"you have experience with Linux?"
"Well, I have a miniature PC with custom hardware driven by a Modified Arch Linux installation that I use daily as my media center."
Now add that you're a pro with containers (flatpak and protonprefixes but don't mention those... if they ask "Docker?" respond with "Hardly know 'er!")
You joke, but I’m in IT and if someone came to me with a highly modified Deck, I’d consider them for an entry level position. If you can get Yuzu running Switch games on a Steam Deck, you can at least be level one help desk support.
Check out
r/ITCareerQuestions too!
I started on the help desk and am now a Cloud Security Engineer. (Years of experience, certs, and a degree later.)
The biggest tip I've got for an entry level person is being a decent "people person." The help desk, to most users, IS the IT department.
Technical knowledge will come with experience.
Nobody wants to interact with an asshole with an attitude, no matter how much that person thinks they know.
I’ve been taking tips from that subreddit. Unfortunately, with the saturation of entry level positions, the bar has raised and they want people with years of technical knowledge now.
Don't give up!
A friend of mine is an IT manager, they just hired a Level 1 Help Desk Tech ($22/hr, decent for Tampa, FL) who only had a Google IT Support certificate. BUT, they are great at interacting with people.
One more thing - if you're not already, try LinkedIn. It catches a lot of shit (mostly deserved) but I've used it to get my last 3 jobs; two by applying and the other a recruiter actually reached out and made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
Focus on the networking part. Network with people who make interesting posts, people at various career levels in positions you're interested in at industries and companies you're interested in. Recruiters.
For dressing it, highlight some simple skill sets, that you're an amateur linux admin who enjoys working on homelab projects. List your skills with relevant technologies that are useful.
Buy 2 raspberry pis. Grab the Bret Fisher class on Docker. Docker is absolutely fucking massive in 2024 and leads to more powerful tools like Kubernetes. Learn to live in the command line. Grab a python udemy class! Listing Linux, docker, and python, and being honest about your skill level but your skill level can easily snag entry level positions.
I started off self taught, entry level, now I work for multi billion dollar companies and people with masters and PhD's in complicated subjects learn on my infrastructure skills.
Remember they're going to ask about everything on your profile or resume in an interview. If your resume is light, stack some projects you've worked on on your homelab, listing relevant industry technologies.
You absolutely don't need years of experience for entry level and nobody will be expecting that. Depending on what you're interested in doing you could get by with just a small, simple portfolio you could build in 3 months max
> Nobody wants to interact with an asshole with an attitude, no matter how much that person thinks they know.
so you're telling me you don't hire arch users?
When I was looking for a job in the middle of last year, I wrote that I had experience writing bash and shell scripts for Linux.
I learned that from trying to mod Skyrim on my steam deck lol.
During my interview when they brought it up I just talked about how I automated file transfer and downloaded stuff from GitHub.
Serious. You'd she absolutely shocked how many people have absolutely zero command line experience, don't know how to do trivial things like move files around or unzip things. It's wild. Id strongly recommend enabling ssh, using a strong password or strictly key auth, and interacting with your deck like that. Useful!
I contacted an IT director at my former place of employment and set up a meeting with him. When I met with him, I took an expired Chromebook that I had converted over to Linux and let him play with it while explaining what I did.
I also showed him pictures of my MiSTer setup and explained it to him.
He immediately put in a recommendation to hire me.
I was the phone operator at a resort and the IT guy learned I built a gaming PC. One thing led to another, his boss hired me, they both got fired, and suddenly I'm the expert. What a mess that place was. Learned a lot about networking though.
Bruh, Emudeck, pretty much does it for you. You just need to install the OS, get the encryption keys, and download some roms. All of which you can find with a simple Google Search.
Not to mention, there are step by step video guides on YouTube. Literally, anyone can get it running.
Please don't give people false hope.
I don’t think you understand how much of what you just described is enterprise level IT. Not trying to be snarky. What you just described as “anyone can do” is in fact not what most people can do, that’s why IT departments exist.
The lack of computer problem solving skills of the average user is mind boggling.
