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ffreeloader · Nov 15, 2007

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I just thought I'd post this as it was a very interesting little article on the growth of Linux jobs in the IT job market. The interviewee says some Linux certifications are good, so I'll defer to him on that. I disagree, but he's in a much better position to make the judgment than I am. I would like to point out though that this confirms what I've been saying about the marketplace for Linux/open source skills.

While today's market for IT administrators is tight, the demand for Linux experts continues to increase, according to Brent Marinaccio, HotLinuxJobs.com's open source recruiting director. He sees great opportunities for success in the Linux professional market. Emerging technologies, such as Xen virtualization on Linux, are creating what Marinaccio sees as a "talent initiative" within the Linux industry.

Marinaccio describes the current job market and the prospects for Linux managers, administrators and programmers in this SearchEnterpriseLinux.com interview. He also gives advice for job seekers and some insights on contracting, outsourcing and what the future holds for Linux professionals.
For the past eight years, you've watched the Linux and open source job market. How do things look?
Probably not a shocker, but we continue to see demand for Linux and open source personnel rising at a fairly significant pace just as we have seen in the past several years. The sheer number of corporations that have either ported their software to Linux or have transitioned their code base to an open source-based language has increased exponentially.

Overall, the market for technology workers is fairly tight at the moment.
That's good news for IT professionals with Linux expertise. So what kinds of jobs are in demand right now?
You name it, and it is in demand. Positions for Linux kernel engineers, PHP developers and Ruby on Rails developers especially. All of these [positions] are in demand -- system administrators and network administrators, too.

I cannot think of any major open source-based language that has seen a decrease in demand. At the moment, [you can] pick your poison and you should be fine from a career perspective.
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You can read the rest of the article in the following link. One thing I'd like to point out is that this interview doesn't really say to much about Europe, but Europe uses a lot more Linux and open source than the US does.

http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1280915,00.html

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