Have you audited all the annotations in use for your clusters ? I wrote this tool to help with inventory https://github.com/ibexmonj/ingress-migration-analyzer

thank you duck... i will look into it

I am a Junior System Administrator looking for remote work.

H1 visas are not just handed out in april....the so called quota is started to fill in April. You can still apply for a H1B as far as an employer is ready to sponsor your visa.

On the topic of fun IT projects I did think about Freelancing...but again do inexperienced people get freelancing jobs ? I would jump at such an opportunity . Thanks for the comment though.

If you have a primary job, it is probably safer / better to just do your own. Pick something simple (e.g. small website, iphone/ipad app) and play.

true...I am not much of a coder but I believe I can dedicate time to training at least I wont be jobless

I'm curious as to how you finish a CS program without learning to be at least a partially decent coder?

Well I am a fresher just got done with my MS in computer science... could you please suggest where I could be part of such an interaction.

Assuming you're still in MA, check out the Boston Security Meetup. Even if it's too general for you I'm sure you'll meet someone who can direct you to a more suitable venue.

http://www.meetup.com/boston-security-meetup/

Awesome tat sounds good... BTW how did u find out im in MA ..i dnt rem putting up the location info on HN

i'd use tat extension lol.....sounds good

@dnsworks.... well I am trying to relate to what you said but I believe pros and cons exist with all sorts of responsibilities but again I will ponder over it :P

@nailer, @hga thanks guys I will take both of ya'll suggestions into consideration.... I am actually a little hands on ith solaris 8 and 10 and even zfs I will look into the cloud setup as you mentioned @hga tat sounds tempting to me .... thanks again guys. My concern isnt as much as my skills but as to if there are any jobs as entry level system admin

hga, well networking I am sure would play a very important role. I would certainly do my part in that. The thing is like most of the people or jobs I come across in my search is all programming oriented. Even my friends who are working suggest something like ...take c++ up ull get a job...dude do .NET its microsoft technology ...so u knw wat i mean....but the thing is when one isnt much of a programmer or rather isnt build for that but still wants to stick to IT is pursuing a career in system administration as an entry level too much to ask....and whenever I ask this question all i get is a response like...you could only make a technical support kind of job so that is kind of disheartening ....but if push comes to shove and thats what it takes to get into it I'll do that too

Sysadmin jobs are certainly out there, and I'd really try to avoid settling for something so much less like technical support, it might be very hard to exit that. Perhaps look elsewhere for leads?

Here's another suggestion: learn how to do this in the cloud. For example, put some money in an AWS account and play around in that environment. If you have access to a suitable spare machine, get Linux + Xen running on it and go from there. Get x86-64 experience. Etc.

The cloud is hot for a variety of reasons, including most especially the lower barriers to entry (no capital costs besides maybe a Ezio Time Token). Those same lower barriers apply to sysadmins, e.g. getting up a cluster of 10 EC2 instances is something you can probably do for the price of a good meal, whereas it's unlikely you'd be able to borrow 10 physical machines and their system disks.