Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by celticninja » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 11:28 AM UTC

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…

Nope. I got my first trainee developer role at 37/38. 4 years later and I earn double what I did before I started being a developer and there is pretty much zero chance of me getting that much more in my old role, definitely not in 4 years.

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

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Post by whoknew1122 » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 11:31 AM UTC

Good stuff. Thanks for all the effort you've put into it.

One suggestion: Make it more obvious that the courses are on GitHub.

I make a point to avoid reddit as much as possible, which means I don't know how to interact with reddit's interface. When I tried to view the course via reddit, I had a lot of trouble locating the actual lessons. They were out of order, and I had to shift through other users' threats ('I missed day X!' 'Here's my journal on my progress...').

Honestly, had I not randomly clicked on the GitHub repo, I would've moved onto something else. I'm glad I didn't, but yeah... pushing people onto reddit limits your audience.

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

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Post by snori74 » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 11:43 AM UTC

whoknew1122 wrote: post #42

Good stuff. Thanks for all the effort you've put into it. One suggestion: Make it more obvious that the courses are on GitHub. I make a point to avoid reddit as much as possible, which means I don't know how to interact with reddit's interface. When I tried to view the course via reddit, I had a lot of trouble locating the actual lessons. They were out of order, and I had to shift through other users' threats ('I mis…

Thanks, and I appreciate your comment. Things do get a little messy, but overall I've been happy with Reddit as a platform - once I figured out to pin a big FAQ ("How This Works") posting. Noone seems to read the sidebar :-(

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

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Post by manjana » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 11:48 AM UTC

Great work! Was hoping though that you could view the course from the landing page - have you considered moving the course to a simple static website where it could be browsed like www.domain.com/day1/ or something similar?

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

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Post by washadjeffmad » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 12:05 PM UTC

snori74 wrote: post #43

whoknew1122 wrote: post #42

Good stuff. Thanks for all the effort you've put into it. One suggestion: Make it more obvious that the courses are on GitHub. I make a point to avoid reddit as much as possible, which means I don't know how to interact with reddit's interface. When I tried to view the course via reddit, I had a lot of trouble locating the actual lessons. They were out of order, and I had to shift through other users' threats ('I mis…

Thanks, and I appreciate your comment. Things do get a little messy, but overall I've been happy with Reddit as a platform - once I figured out to pin a big FAQ ("How This Works") posting. Noone seems to read the sidebar :-(

The sidebar might not be loading for everyone. Mine doesn't unless I browse old.reddit.com on a computer, for some reason.

Reddit also cripples their mobile experience on web, so unless your audience is existing redditors on computers or with the app, they're likely getting a poorer or more inconsistent experience than you see.

Thanks for the great work, I hope to revisit it without the hurdles someday.

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

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Post by Anon4Now » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 1:10 PM UTC

Hi Steve. I took your original course 8 years ago. I wasn't aiming for a sys admin career - just wanted to be comfortable maintaining a server for my site. It worked well for that.

I emailed you a few times, and you seemed like a genuinely nice guy. I just wanted to chime in and say thanks and wish you the best of luck for both your health and the legacy of this project.

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

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Post by istjohn » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 1:32 PM UTC

Thanks for putting this out there. As an amateur developer who has picked up just enough linux skills to get by over the years, this looks like a great way to fill in some of the gaps in my knowledge without getting too deep in the weeds.

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

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Post by anoviceuser » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 1:57 PM UTC

Thanks Steve for sharing this. I am sorry to hear about your condition. I am sure as you survived Big C, you will survive the small C as well. Take care and thanks.

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

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Post by luzer7 » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 2:36 PM UTC

Thanks for this.

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

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Post by lazyant » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 2:44 PM UTC

Thank you for your work. Can I suggest to add a ToC? (I know this is framed as a daily challenge but it will help to see contents at a glance, even naming the chapters).