How to (Should you) be a Linux Admin/Devops/SRE in 2021 (vlog) | IT and DevOps Career Secrets 

Dang this video is a goldmine. Not just how to get a job, but full on take on pros and cons, full skills overview, career paths and what to focus on, general advice how to succeed and more considerations. Pure value, thanks so much!

I’ve always loved the to the point non sugar coated advice you give.

Thank you for this video. I just seen a video about becoming a Linux Sys. Admin through Yellowtail Tech and wanted more info on Linux Sys. Admin. This is exactly what I was looking for!

Nice talk, being able to break complex things into simpler parts while explaining them in a clear way is a skill very few possess. You must be a very good teacher! I definitely agree with the importance of passion as an essential component in choosing a career, that's part of what got me into Linux in the first place...an innate curiosity for understanding why and how things work the way they do.

Great video! I know there’s no straight path to becoming the best person in IT but it’s great you put together steps to take to build a great foundation in it. There’s not a lot of videos with good visuals like this so thanks a lot. I’m studying computer science and from what I’ve seen so far, there are not too many students that seem interested in this core stuff here.

Thanks for sharing this roadmap! Really appreciate the detailed explanations

I hope you're doing well. We hope to hear from you soon. I stumbled across you channel late and although this vid is about two years old it has been the most insightful. Thank you

Amazing video. This should be a must for any person who thinks about getting into Cloud/DevOps roles.

This is what I needed to hear someone who's been in the industry talk about.. Thanks sir.

I am so happy to have stumbled onto your channel. I am in the middle of doing Linux Administration training, and I have been so frustrated with the course's pay. Thanks for providing a bigger picture of all the components and explaining how they are all intertwined. I am using your roadmap to help me efficiently navigate my course.

This video is so straightforward that I am sure even a career consultant would learn a lot from it. Thank you for sharing your experience. I am just starting my career and now have an idea of what to do.

this video is not just a information it's a healing too..

This is extremely helpful information. This is the kind of video I needed to come across. Thank you much.

This was great advised to the point!

This is great information and very specific. Thank you !

Great stuff! Super helpful and practical. Thanks for challenging us with the question of whether we have a natural inclination, passion for tech/engineering in general.

Thanks for this video.... it's quite eye opening. I was in tech 20 years ago... centered mainly in UNIX and network admin. But, I am definitely interested in getting back into the game.

Happy New Year Nick!!! Wish you a healthy and wealthy year, brother. I've gone through most of the things that you mentioned. So true!!!

Thank you! I like the idea of the two scripts at the end.

One of the best explanations as to why “tech” as a career.

Watching this video for a second time today, really helpful and inspiring, thanks

I just decided this is what I should do, and I thank you for helping me come to this conclusion.

absolutely great video, thank you so much! very helpful

Thank you for the kind words and help... Take care God bless

Thank u for making Videos to Help Others ❤️ You are my Hero :* And cool projects U Made ! Keep up the good Work 🥰

Sir, after a long screen time searching for cloud related contents I am truly thankful to you for this video. You nailed it!

Hi Nicholas, I stumbled on this video while looking for Linux OS command line tips. I stayed watching because of your quality and tone of speaking. Appreciate the career advice message, I work in estimating in the construction industry and I'm planning my next move or finding what I am most passionate about.

I was a radio guy I didn't know a damn thing but I jumped a service desk job I'm 2012 and now I'm Linux/ Windows / Virtualization is Admin and have been for 6 years.

"If you weren't born an expert don't bother trying to learn because you weren't destined for it and tech is only for the chosen." Such _great_ advice!

Getting in to tech for the money is a bad idea? I'm far from a tech guru but I bought a 600,000 house as NOC Engineer. (Literally just monitoring apps). I'm not saying I love going to work every day but I do love being in demand for good paying remote jobs. Tech is great to have in your back pocket in case your hobbies dont pay.

Thank you Man, I always love tech even back with I was highschool, it just happen that I don't have the resource to do so, now that I'm here in united states I switch to Tech and particularly Linux since I'm one of the Dual booter and distro hopper, I really enjoy troubleshooting my old laptop before i really enjoy the problem solving aspect. best job out there, never a dull moment, and it always a new issue and plenty of different way of fixing it. I will be a cloud engineer soon, I keep learning new stuff.

