Is it possible to make money using your Linux knowledge if you’re not a developer? I know I can become a professional devops or sysadmin if I take some courses and master advanced networking. But is there something I can do now as an average, moderately experienced linux user?

  • decisivelyhoodnoises@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    I don’t get how one can get to teaching without provable certifications or experience. I mean who will hire Joe from his basement just because he claims he’s “good at Linux”. Unless you’re talking for something else. Like him preparing a whole course in an online platform that will give it free in order to get some traction and hoping that this will attract customers

    • Tetsuo@jlai.lu
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      9 months ago

      Do you know if OP has certifications or experience?

      Do you know how knowledgeable he is on Linux ?

      Beside I will say it again, you can totally teach introductory courses on some subjects without being an expert on it.

      And in practice, I have definitely seen people teaching with tons of certifications and alleged expertise on the topic but who couldn’t teach anything. And that was of very expensive courses on rather specific Linux topics.

      I personally would much prefer to be introduced to a new subject (like BASH101) by someone who has zero certifications but some experience and a real ability to teach.

      Because I have seen a lot of super certified teachers who ends up unable to teach anything and who are recycling the same course without any practical experience in the last decade.

      • decisivelyhoodnoises@sh.itjust.works
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        9 months ago

        Do you know if OP has certifications or experience?

        Lol

        Are you sure you’ve read the OP?

        I personally would much prefer to be introduced to a new subject (like BASH101) by someone who has zero certifications but some experience and a real ability to teach.

        Because I have seen a lot of super certified teachers who ends up unable to teach anything and who are recycling the same course without any practical experience in the last decade.

        I don’t disagree with that, but again I think you’re in a wrong post. Op never said that they’re so experienced but just lack certifications. What I’ve understood is that OP is just a power user with no other experience, neither from a job, nor from personal hobbies but on production live environments

        And that being said, please explain me how you end up making such assumptions about OP’s skills and what did they say that made you feel that you know about their level of knowledge.

        • Tetsuo@jlai.lu
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          9 months ago

          It’s the opposite, I don’t make any assumptions on OP’s knowledge but my understanding of your comment is that you are assuming that he is just the average Joe that likes Linux but might not be able to teach on the subject.

          I just told him that teaching is an avenue he could look into and he agreed. Nothing more here.