Report: Open-source developers command up to 40 percent premium
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| Want to make more money as an enterprise application developer? You're in
| luck--if you know open source.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9882356-7.html?tag=head
What business can learn from the open source movement
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| When was the last time you thought “I love the company I work for?” Google
| came out tops in a recent Fortune magazine “Best Companies to work for in the
| US” survey.
|
| [...]
|
| The open source movement, which is responsible for some of the most important
| innovations in IT such as the world wide web, Linux and Apache, neither pays
| fat bonuses nor offers flashy facilities. It does, however, provide much by
| the way of intangible benefits.
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http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/grauntkruger/2008/03/01/what-business-can-learn-from-the-open-source-movement/
Yesterday:
Report: Open Source Adoption Increases App Dev Pay
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| A report from New York City-based consulting company Bluewolf says IT
| salaries across the board will continue to rise in 2008, with application
| developers leading the pack with 7.6 percent salary growth. The increase
| brings application developers' salaries to between $112,500 from $80,250.
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http://www.crn.com/it-channel/206900235
Recent:
Australian open source workers earn more money
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| IT workers who specialise in free and open source software are earning more
| than the national average for IT, according to the results of Australia's
| first open source census.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/69448,open-source-workers-earn-more-money.aspx
Related:
Linux Job Market Trends: Galloping Forward
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| If you’re a Linux specialist looking for the best paying area of the country,
| your best bet is – no surprise – Silicon Valley, where Linux pros make
| $96,578 (but a cup of coffee costs $11.25). Other top-paying Linux areas are
| Washington, D.C. ($86,882), Los Angeles ($86,618), and New York ($86,305).
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3697896
2007: Where the Tech Jobs Are
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| ...open source and Linux skills are very hot. "Linux is one of the fastest
| growing, if not required, then recommended skills that most of the
| sysadmins and operations people have," Melland says. "If you're a systems
| administrator and you don?t have Linux experience, you might want to seek
| that out."
|
| [...]
|
| All this migration to Linux and open source means that job openings are
| zooming. Based on Dice statistics, Linux as a recommended skill is up 51%
| this year, and roughly 150% in the last two years.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3649436
Linux and Open Source: How They Affect HR Professionals
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/637577/linux_and_open_source_how_they_affect_hr_professionals/index.html?source=r_technology
Linux jobs abound, tech job service says
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3892050451.html
City of Munich is looking for additional Linux specialists
http://www.marsmenschen.com/index.php/2006/12/22/city-of-munich-is-looking-for-additional-linux-specialists-technical-system-integration/
Spending on open source support services in Canada to soar
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| The market for open source support services is going to boom over
| the next five years, according to a recent Gartner survey.
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http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=42488&cid=6
Earning Your Linux Diploma
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| The trend today is for computer professionals to move away from proprietary
| software products in favor of developing their industry-wide skills, Lacy
| added.
|
| [...]
|
| IT professionals looking to be Linux certified have two types of programs to
| consider. One certification track is vendor neutral, concentrating on core
| Linux programs and command line skills that apply to all Linux distributions.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60935.html
Skills shortage: it's mind over matter
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| The demand for SAP skills, for example, is expected to be high in 2008.
| Demand for skills in new areas such as open source, Linux, Web 2.0 and AJAX
| are almost certainly bound to be high next year too. And surprisingly, there
| is a growing demand for good, old-fashioned mainframe skills as the Baby
| Boomer generation retires and leaves a gap in supporting legacy systems.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/12/14/skills_shortage_learning/
For Linux admins, career options remain plentiful
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| Thanks for the advice, Brent. The future looks bright for Linux. Anything
| else you want to tell our readers?
|
| Don't worry about getting an MCSE, Linux is where it's at right now.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1280915,00.html
Thoughts on the Linux job market
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| IT jobs surveyThe Foote Partners report comparing average pay for certified
| IT skills versus non-certified IT skills got a lot of people talking. While
| news that the average salary for non-certified professionals was higher in
| the third quarter of 2007 came as a shock to some, others were not as
| surprised.
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/26/thoughts-on-the-linux-job-market/
Noncertified IT pros make more than those with certified skills, report shows
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| A new report from industry research firm Foote Partners LLC finds that the
| average pay for noncertified IT skills topped that for certified
| professionals while compensation for IT jobs increased again in the third
| quarter of 2007. CEO and Chief Research Officer, David Foote calls this “a
| significant event” that has not occurred in the industry since 2000.
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/16/noncertified-it-pros-make-more-than-certified-skills-report-shows/
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