Excellent video. Thank you so much.

Super excellent video. The gentleman knows what he is talking about and more so he makes honest comments. I would be happy to support his work. Best Wishes for Year 2024!

Great work man, thank u a lot

Very nice video about Linux as a career.

Thank you for this.

Really Useful content for beginner.

Thanks for the advice Sir!.

Thank you for the advices

Such great advice! I bookmarked your video so I can refer back to it when I need it. Thanks so much.

Thank you for this upload. Fall semester is coming, and I’ve decided to attend my local community college. I’m deciding on which route to take and saw a network with linux specialization program. I searched videos and still searching to see if its the right fit. Like you said, some people should think more about the money.

Wise words. Back in my day you had to compile your own kernel, there were no modules, it used to take 6 hours to compile a kernel on a 386 processor with 4mb of ram. Shit, I even had to throw a few coats over my pc because the full height 300mb hard drive sounded like a train during the night doing a compile. You new kids have it easy ;)

Thanks for video

I like your video. Thank you.

Networking is just crazy deep topic. I am currently diving into Open VSwitch just to shape the VM traffic... and its just a rabbit hole of all rabbit holes! Trust me! Like.... Linux bridge vs OVS bridge... you even need some time to understand that you hit the wall of linux bridge limitations... and that's sometimes super frustrating. Or... nmcli vs ip. Or Bind vs Dnsmasq vs PowerDNS.. etc... there is just tremendous amount of knowledge to suck in. That's why there is even separate profession - an Network Engineer.

Its true I'm going in for money first, hoping for 5 to 10 years. I'm in the design field and if I'm going to feel burnt out and working on constant problem solving than I might as well get paid more. I'll see how it goes. I fell that I have to learn these things anyways since I use tech for everyday. I pick up new programs so why not learn how these things work? Thank you for the candor

thank you :)

Yes it was useful 👍

We need more "How to survive 2021" tutorials...

i did some interview, amd i reliaze there is still manu things that I have to learn to be able work in a enterprise of 2022 .. don't be sad if they did not give you job. improve your skills that level that they can't say no to you ..ofcourse it will take little more time but it's worth 😊

Hi Nick I just stumbled into this video which is very informative. I really think you did a fantastic job to condense this idea about IT in general. You mentioned projects; I am interested in Red Hat. Where can I find these? What is your recommendations? My searches do not come up with any concrete ones. Help.

Hello nicholas , what an amazing video can you please suggest which projects to do ? are you planning to do any project example ?

What has changed in the last 3 years? I would love to see an updated version of this.

Sometimes, I wish I hadn’t gotten into IT. As a kid, my dream was to work for Pixar, and one of my biggest hobbies was using my family’s old VHS camcorder to make animated short films with my vast collection of Legos. I’d build sets or use sets I already had and just animate the figures moving around and doing things until it developed into a sort of story that usually only lasted a minute or so. This was actually an even greater feat than it sounds, because the camcorder we had would automatically rewind a few seconds every time you stopped recording. So, every frame had to be recorded for, say four seconds, because it would rewind three seconds after being stopped. That left you with really long frames and choppy animations, but trying too hard to narrow that down further would risk recording over previous work. None of these shorts had any audio either except for any white noise or background talking caught on camera, because I had no way of editing video post-recording, let alone adding audio, so I rewatched all my animations with the sound muted. It was lots of fun, though. Like I said, I wanted to work for Pixar. I even took an animation class or two in college, but my dad has always been a technical person, and when my instructor told us about his financial struggles early in his career and I saw how much competition and crunch there was in animation and how few animation jobs there were in my geographical area, I confided in my parents, who suggested that a hobby didn’t need to become a career. I decided that I had a computer and always marveled at people who actually understood them, so I went the IT route, taking classes less because they interested me and more because I liked the instructor and knew how to pass his tests. The idea was that getting a degree would mean getting a good-paying job with a path toward a career and I could have free time for creativity once I’d made it financialy. Ten years later, I’m now in my thirties and still working entry-level help desk jobs. I’ve tried to scratch that creative itch by teaching myself story structure and working on writing my first novel, but the stress of work and constantly trying to figure out what certification or new degree will finally get me a good job take away a lot of that time, and the stress of not being where I feel I should be takes whatever energy I have left. As I write this, I have Udemy in the background and a notepad on which I’m writing a bunch of Linux commands as they’re being taught in the video lectures. I figured that would finally be the ticket: memorize a bunch of commands, get a job, get enough money to stop worrying and earn back my free time for more creative endeavors after that. The truth is, I’ve never cared about the process of figuring out how things work. That’s just a nuisance on the the way to knowing. It’s using what I know creatively in an artistic fashion to express myself that I’ve always cared about. Maybe it’s time I finally walked away from IT or at least started spending the free time I have doing things I enjoy instead of trying to advance in a career as a means to an end. Anyway, sorry for the five-paragraph essay. I’m sure no one will read it, but I guess I just wanted an excuse to verbally process my current predicament. In my so-far lifelong practice of putting money before passion, I’ve received little of either. Maybe in the end all I’ve been trying to do is steal jobs from the more-qualified while robbing myself of joy and taking from others the things I could be creating for them. More for me to think about, I guess.