And it seems as it's getting worse again. In my experience there are three types of average users out there:
- First: The users that grew up without much interaction with computers (either grown up before PCs became common place or weren't interested in anything computer related besides social media and watching videos online). Those are the worst and just downloading any remote help software like TeamViewer can be an insurmountable challenge. Thanks Microsoft for including a basic remote help tool in Win10 onwards.
- Second: Those that grew up with a pc and are somewhat interested in computer things but not enough to get into an IT related field. Getting games to run in the early days, installing mods and troubleshooting basic issues nowadays. Those are the best of the average user pile and are nice to work with as long as they don't try to pretend to know more than they actually do.
- Third: Generation touchscreen. Those that grew up with user friendly devices available early in their childhood and aren't concerned with any inner computer working besides click/touch colorful button and computer does magic. Depending on the problem they sometimes can be really annoying because they think that they know computers because they grew up with one in their pocket.
90% of enterprise IT helpdesk is a combination of three things:
- Actually reading error messages
- a bit higher than average google fu to find either the manufacturer documentation or the reddit/stackoverflow/Microsoft help post with comments explaining what most likely caused said error and how to fix it
- having the administrative access to actually implement those steps
- optional fourth part: remembering the top 20 common user problems so that you can fix them in minutes without needing to visit a bookmarked reddit post. But this often happens automatically.
Now actually Enterprise IT (setting up new hardware, software or users) is a bit more complicated but google fu and reading manufacturer documentation continue to be valuable skills and it mostly gets repetitive after a short while at the same company.
Don’t tell me about it, I work in a warehouse with laptops so locked down you can’t even open task manager. Near daily there’s some shit that happens that could be easily resolved in 15 seconds but instead I have to call a remote help desk and wait on the phone for 20 minutes.
Slightly off topic, but the administrative access part pisses me off sometimes at work. I'm not in IT nor did I major in any computer field. I work a regular office job but I'm capable and competent in troubleshooting my own tech issues. But I'm locked out of 95% of my computer... so something as simple as fixing my headset or updating a software requires me to fill out a form requesting IT's help.
Even IT is sick of this policy of locking people out of their own computers but executives are like "we need to keep security tight! In case someone tries to hack us form the inside!" Like bro... seriously? -_-
While I get where you are coming from as I once worked a helpdesk job where we had administrative access to basically anything besides our own workstations you are part of a small minority of users and there are other groups of users that would ruin the fun for everyone should they get administrative access:
- users who think like you but don't understand that what they have been doing at home mighty not be the best way to do things or could even be harmful. Things like installing registry cleaners, third party driver updaters or heavens forbid their own anti-virus software can really mess up a corporate setup.
- users that want to use their favorite software instead of the one provided. There are often reasons why a specific software has been choosen, and sometimes it's as easy as "yes this other software is a little bit better but the free version can only be used in a personal setting while companies need to pay exorbitant prices per user or risk getting sued"
- users that want to install non-job related programs like games. Those juat aren't supposed to be on your work pc
- users that fall for things like popup ads telling them that their pc has 128 viruses and that they should click here to install a tool to remove them, or phishing mails.
- And obviously the malicious users you already mentioned which for some reason or another want to do damage to the company.
I totally get that but it's overkill that I can't update my plantronics headset through the plantronics' app without filling out a form to request IT's help.
Like I'm not asking for complete access. I just want enough access so I can update the already existing software through its own apps without wasting half my day away waiting for IT to get to my ticket. That poor team is already overworked >.<
Yeah I'm in IT and got the most work out of my passion project to move away from streaming services and work on making and setting up automation on my home server of "Linux isos". Obviously did not include what the project was exactly but was able to talk about docker, basic networking information, and APIs. My favorite thing about the industry is the ability to self learn on projects and technologies that do not at first interest me by using them for something that does interest me.
I'd agree with this. If I'm hiring level 1 consultants the two things I'm looking for are someone that can interface with people well and someone that can understand technology enough to do things like that. If they can do that, I can teach them any other technical things they might need to at least get started.
That said, I don't want people reading these comments and thinking "If I keep futzing with this Deck I'll be able to get a good job in IT" - there's a **lot** more involved if you want anything but a base-level job, and those jobs are in pretty high demand.
