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

Fri Jan 29 10:37:30 UTC 2016

I'll be closing the poll this evening btw.

Looks like *Tech Support as a Career* is the choice. If anyone would like
to swing the dial of discourse's destiny, now's the time.

Tai

===
Tai Kedzierski

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On 29 January 2016 at 10:29, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:

> Johnny all those topics look great!
>
>
>
> ===
> Tai Kedzierski
>
> Affordable Office IT for Freelance and Startup Businesses
> http://helpuse.com/
>
>   I use www.libreoffice.org
>
> *Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.*
> http://bit.ly/foss-why-care
>
>
> On 29 January 2016 at 00:48, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hey!
>>
>> Don’t let me be misunderstood. I’m all for the basics, and they are
>> definitely _not_ a waste of anyone’s time.  I’m just curious about the
>> knowledge inside Tai’s noggin, and wanted to put in a vote. :)
>>
>> It was suggested I do one on golang, but if that is too much, too soon,
>> here are some more talk ideas concerning Linux usage that I would be
>> comfortable doing (if you ever did want me to):
>>
>> * That’s What She Sed: Regular Expressions
>> * Demonology 101: Debugging Config Issues The Rite Way
>> * Hey Dawg I Heard You Like Kernels: Virtualization with KVM and libvirt
>>
>> Suggestions for talk name changes welcome.
>>
>> Johnny Morrice
>>
>> On 24 Jan 2016, at 16:16, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
>> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>>
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>>> http://bit.ly/foss-why-care
>>>
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