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Re:Ask HN: What open-source projects are you looking at? on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:56AM (#21124322)
I am looking at Singularity for my Go program developement

https://github.com/sylabs/singularity

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019) on Thursday August 01, 2019 @11:42PM (#20590529)
Are you open to remote candidates from Europe?
Re:Ask HN: Work-life balance? on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:16PM (#19087965)
I prefer to work in research/ university environment. It is Flexible hours are good to work and I do not work after office hours.
Re:IBM acquires Red Hat on Sunday October 28, 2018 @11:37PM (#18324883)
IBM had power and if anyone remembers it was also part of cell architecture team along with sony and Toshiba. I worked with yellow dog linux the official linux distro for sony ps3 . IBM at that point was still pushing for Red hat instead of investing in yellow dog which was powerpc centric. Red hat fedora later dropped support for powerpc. So in all IBM hardware failed and now it is trying to go is way?
Re:Ask HN: Remote Employees Double-Dipping? on Thursday May 11, 2017 @04:24AM (#14314571)
I was working 2 part time jobs as software developer/system admin in different cities . Though it does not count in the context of this thread as neither was remote and not full time But both my managers knew that what i was working. 8-12 one job then other job 1-4. Mind you the two jobs where in different cities and there was a commute of 30 mins between cities. Though i was junior most in both places . i guess the managers gave me leeway . I guess it all depends on your honesty and your responsibilities,
Re:Ask HN: Who uses Plan 9 or Inferno, and why? on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @07:53AM (#13364456)
To give more details, IBM was doing a research project on Blue Gene using 9p. They called it HARE and were using 9p protocol. http://domino.watson.ibm.com/library/CyberDig.nsf/1e4115aea7.... W
Re:Ask HN: Who uses Plan 9 or Inferno, and why? on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @12:11AM (#13362772)
In my previous company , we used 9p protocol for developing Vertex ; https://github.com/HPCLinks/Open-Vertex.

Skype Job Interview issues with bad connection

Hello,Recently I had a skype audio job interview with a company oversees. Unfortunately the skype was behaving bad. The hiring manager who was interviewing me what Internet connection i was using via skype text When i told , i am using 4 G from my mobile. He immediately emailed me stating that 4G is not enough for Skype interview. In fact i used another application (IMO) after the failed...

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Jinxed with European work Visa

Hello, I am a system engineer with a US masters degree and over 10 years experience mostly on Linux side. From last 6 years i have been trying to find a job in Europe . I do land interviews and job offers from Finland, Ireland, Sweden and UK . But just could not cross the final hurdle for work visa. In fact, in Finland i did got a visa , only to find that Finland has gone into recession and...

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Thank you for your comment. Yes this posting is in UK and if it does matter, this posting is in University of Oxford. And i do believe since HR does have information about my current salary and benefits , it is worth asking them to elevate the grade if possible.
To put things in context, they are flying me from Asia to Europe for second interview (in person on university campus) . So i assume they are pretty serious and would be open to salary negotiation.

Working in Oxford university

Hello,I am a Sys admin/Devops with over 10 years experience. At my current job, i am getting good pay and savings, though career wise , it is a hole with no career/professional growth. I had applied to oxford university and am in final stages of hiring process. Though salary is way less and savings is also less.With a family of 2 kids , what would you folks suggest? Jump to oxford or stay...

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Jumping from I.T/Engineering to Sales

Hello, I am a HPC User support/sys admin . Most of my professional life has been in research/academics. I do provide technical and application support for researchers utilizing HPC. Being in academics as its pros (research , flexibility, work/life balance etc) and con (Red tape , less salary, not professional growth). In the field of HPC, there are many vendors, who focus more sales. Has any...

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