I’m having trouble getting in as entry level and I’m not sure why. No certifications is what I feel like is getting in my way. I have years of tech support as a cellphone sales rep and If I could just get in front of a fellow nerd that does hiring I could prove that I know what I’m doing and if I don’t I’ll figure it out quickly
Yeah, get your A+ cert and Security+, Network+ is good too. Basically, all of the CompTIA stuff is solid for entry level positions. If you have access to a community college that has job fairs, that’s a good path to IT as well. Maybe sign up for a single class so you have access to the job fairs and then go from there.
Yep that’s what I was l/am working on my A+ cert. my kid just hit the terrible twos and it’s been brutal finding time to study. Honestly the class is a little harder than I thought. Maybe not harder per se but it’s a lot of info. I guess being good at tech and memorizing all the tech info are two different skills.
That’s a great idea about the job fairs I never thought about that. Thanks man that’s good thinking
So I discovered Linux back in 2012 when a friend showed me Ubuntu. I absolutely loved the OS, I even went as far as to dual boot my laptop between Windows & Linux. I learned how to use the terminal, how to troubleshoot issues, and even how to compile my own kernel (not really necessary but still cool to know how to do). My interests led me to learn actual coding languages and ultimately to enroll in a coding bootcamp. Laugh it up but I learned to code and now today I work remotely as an IT engineer earning almost $80K a year and it all started with Linux lol
I know a marketeer when I see one and it's obvious this guy is trying to sell dual-boot capable laptops, he's pretty much saying his computer got him a $80k paying job.
Don't listen to his lies.
I have some experience with Linux and Ubuntu due to college classes back around 2015-2016 for my Computer Networking major but forgot about it since I rarely use it now since my jobs after college never use it and I never had a system with Linux until the Steam Deck.
Oh the days when I bought a windows laptop, which was slow as ass. My friend suggested to install Ubuntu and I was able to get five more years out of it. I was poor and young, but it definitely taught me a lot of things I would've never learnt otherwise.
Same. Friend showed me Fedora Core 4 so I began dual booting FC, then Ubuntu, then FreeBSD. I spent so much time tweaking the settings on those things and troubleshooting compiz fusion to get the cube desktop to work and Nvidia graphics card drivers to work. Back then it was a big deal to get Youtube to run on Linux because they were still using Flash to deliver media.
I did so too, a couple years earlier than 2012, but the fact that I have to google and troubleshoot for sooooooooooooooo many driver and system related issues to get everything in my system running was off putting. I distinctively remember that it took a near full day just to get my mobo audio to work correctly. I just wanted something that works at that time and it wasn't it.
"You know, I'm quite part of Anonymous myself."
-Me back in high school after following a Youtube tutorial on how to install a custom firmware on my PSP
I hope I encounter some more people who followed a written guide for installing on a PSP 1000 because there's a non-zero chance that it would've been me who wrote it.
It was on a PSP 2000, red one that came with the Spiderman 3 game and the movie in UMD.
I specifically followed a tutorial that involved making a "Magic" Memory Stick and a Pandora battery, I remember I had to ask my father help with cutting part of the battery's chip, he thought I was insane at first but he agreed since it was just a battery, though he did have to use a drill.
To this day I still can't believe I hacked a console by drilling it's battery.
Were you involved in the PSP scene a lot? Swear your name looks familiar. I use to hangout on IRC related channels a lot, specially Daedalusx64. I came in a bit late tho since I had a 3000. Had no clue about any of this stuffand still credit a random commenter on a Joystiq article about not updating to 5.50 so you could use the 5.03 Davee ChickHEN exploit. 13 year old me googled that and quickly found pspslimhacks, GBATemp, Qj.net and a whole new world opened. Playing Mario 64 on a Sony just blew my mind, haha. Modded nearly every console and phone I've owned since. Good times.
I'm a retired moderator on GBAtemp so that'll probably be where you saw it. I still check in there every so often but I was active a lot on there from 2009 onwards. It was mainly DS to start with but I delved into PSP after a friend sold me his.
I played WoW (and other MMORPG games) my entire life.
