[nycbug-talk] Where are all the Philly BSDers?

[Anthony Elizondo]

On 3/10/06, Omar Thameen <omar at westside.urbanblight.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've recently moved to the Philadelphia area after 10 years in
> New York, and I just can't find where the BSD folks are hanging
> out.  Specifically, I'm looking to hire a (Free)BSD systems
> administrator, but am getting very little response from local
> resources like Craigslist, the Philadelphia Linux Users Group
> (couldn't find a Philly-BUG), and area schools.  Sadly, if
> you search for "philadelphia freebsd," the first five results
> are my job posts (the company is BIGLIST).
>
> So, my questions are these:
>
> - Can anyone suggest any other Philadelphia-area resources to
>   advertise this position?
>
> - Any other suggestions for finding candidates?  Dice has been
>   recommended, while Hotjobs and Monster have been mentioned to
>   have a high ratio of unqualified responses.  Any similar or
>   contrary experiences?  Where do you look for openings?

freebsd-jobs? http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-jobs&r=1&w=2
Perhaps you could use the Delaware Craigslist. Both of those look
pretty low traffic, though. Sorry.

You could post the job description here. The network might be larger
than you think... You could also post it on Linked In or something
similar.

I'll forward this to a few people I know in the Philly area.

> Omar

Anthony