<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Salary isn't everything, most of the people I would put in your basket are interested in flexibility too. That's the main reason I haven't moved.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"> The struggle with Azure is that it's new to MS folks too, i have spent the day getting an ASAv running and in turn trying to understand the mechanics of Routing inside vNET's (UDR, BGP and system routes). The MS solutions guys in the US couldn't help us. I've now sent my work off to them for peer review. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">It's hard to learn when there are only a few people to bounce your ideas off and burn time with.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>Sent from my Motorola mr1</div><div><br>On 12/05/2016, at 10:37 AM, Skeeve Stevens <<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com">skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Most people are having trouble at the moment.<div><br></div><div>It is an interesting time that I've spoken about at Commsday events, talking about the void of skills in certain areas:</div><div><br></div><div>- Cloud specialisation and experience (AWS, Azure, Google Compute)</div><div>- DevOps skills - Ansible, Puppet, Chef - with deployment experience</div><div>- Network (Cisco/Juniper/etc) + Linux + NetDevOps experience</div><div>- Anyone with actual experience on SDN</div><div>- IoT infrastructure experience - even using the AWS/Azure tools</div><div>- Languages like Golang</div><div><br></div><div>It isn't that the people don't exist, they are just extremely rare right now with most Network Engineers not having started, or only just starting their DevOps journey.</div><div><br></div><div>Employers are aware of the need... but there is no pool of available talent for the number of jobs out there. I've been doing some consulting for a couple of tech recruitment firms advising them how to talk to their customers about the need to take someone with 'certain' skills and grow them in the right direction as opposed to pre-built people with experience.</div><div><br></div><div>Right now I've seen jobs posted, and literally zero applications for 100k jobs. I think we're in a new era where the certification market hasn't entered yet, so there is no body of even offshore resource pool with the right skills.</div><div><br></div><div>Those who re/up skill now will be the most valuable in the market... especially good network engineers who learn Linux and how to code... that is gold.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br>...Skeeve</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">Skeeve Stevens - Founder & The Architect</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px"> - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd</span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">Email: </span><a href="mailto:skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px" target="_blank">skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com</a><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px"> ; Web: </span><a href="http://eintellegonetworks.com/" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px" target="_blank">eintellegonetworks.com</a></div><div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px;margin:0px">Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; S<a>kype: skeeve ; </a>LinkedIn: <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/skeeve" target="_blank">/in/skeeve</a> ; Expert360: <a href="https://expert360.com/profile/d54a9" target="_blank">Profile</a> ; Keybase: <a href="https://keybase.io/skeeve" target="_blank">https://keybase.io/skeeve</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Cameron Murray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.murray@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.murray@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Guys,<div><br></div><div>Looking for recommendations for recruiters in Brisbane who have experience placing candidates for a MSP role.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently we have 4 - 5 roles and having a difficult time filling the positions.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Cameron</div></font></span></div>
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