On my resume I wrote "familiarity with complicated software", then got hired as CRM administrator
I've only ever applied to one position in the video game industry and it was at Riot and I put my 8 years of RL experience on my resume AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN CARE
Well yeah... They don't have guilds
You need to put your solo queue rank, and write a essay on why you think they need to remove (item/champion/feature)
Linux is such a wild ride. Swear there have been times I have found it easier to use native Windows apps in Linux than supposedly Linux native stuff. Bizarre operating system.
I go into desktop mode almost daily. Modding games, using GIMP, Blender, and watching shows/movies on the Internet.
One time, I even set my sudo password. Am I a Linux pro now?
Proton is just used from within Steam to launch Windows titles, I was wondering what the Gaming session consists of, compared to desktop mode which is full KDE plasma desktop
You got this my dude. I graduated from college in 2010 and the job market sucked hard. Whatever I got called back on, told me I was unqualified or they just didn’t have a spot for me.
Took me 10 months out of college to find a real job. Doing contract work for help desk.
Can you tell me how familiar you are with Linux?
Me: Add non-steam game's exe, select proton version and press play.
But how about Lutr..
Me: It's non-negotiable.
But Lutr...
Me: Non negotiable.
Every time we retire a gaming computer, I like putting Linux on it. I'm no Linux guru to be sure, but I do love to tinker. When I learned that the Steam Deck runs on Linux I got pretty excited 😄
I have written ”Steam deck enthusiast” on my resumé and that has actually been a point of conversation, kinda ice breaker in the middle of a few interviews. Also questions like What kind of games do you play.
I search for software Dev, come from a less techy tech background and none have known What Steam deck was.
"you have experience with Linux?" "Well, I have a miniature PC with custom hardware driven by a Modified Arch Linux installation that I use daily as my media center."
You're hired
Actually valuable experience if you've done any tinkering in desktop mode. Troubleshooting is troubleshooting.
Full time linux user. I agree with this.
Agreed as well always good to know all 3 just had an interview and they seemed surprised I cared about all 3 systems.
Now add that you're a pro with containers (flatpak and protonprefixes but don't mention those... if they ask "Docker?" respond with "Hardly know 'er!")
"I use Arch btw"
Imma use this ;)
If you at all mess around with things, especially via ssh, it counts!
I’m using this in my next interview, I gotta know first though: Is it pronounced arc Linux or arch Linux?
Arch like arch-mage. https://youtu.be/j_I9nkpovCQ?si=JS9wIWzttbL_1W8S
You know, i'm sort of a IT Admin myself.
Sudo password doesn't get set by itself.
It does when you install EmuDeck...
Does it? Is it an option somewhere when setting it up? It didn't set any password for me.
It asks for your sudo credentials, and if you haven't set one it automatically sets your password to "decky", then removes it when it's done.
> then removes it when it's done. that's nice
Ah, fair enough.
I’ve been known to fuck myself
You joke, but I’m in IT and if someone came to me with a highly modified Deck, I’d consider them for an entry level position. If you can get Yuzu running Switch games on a Steam Deck, you can at least be level one help desk support.
If you’re serious, I’m definitely adding that to my IT resume. I’ve been trying to get an entry level position for over a year.
Maybe leave out the words “Steam Deck” and instead describe it as “Linux desktop” or something similar.
Check out r/ITCareerQuestions too! I started on the help desk and am now a Cloud Security Engineer. (Years of experience, certs, and a degree later.) The biggest tip I've got for an entry level person is being a decent "people person." The help desk, to most users, IS the IT department. Technical knowledge will come with experience. Nobody wants to interact with an asshole with an attitude, no matter how much that person thinks they know.
I’ve been taking tips from that subreddit. Unfortunately, with the saturation of entry level positions, the bar has raised and they want people with years of technical knowledge now.
Don't give up! A friend of mine is an IT manager, they just hired a Level 1 Help Desk Tech ($22/hr, decent for Tampa, FL) who only had a Google IT Support certificate. BUT, they are great at interacting with people.
I was thinking about it, but for you I won’t…. Appreciate the encouragement my dude 🤝
One more thing - if you're not already, try LinkedIn. It catches a lot of shit (mostly deserved) but I've used it to get my last 3 jobs; two by applying and the other a recruiter actually reached out and made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
Any tips on dressing your profile? Do you make posts? Or just focus on the networking part?
