[AusNOG] Off Topic - Brisbane recruitment recommendations

[Thomas Cuthbert]

>
> ​
> I’ve almost concluded that if you want a career in this space, at the
> moment, it’ll be up to you to find a niche position that suits your skill
> set.

 ​
Or relocate to where companies require talent over COTS tools. Which as has
been the theme to my career progression over the last 3 years.


Regards,

Thomas Cuthbert


On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Exactly, DevOps is a different slant on the modern “infrastructure as
> code” idea when compared to “NetOps”. Although a new and hardly used term,
> NetOps is probably the best description of the specialised knowledge that
> comes with networks and automating them. There are plenty of people talking
> about NetOps but few job adverts asking for it.
>
> I’ve almost concluded that if you want a career in this space, at the
> moment, it’ll be up to you to find a niche position that suits your skill
> set.
>
> - Tim
>
> On 16 May 2016, at 9:34 AM, Will Dowling <will at autodeist.com> wrote:
>
> Although this appears to have gone off on a tangent, to bring it back to
> Cameron's original question: Where is the best place to get a consensus on
> the state of the industry with regard to this particular skill set?
>
>
> +1 from someone who considers himself someone with this skill set and is
> confused by the market :(
>
> Unless you’re working with a big enough content provider (e.g.: Googles’
> “Network Systems Engineer” positions mentioned as AusNOG), people are
> probably hiring this as “DevOps” with all the pain that comes along with a
> buzzword title.
>
> NoOps is the latest one, though I haven’t seen any jobs in AU for this yet
> - but is probably more targeted towards consumers of networks than anyone
> on this list.
>
> Otherwise (and more often than not) it sounds like personal connections
> are still king for this space.
>
> Forget it if you’re looking to be in the architecture/design/leadership
> side of this (and even more if you’re based in WA).
>
> Happy to be proven wrong :)
>
>
> Will Dowling
>
> E: will at autodeist.com
>
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