Re: [tlug] Job opportunity

[Jake Morrison <jake_morrison@example.com>]

--- Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com> wrote:
> Viktor Pavlenko wrote:
> 
> >     >> [...] I have been having a difficult time to locate one with
> >     >> 10+ yrs of experience in Linux OS/C programming.
> > 
> > How long does it take for a smart person to become proficient in a
> > technology? Definitely not that long.
> 
> I must admit that when I first saw this, I had exactly the same
> reaction.

On the other hand, this is a case where it is possible to actually have
that much experience. And it could be read as "looking for someone
with deep experience working with open source, Unix/Linux and C". 

I recently built up a team of programmers for a telecom VoIP 
project developing high-performance embedded network applications 
on Linux in C and C++. It was very hard to find people with the 
depth of experience. Lots of people had studied C or C++ in college
or did Windows GUI development in C++ and thought they knew it, 
but didn't. The last ten years has seen the birth of web development in

scripting languages, Java, etc. Most people have gotten "distracted",
and it is rare to find someone who has focused on this kind of 
development, at least in Taiwan. 

I met plenty of people with 10 years experience who were experts, 
more or less, in Java J2EE, but that is not really the same skillset. 
It is a different world when you take one step closer to the metal. 
Of course, it doesn't take 10 years of study to get there, but the 
people who are already making good money doing Java are not 
going to able to do it without a fair amount of effort. The guys 
coming from embedded systems programming are
a bit better, but they are still not used to building big systems. 

Jake