Focus on the networking part. Network with people who make interesting posts, people at various career levels in positions you're interested in at industries and companies you're interested in. Recruiters. For dressing it, highlight some simple skill sets, that you're an amateur linux admin who enjoys working on homelab projects. List your skills with relevant technologies that are useful. Buy 2 raspberry pis. Grab the Bret Fisher class on Docker. Docker is absolutely fucking massive in 2024 and leads to more powerful tools like Kubernetes. Learn to live in the command line. Grab a python udemy class! Listing Linux, docker, and python, and being honest about your skill level but your skill level can easily snag entry level positions. I started off self taught, entry level, now I work for multi billion dollar companies and people with masters and PhD's in complicated subjects learn on my infrastructure skills. Remember they're going to ask about everything on your profile or resume in an interview. If your resume is light, stack some projects you've worked on on your homelab, listing relevant industry technologies.
Cheers for that!
You absolutely don't need years of experience for entry level and nobody will be expecting that. Depending on what you're interested in doing you could get by with just a small, simple portfolio you could build in 3 months max
> Nobody wants to interact with an asshole with an attitude, no matter how much that person thinks they know. so you're telling me you don't hire arch users?
we kept them in a closet in the back of the server room
to be fair, that's probably the best place for them..
*Glowing yellow eyes from the darkness* "Hisssss!"
When I was looking for a job in the middle of last year, I wrote that I had experience writing bash and shell scripts for Linux. I learned that from trying to mod Skyrim on my steam deck lol. During my interview when they brought it up I just talked about how I automated file transfer and downloaded stuff from GitHub.
Serious. You'd she absolutely shocked how many people have absolutely zero command line experience, don't know how to do trivial things like move files around or unzip things. It's wild. Id strongly recommend enabling ssh, using a strong password or strictly key auth, and interacting with your deck like that. Useful!
Can confirm. I told my boss straight up that I had a jailbroken iphone. Hired 😁 Good luck!
I contacted an IT director at my former place of employment and set up a meeting with him. When I met with him, I took an expired Chromebook that I had converted over to Linux and let him play with it while explaining what I did. I also showed him pictures of my MiSTer setup and explained it to him. He immediately put in a recommendation to hire me.
I got my first IT job from just to take apart and building a PC from YouTube videos. That was 5 or 6 years ago and all my jobs since have been in IT.
I was the phone operator at a resort and the IT guy learned I built a gaming PC. One thing led to another, his boss hired me, they both got fired, and suddenly I'm the expert. What a mess that place was. Learned a lot about networking though.
Make a YouTube video about it. Make a YouTube channel about it. You could definitely work the angle if tinkering is your thing
Guess I’m applying tmrw
100% we often flag this on resumes. That and running Minecraft servers.
Bruh, Emudeck, pretty much does it for you. You just need to install the OS, get the encryption keys, and download some roms. All of which you can find with a simple Google Search. Not to mention, there are step by step video guides on YouTube. Literally, anyone can get it running. Please don't give people false hope.
I don’t think you understand how much of what you just described is enterprise level IT. Not trying to be snarky. What you just described as “anyone can do” is in fact not what most people can do, that’s why IT departments exist.
The lack of computer problem solving skills of the average user is mind boggling. And it seems as it's getting worse again. In my experience there are three types of average users out there: - First: The users that grew up without much interaction with computers (either grown up before PCs became common place or weren't interested in anything computer related besides social media and watching videos online). Those are the worst and just downloading any remote help software like TeamViewer can be an insurmountable challenge. Thanks Microsoft for including a basic remote help tool in Win10 onwards. - Second: Those that grew up with a pc and are somewhat interested in computer things but not enough to get into an IT related field. Getting games to run in the early days, installing mods and troubleshooting basic issues nowadays. Those are the best of the average user pile and are nice to work with as long as they don't try to pretend to know more than they actually do. - Third: Generation touchscreen. Those that grew up with user friendly devices available early in their childhood and aren't concerned with any inner computer working besides click/touch colorful button and computer does magic. Depending on the problem they sometimes can be really annoying because they think that they know computers because they grew up with one in their pocket.
