5 years I got myself step by step into an amazing world of technology which with my skills getting more polished made me feel I might be actually able to transcendent my body's limitation. I can only hope that something similar could still happen to you regardless of the discipline involved (I know that there's probably nothing worse than not being able fully commit to one's life).

Take care, buddy.

Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on

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Post by 411111111111111 »

alekq wrote: post #22

Thank you very much for this! I am sorry that I did not know about it sooner. Anyway the question for HN - is it too "late" for a person to consider career change in 33? To clarify, I am not in IT business, my formal education (and job) is in business administration, however with recent and important changes in my private and work life, I am considering to bite the bullet. Initially, I considered back-end development…

Ive started my career as a sysadmin basically and would just like to throw on a tiny remark: inherint to the job is being available 24/7 in case something goes wrong in the live platform. It's not necessarily bad, it's just something you should keep in mind

Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on

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Post by whoknew1122 »

alekq wrote: post #22

Thank you very much for this! I am sorry that I did not know about it sooner. Anyway the question for HN - is it too "late" for a person to consider career change in 33? To clarify, I am not in IT business, my formal education (and job) is in business administration, however with recent and important changes in my private and work life, I am considering to bite the bullet. Initially, I considered back-end development…

I made the decision to change careers into IT when I was 32-ish. Did self-study for a year, and then worked as a junior sysadmin at a SaaS company for a year. Now I work at AWS.

It's definitely doable, and becoming more and more common (at least from the candidates and initiatives I see at AWS).

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