[plug] Linux job at Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, Kensington

[Ian Kent]

On Tue, 2018-11-13 at 14:51 +0800, Brad Campbell wrote:
> On 13/11/18 11:47 am, Ian Kent wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-10-31 at 13:53 +0800, Gregory Orange wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > > 
> > > We're hiring, and I've been told the following about it:
> > > 
> > > The position is suitable for someone who already has significant
> > > experience in Linux system administration and well developed problem
> > > solving skills but who might want to gain exposure to some of the more
> > > specialised technologies that we use here.
> > > 
> > > Full details here:
> > > https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Perth,-WA-System-Support-Officer/515954200/
> > 
> > Oh wow, it's not often you see something like this, it sounds like a
> > great position, very interesting indeed.
> > 
> 
> Out of morbid curiosity I had a look into it and I was shocked at how 
> little that sort of experience is worth.
> 
> Now admittedly I've not even poked around the IT industry since 2005, 
> but is that a sort of representative remuneration for someone with those 
> sort of credentials and experience?

Yeah, it does make this difficult to consider in reality, and it does look
like a junior position, but I wasn't looking at that, rather I was looking
at the environment, that's where the "wow" comes from.

Ian