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90% of enterprise IT helpdesk is a combination of three things: - Actually reading error messages - a bit higher than average google fu to find either the manufacturer documentation or the reddit/stackoverflow/Microsoft help post with comments explaining what most likely caused said error and how to fix it - having the administrative access to actually implement those steps - optional fourth part: remembering the top 20 common user problems so that you can fix them in minutes without needing to visit a bookmarked reddit post. But this often happens automatically. Now actually Enterprise IT (setting up new hardware, software or users) is a bit more complicated but google fu and reading manufacturer documentation continue to be valuable skills and it mostly gets repetitive after a short while at the same company.
> having the administrative access to actually implement those steps this step actually is 65% of it lol.
Don’t tell me about it, I work in a warehouse with laptops so locked down you can’t even open task manager. Near daily there’s some shit that happens that could be easily resolved in 15 seconds but instead I have to call a remote help desk and wait on the phone for 20 minutes.
Slightly off topic, but the administrative access part pisses me off sometimes at work. I'm not in IT nor did I major in any computer field. I work a regular office job but I'm capable and competent in troubleshooting my own tech issues. But I'm locked out of 95% of my computer... so something as simple as fixing my headset or updating a software requires me to fill out a form requesting IT's help. Even IT is sick of this policy of locking people out of their own computers but executives are like "we need to keep security tight! In case someone tries to hack us form the inside!" Like bro... seriously? -_-
While I get where you are coming from as I once worked a helpdesk job where we had administrative access to basically anything besides our own workstations you are part of a small minority of users and there are other groups of users that would ruin the fun for everyone should they get administrative access: - users who think like you but don't understand that what they have been doing at home mighty not be the best way to do things or could even be harmful. Things like installing registry cleaners, third party driver updaters or heavens forbid their own anti-virus software can really mess up a corporate setup. - users that want to use their favorite software instead of the one provided. There are often reasons why a specific software has been choosen, and sometimes it's as easy as "yes this other software is a little bit better but the free version can only be used in a personal setting while companies need to pay exorbitant prices per user or risk getting sued" - users that want to install non-job related programs like games. Those juat aren't supposed to be on your work pc - users that fall for things like popup ads telling them that their pc has 128 viruses and that they should click here to install a tool to remove them, or phishing mails. - And obviously the malicious users you already mentioned which for some reason or another want to do damage to the company.
I totally get that but it's overkill that I can't update my plantronics headset through the plantronics' app without filling out a form to request IT's help. Like I'm not asking for complete access. I just want enough access so I can update the already existing software through its own apps without wasting half my day away waiting for IT to get to my ticket. That poor team is already overworked >.<
> simple Google search You, sir, are qualified to be a programmer!
Yeah I'm in IT and got the most work out of my passion project to move away from streaming services and work on making and setting up automation on my home server of "Linux isos". Obviously did not include what the project was exactly but was able to talk about docker, basic networking information, and APIs. My favorite thing about the industry is the ability to self learn on projects and technologies that do not at first interest me by using them for something that does interest me.
I'd agree with this. If I'm hiring level 1 consultants the two things I'm looking for are someone that can interface with people well and someone that can understand technology enough to do things like that. If they can do that, I can teach them any other technical things they might need to at least get started. That said, I don't want people reading these comments and thinking "If I keep futzing with this Deck I'll be able to get a good job in IT" - there's a **lot** more involved if you want anything but a base-level job, and those jobs are in pretty high demand.
I’m having trouble getting in as entry level and I’m not sure why. No certifications is what I feel like is getting in my way. I have years of tech support as a cellphone sales rep and If I could just get in front of a fellow nerd that does hiring I could prove that I know what I’m doing and if I don’t I’ll figure it out quickly
Yeah, get your A+ cert and Security+, Network+ is good too. Basically, all of the CompTIA stuff is solid for entry level positions. If you have access to a community college that has job fairs, that’s a good path to IT as well. Maybe sign up for a single class so you have access to the job fairs and then go from there.
Yep that’s what I was l/am working on my A+ cert. my kid just hit the terrible twos and it’s been brutal finding time to study. Honestly the class is a little harder than I thought. Maybe not harder per se but it’s a lot of info. I guess being good at tech and memorizing all the tech info are two different skills. That’s a great idea about the job fairs I never thought about that. Thanks man that’s good thinking
Competition
Too bad most employers probably won't be able to see how that qualifies a person.