I am not technical yet but I am working on my RHCSA 200 Exam to take in 3 months and I want to become a Linux engineer. Currently I am a systems engineer but mostly I work on hardware. What is a good way to learn more about Linux admin career?

what you think require more effort bulding those skills or building a backend developer skills ? starting from base

Hello , i have a question , i recently got into a MNC where we are getting trained in Autosys, Unix and SQL. So is there a way for me to get into system admin ??

Hi Nick, I need your guidance, i am working as Unix/linix admin for past 5 yrs , recently i have done Azure Administrator certification and now i am confused, should i go for Axure Devops or Normal Devops like jenkins, ansible, docker,terraform . Or should i go for Azure solution architect. Second thing, being a unix admin i have done certification on azure admin , does this incline towards windows admin work?

I know almost all of this, but wherever I go for work, they ask me for work experience , it is looks like somebody who do not have some working experience companies never hire him

Its funny how snarky some of these people are in the comments because you're honest about the nature of the profession. I guess most people would rather be gasslit into thinking that that they can do anything they feel like.

What about putting on your resume that "I can kick your ass". Will that impress the interviewers? That will definitely get me a job right?

Can you please make something like this but for 2024 ? With any updates ?

Pls update for 23

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How to get a project ? for a linux sys admin? please enlighten me on this

update? maybe more relevant services?

Any reason you're not using a Linux desktop distro?

So, I'm an industrial mechanic. I love working with computers, I love experimenting with a RaspberryPi or a VM with a Linux distro, I love taking things apart and figuring out how they work, I just love discovering new things and experimenting with stuff. I'm also lazy and look at ways to make things easier the next time I have to do them like automating extraction of certain data out of an excel sheet to add to a daily report, parse data out of a logging system and analyze said data to improve efficiency and lifespan of tools (and objectively prove it, trough said data). With 0 education on how to do such things. (I have to education as a mechanic, either) Do you think I'm fit for a job as Linux/system admin?

Could you create a new video like this but for 2024? Since AI and chatGPT has an big impact the last year.

My dog name is Linux^_^

I don’t know what HDD OR SDD drives do not do I know off the top what RAM does … your wrong about me not being into tech still

04:51 - ‘how computers work’ 06:40 - ‘operating systems’ 11:31 - ‘networking’ 14:15 - ‘foundational services’ - 17:54 - ‘virtualization’ 18:01 - ‘automation’ 18:09 - ‘scripting/programming’ 19:56 - ‘cloud’

> use Windows

Is linux admin has no future

Depressing, just leave people alone

you need to know the basics of how to do PPT, and you sounds like very tired and not so happy.

Get on with it or get off my display. I didn't come looking for information about linux administration to be told why I shouldn't. Why are you even here?

I wonder how much per hour it would be, for one on one guidance thru systems for 1 or more hours. It would be the best investment. CouldCompareStrengths&Interests = "Give Recommendations" Could learn so much. Please consider.