[PLUG] Searching for work in Portland remotely...

[m***@robinson-west.com]

I am a Portland State University graduate in computer science trapped in Rochester, Minnesota without work.

I've been in this situation for six months now and am facing the end of unemployment benefits.

Searching for work in Portland remotely, hard. Ironically, I live next to one of the biggest IBM facilities in the world and it is a ghost town.

I know C and C++, I worked with Raspberry Pi's running Raspbian, I am wanting to increase my certifiable skills in Linux, and I have exposure to more
things than I am good at including Ansible, git, Python, Perl, bash, etcetera. Studying for a test on Javascript, CSS3, and HTML5 Saturday.

Unfortunately, I was let go of from my job at Apex in under a year, worked there for seven months. It was an impossible situation for me, code that was engineered to not make sense to anyone else. That said, I got a framebuffer system converted to an X Windows system and it displayed somewhat well. Because of concurrency problems and hidden algorithms, I never got the system working the way it should be. I'd love to work somewhere else in precision manufacturing utilizing embedded Linux.

Meanwhile, I have been trying to convert a rack running a web site in Scappoose to a hosted site at Eskimo North. Some success, but I don't understand systemd well enough to make a stock CentOS 7 run a custom compiled Apache and PHP. I really need professional training in CentOS/Redhat Enterprise Linux to complement my Linux Professional Institute Level 1 certification. I've grown up on Redhat, but I don't understand it anymore.

-- Michael C. Robinson

[Jason Bergstrom]

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester has several jobs listed:

https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/job-search/?br_keyword=&br_location=Rochester&br_category=IT+and+Engineering&br_specialty=0&br_schedule=0&br_benefits=0&br_telework=0&show-search-message=1

Jason,

Post by m***@robinson-west.com
I am a Portland State University graduate in computer science trapped in Rochester, Minnesota without work.
I've been in this situation for six months now and am facing the end of unemployment benefits.
Searching for work in Portland remotely, hard. Ironically, I live next to one of the biggest IBM facilities in the world and it is a ghost town.
I know C and C++, I worked with Raspberry Pi's running Raspbian, I am wanting to increase my certifiable skills in Linux, and I have exposure to more
things than I am good at including Ansible, git, Python, Perl, bash, etcetera. Studying for a test on Javascript, CSS3, and HTML5 Saturday.
Unfortunately, I was let go of from my job at Apex in under a year, worked there for seven months. It was an impossible situation for me, code that was engineered to not make sense to anyone else. That said, I got a framebuffer system converted to an X Windows system and it displayed somewhat well. Because of concurrency problems and hidden algorithms, I never got the system working the way it should be. I'd love to work somewhere else in precision manufacturing utilizing embedded Linux.
Meanwhile, I have been trying to convert a rack running a web site in Scappoose to a hosted site at Eskimo North. Some success, but I don't understand systemd well enough to make a stock CentOS 7 run a custom compiled Apache and PHP. I really need professional training in CentOS/Redhat Enterprise Linux to complement my Linux Professional Institute Level 1 certification. I've grown up on Redhat, but I don't understand it anymore.
-- Michael C. Robinson
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[John Meissen]

If you're aware of this site, it might help:

http://portlandtech.org/

Post by m***@robinson-west.com
I am a Portland State University graduate in computer science trapped in Rochester, Minnesota without work.
I've been in this situation for six months now and am facing the end of unemployment benefits.
Searching for work in Portland remotely, hard. Ironically, I live next to one of the biggest IBM facilities in the world and it is a ghost town.
I know C and C++, I worked with Raspberry Pi's running Raspbian, I am wanting to increase my certifiable skills in Linux, and I have exposure to more
things than I am good at including Ansible, git, Python, Perl, bash, etcetera. Studying for a test on Javascript, CSS3, and HTML5 Saturday.
Unfortunately, I was let go of from my job at Apex in under a year, worked there for seven months. It was an impossible situation for me, code that was engineered to not make sense to anyone else. That said, I got a framebuffer system converted to an X Windows system and it displayed somewhat well. Because of concurrency problems and hidden algorithms, I never got the system working the way it should be. I'd love to work somewhere else in precision manufacturing utilizing embedded Linux.
Meanwhile, I have been trying to convert a rack running a web site in Scappoose to a hosted site at Eskimo North. Some success, but I don't understand systemd well enough to make a stock CentOS 7 run a custom compiled Apache and PHP. I really need professional training in CentOS/Redhat Enterprise Linux to complement my Linux Professional Institute Level 1 certification. I've grown up on Redhat, but I don't understand it anymore.
-- Michael C. Robinson
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[m***@robinson-west.com]

Post by Jason Bergstrom
https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/job-search/?br_keyword=&br_location=Rochester&br_category=IT+and+Enginee
ing&br_specialty=0&br_schedule=0&br_benefits=0&br_telework=0&show-search-message=1
Jason,

I've already applied at Mayo Clinic, getting in is nearly impossible. IBM in the last decade or so as the second major employer here has cleared out almost completely. The number of positions compared to the number of skilled applicants is highly tilted and not in my favor. I wouldn't be six months unemployed if the job market were decent here. Rochester
has all the disadvantages of a city with none of the advantages like good public transit. I miss Portland.

[VY]

Have you tried these sites?

http://www.weworkremotely.com
https://www.upwork.com

Post by Jason Bergstrom
https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/job-search/?br_keyword=&br_location=Rochester&br_category=IT+and+Enginee
ing&br_specialty=0&br_schedule=0&br_benefits=0&br_telework=0&show-search-message=1

Post by Jason Bergstrom
Jason,

I've already applied at Mayo Clinic, getting in is nearly impossible. IBM
in the last decade or so as the second major employer here has cleared out
almost completely. The number of positions compared to the number of
skilled applicants is highly tilted and not in my favor. I wouldn't be six
months unemployed if the job market were decent here. Rochester
has all the disadvantages of a city with none of the advantages like good
public transit. I miss Portland.
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