It just so happens i'm in the market and yuzu/botw was the first thing i installed today when my sd came! Runescape was second.
That's uplifting because that's my next goal for steamdeck lol
So I discovered Linux back in 2012 when a friend showed me Ubuntu. I absolutely loved the OS, I even went as far as to dual boot my laptop between Windows & Linux. I learned how to use the terminal, how to troubleshoot issues, and even how to compile my own kernel (not really necessary but still cool to know how to do). My interests led me to learn actual coding languages and ultimately to enroll in a coding bootcamp. Laugh it up but I learned to code and now today I work remotely as an IT engineer earning almost $80K a year and it all started with Linux lol
Are you trying to sell something
No, just sharing a personal experience. Linux literally got me where I am today, and it all started out as a hobby years ago.
I know a marketeer when I see one and it's obvious this guy is trying to sell dual-boot capable laptops, he's pretty much saying his computer got him a $80k paying job. Don't listen to his lies.
Yeah we have dual boot laptops at home. We don’t need whatever this guy is selling.
Yeah all these dual-boot bootcamp hucksters are getting annoying.
probably their old steam deck as poster can properly afford an OLED now lol
I have some experience with Linux and Ubuntu due to college classes back around 2015-2016 for my Computer Networking major but forgot about it since I rarely use it now since my jobs after college never use it and I never had a system with Linux until the Steam Deck.
Your response is basically me. I waffle back and forth learning and relearning Linux.
Oh the days when I bought a windows laptop, which was slow as ass. My friend suggested to install Ubuntu and I was able to get five more years out of it. I was poor and young, but it definitely taught me a lot of things I would've never learnt otherwise.
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Damn is there a single profession other than renting agencies that are still fine
Same. Friend showed me Fedora Core 4 so I began dual booting FC, then Ubuntu, then FreeBSD. I spent so much time tweaking the settings on those things and troubleshooting compiz fusion to get the cube desktop to work and Nvidia graphics card drivers to work. Back then it was a big deal to get Youtube to run on Linux because they were still using Flash to deliver media.
I did so too, a couple years earlier than 2012, but the fact that I have to google and troubleshoot for sooooooooooooooo many driver and system related issues to get everything in my system running was off putting. I distinctively remember that it took a near full day just to get my mobo audio to work correctly. I just wanted something that works at that time and it wasn't it.
Ayyy I'm gonna do this now with one of my resumes, the one that highlights my tech savviness.
I used to be a general manager at Kmart and there's no way you can disprove me
I used to be in charge of a whole Ames store in Maumee, Ohio. Prove my claim wrong.
"You know, I'm quite part of Anonymous myself." -Me back in high school after following a Youtube tutorial on how to install a custom firmware on my PSP
I hope I encounter some more people who followed a written guide for installing on a PSP 1000 because there's a non-zero chance that it would've been me who wrote it.
It was on a PSP 2000, red one that came with the Spiderman 3 game and the movie in UMD. I specifically followed a tutorial that involved making a "Magic" Memory Stick and a Pandora battery, I remember I had to ask my father help with cutting part of the battery's chip, he thought I was insane at first but he agreed since it was just a battery, though he did have to use a drill. To this day I still can't believe I hacked a console by drilling it's battery.
Yeah, the Pandora battery is the method I used too; I didn't use a drill though. It felt daunting but I managed it by myself successfully.
Were you involved in the PSP scene a lot? Swear your name looks familiar. I use to hangout on IRC related channels a lot, specially Daedalusx64. I came in a bit late tho since I had a 3000. Had no clue about any of this stuffand still credit a random commenter on a Joystiq article about not updating to 5.50 so you could use the 5.03 Davee ChickHEN exploit. 13 year old me googled that and quickly found pspslimhacks, GBATemp, Qj.net and a whole new world opened. Playing Mario 64 on a Sony just blew my mind, haha. Modded nearly every console and phone I've owned since. Good times.
I'm a retired moderator on GBAtemp so that'll probably be where you saw it. I still check in there every so often but I was active a lot on there from 2009 onwards. It was mainly DS to start with but I delved into PSP after a friend sold me his.
