Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Chris Siebenmann (cks@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Dec-2025 09:30:50 JST Chris Siebenmann

   I worry about this every so often¹. On the one hand, I could probably get another job within the university (we're big on stealing each other's senior technical people). On the other hand, it's probably completely hopeless to apply for jobs outside the university, since I have (eg) basically no cloud/k8s/etc experience. If in-university jobs dry up or are unappealing, I'm up the creek.

   (I'm not looking, I hope to spend the rest of my career at my current position.)

   ¹ https://infosec.exchange/@hacks4pancakes/115748385758923389

   • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Chris Siebenmann (cks@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Dec-2025 09:32:22 JST Chris Siebenmann

     in reply to

     One of the reasons we're so big on stealing each other's senior technical people in my university is good luck trying to hire good senior sysadmin and so on people from outside. Partly this is because the university environment is increasingly different from corporate IT, and partly this is because of, uh, well, how much money we (can't) offer. I'm pretty sure senior people moving in have to want a slower paced and lower paid life (so far with no 'AI' mandates).

     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.