Re: SysAdmin Apprenticeship

[Eric Hendricks <eric theitguys us>]

Yes, I have been spending a lot if time pouring over the Wiki and hanging out in IRC. 

> Eric

> On Aug 3, 2018, at 05:41, Andrea Veri <av gnome org> wrote:
>
> Hey Eric,
>
> welcome! Were you able to have a look at [1]? If yes, I'll be granting
> you access to the relevant resources so you can start looking around!
> The next generation GNOME Infrastructure will bring in Openshift,
> we'll be moving the various webapps off from VMs over to it. Would you
> be interested in managing some of the migrations?
>
> Thanks!
>
> [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Sysadmin/Apprentices
>
> 2018-08-03 1:51 GMT+02:00 Eric Hendricks <eric theitguys us>:
> > Hello world! (Or GNOME-Infrastructure),
> >
> > My name is Eric Hendricks. You may have seen me lurking around on IRC the
> > past few days under Eric_TheITGuy. I am interested in joining the GNOME
> > SysAdmin team!
> >
> > I have spent most of my 10 year career working on RedHat/CentOS servers,
> > managing Spacewalk, and using open source for my employers. However, over
> > the past 2 years, I found that what I was really missing was the community.
> > You can use open source or you can be apart of it.
> >
> > Since then, I have become an active follower of Jupiter Broadcasting, am a
> > donating member of the EFF, contributor to the PeerTube project, manager of
> > Jupiter Broadcasting’s new PeerTube and GitLab instances, as well as an avid
> > at-home user (NextCloud, Quassel, libvirt, etc). I have never been more
> > excited about technology or the community. In the coming months I am
> > attending LAS in Denver and DevOps Days in Kansas City.
> >
> > I currently work full time as a Linux Systems Engineer revamping my
> > employers patching process, utilizing SaltStack for automation and
> > orchestration. I have been working on and off with a Kubernetes POC our
> > company is working towards.
> >
> > I heard that GNOME was in need of man power and am here to help where I can
> > (and dive deeper into Puppet). I have already started working with the
> > Engagement team on Social media, a benefit of my owning a small business in
> > the past, but tech is where my heart lies. So, here I am!
> >
> > Thank you so much for your consideration.
> >
> > Eric Hendricks | Linux Jedi | eric theitguys us | 816.304.2193
> >
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>
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>
> Andrea
>
> Red Hatter,
> Fedora / EPEL packager,
> GNOME Infrastructure Team Coordinator,
> Former GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Secretary,
> GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman
>
> Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/~av