[EdLUG] February's talk (by Tai) - have a say

[Edinburgh Linux Users Group]

Hi Tai

I can't get enough of the basics. I'm still on that steep learning curve
but I understand that most members are highly skilled professionals so I
will understand if they would consider it a waste of their valuable time.

Just my two pence worth.

Bernard

On 23 January 2016 at 18:24, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hello everybody!
>
> For the upcoming February meeting (and March if I'm still sans outside
> speaker), I thought I would put my foot in it a bit.
>
> (If you have some software you really think you would like the world to
> use more, by all means - tell me, and I'll book you in.... ! :-D )
>
> I propose to do a talk myself, but am in a conundrum as to what to choose.
> So I would like you to to give me a weathervane's view of the consensus.
>
> http://doodle.com/poll/zmxfmuaur98trn5x
>
> Please indicate which talk you think I should start with. I propose one of
> three:
>
> === Introduction to Linux (laptops and desktops) ===
>
> I present this as a Linux enthusiast, and one who has converted a few
> users over the past couple of years.
>
> I would go over a lightning history of Linux for newbies, distros, desktop
> environments, VirtualBox usage, installation of Xubuntu and round it out
> with Free Software discussion, LibreOffice, Ogg (with Vorbis and Theora)
> and a quick demo of Trisquel installation.
>
> === Software and CVs ===
>
> I worked at a company that produces CV-processing software for extracting
> information from natural language. My role was integrating it with customer
> candidate databases.
>
> I would go over what a technician's CV should look like for best reading
> both by recruiters and by software; and hope to get a recruiter friend on
> board to cover the recruiter's point of view. (might get pushed to March if
> sufficient interest, to be able to onboard both a recuirter and potentially
> a person from this company. No promises.)
>
> === Tech Support As A Career (TSaaC??) ===
> --- and where go from there ---
>
> Some tech support jobs are more equal than others - and more prestigious.
>
> I built my career accidentally around tech support and through it have
> been able to experience a wide variety of technology, made friends with
> very intelligent people and all-in-all, continue to have a great time!
>
> I would talk about the different types of tech support outfits; my (very
> personal) perception of pay scales; which types offer good prospects of
> progression to development and engineering; and what you can expect from a
> career in Tech Support.
>
>
>
> I intended to do each of these talks at some point this year, to fill in
> gaps where I have not found persons to speak, after a long run of socials.
>
>
> Vote with your mice (mouses??) and let me know before the month is over!
>
> Yours openly,
>
> Tai
>
>
> ===
> Tai Kedzierski
>
>
>   I use www.libreoffice.org
>
> *Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.*
> http://bit.ly/foss-why-care
>
>
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