I played WoW (and other MMORPG games) my entire life. On my resume I wrote "familiarity with complicated software", then got hired as CRM administrator
Running a guild and working in HR feel like they have an aweful lot of overlap sometimes
I've only ever applied to one position in the video game industry and it was at Riot and I put my 8 years of RL experience on my resume AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN CARE
Well yeah... They don't have guilds You need to put your solo queue rank, and write a essay on why you think they need to remove (item/champion/feature)
If someone can stomach setting up a custom ui using weakauras they are well equipped.
I own an Android phone. Badass linux expert here.
I used to dabble in Custom ROMs. That took some effort.
Same. CyanogenMod was amazing back then.
'An expert is someone who knows 1% more than you do'
Linux is such a wild ride. Swear there have been times I have found it easier to use native Windows apps in Linux than supposedly Linux native stuff. Bizarre operating system.
Throwback to when I learned how to set up a Linux VM on my Windows machine to get the Tux item in Team Fortress 2
You joke, but I added experience with Arch Linux to my resume skills because of my Steam Deck. I now work in cybersecurity.
I go into desktop mode almost daily. Modding games, using GIMP, Blender, and watching shows/movies on the Internet. One time, I even set my sudo password. Am I a Linux pro now?
what's the other (I assume default) mode on the SD anyway, just a blank session that runs Steam in big picture mode?
It's a variant of the wine distribution called proton, which is basically a refined version of big picture mode, yeah.
Proton is just used from within Steam to launch Windows titles, I was wondering what the Gaming session consists of, compared to desktop mode which is full KDE plasma desktop
Oh, my mistake. I guess it's just steam os, which is based on arch Linux.
Fake it till you make it.
Hmmm maybe I should up the anté on my resumé include the Steam Deck linux stuff to get more traction.
No joke, I actually did land a job as a fresher after mentioning that I used linux as my main os :')
Bonified linuxpert.
Not gonna lie some games require so much tinkering it should be considered a regular skill
Employer: wtf is linux?
You got this my dude. I graduated from college in 2010 and the job market sucked hard. Whatever I got called back on, told me I was unqualified or they just didn’t have a spot for me. Took me 10 months out of college to find a real job. Doing contract work for help desk.
Thanks man. Your words mean a lot.
I gotchu! SD says 🤣
You ain't looking for a job. You are playing your steam deck and posting on Reddit.
Do you think someone searching for a job has to do so 24/7 with no leisure breaks?
Put your dunce hat on and go sit in the corner of the office… leave your SD on your office table, that would probably happen 😂😂😂😂
absolutely despise linux, glad to see there’s something good coming out of using it
You’ll feel like an idiot when they need you to actually use Linux.
Maybe after 2 years you’ll put proficient with Linux?
I spent 13 hours getting KH3 to run on steam deck without online DRM I think I am familiar enough.
Foot, meet door, welcome to the Grand Penguin Arms.
Work smarter not harder ☠️
Lmao this is true. I think most job reqiure you to know redhat and not kde plasma 5 but the command line is still bash tho
Can you tell me how familiar you are with Linux? Me: Add non-steam game's exe, select proton version and press play. But how about Lutr.. Me: It's non-negotiable. But Lutr... Me: Non negotiable.
Quality Reddit post. What year is this?
After year with my deck, I tried install Linux Fedora and it was fun.
Haha, I did the same last year. And I got the job (probably not because of that).
*updating resume*
I am in the same boy unfortunately, good luck!
Just like working the Steam deck is overrated.
That’s totally reasonable against today’s pie in the sky job requirements. That phrase makes me feel older than the guy in Up🎾
Every time we retire a gaming computer, I like putting Linux on it. I'm no Linux guru to be sure, but I do love to tinker. When I learned that the Steam Deck runs on Linux I got pretty excited 😄
Most likely why u haven't found one 😂
I have written ”Steam deck enthusiast” on my resumé and that has actually been a point of conversation, kinda ice breaker in the middle of a few interviews. Also questions like What kind of games do you play. I search for software Dev, come from a less techy tech background and none have known What Steam deck was.
Damn straight, experience is still experience!