Blog 7: Job Heaven

A Career with Linux

From CA to ID, TN to FL, there are Linux jobs up the wazoo! But choosing which one is right for you is what it comes down to. The salary in this field is great, no matter which job title you choose. According to www.indeed.com, salary estimates range from $50,000 on the low end to $130,000 on the high. The good pay is just the icing on the cake. Location is everything when you go to work for someone, and doing a career in Linux gives you locations to choose from considered the “cream of the crop.” From San Francisco to San Diego, you could be working in highly cultural, to summer year round—nothing wrong with a job location like that. 

At Linux.com, they state that “Linux professionals are the fastest growing job category in the IT world.” Not bad for an entry level job outlook. Browsing through job options at www.jobs.linux.com, system administrator comes up at the top of the list. The best part is that some of the employers hiring for these careers are big name companies, such as World Market, based out of New York City and Panasonic, out of Cupertino, CA (home of Apple). 

Another search for “Linux” at www.careerbuilder.com, brought up job categories such as: information technology, engineering, management, design, consultation, professional services, skilled labor – trades, government, legal, etc. The list was very long. The list of employers was just as long as job category, and companies like Intel and IBM were searching for possible job candidates. 

It would seem that the job market is not bleak for those in the land of Linux. If I were to search for a Linux career though, I would do a search through www.usajobs.gov for “Linux” and find that all the jobs listed are government careers that have starting salaries well above those of a civilian outfit. For example, at the Smithsonian Institution in Cambridge, MA, they are hiring for an IT Specialist and the starting salary is at $55,279.00. The job title of IT Specialist comes up many times in the government’s database with locations in MA, NE, VA, IL, MS, UT, MD, TX, CO, MO, AZ, IA, and CA. The salary range is from $50,000 to $90,000, in general, and as a government employee, you would receive excellent benefits and paid vacations. This would not be a bad route to take for a job seeker interested in working in the Linux field while serving their country and receiving an outstanding benefits package. 

All in all, selecting a job in the Linux field is not a hard choice to make considering all of the options available to a Linux job seeker. The starting salary is higher than for most engineers, and the schooling isn’t near as rigorous. The locations available to work and live are very tasteful places to live and the companies hiring are top notch. The job outlook for Linux folk is far greater than any other job out there it would seem—especially in a job market as we are in. A Linux professional couldn’t be in a better field.

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“The only real security that a person can have in the world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” – Henry Ford

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