Not Necessarily Interesting News

I had a few phone interviews over the past couple of weeks for a position as a Linux Consultant or Instructor for a company based outside Boston, MA. Not tough to figure out who it could be. The phone interviews went well, I thought, and they flew me out from Austin on Tuesday for a day of face-to-face interviews on Wednesday.

Overall, I thought they went pretty well. I had a good feeling on the way back to the airport. Today I talked to the recruiter and found they apparently thought I had good people skills but was lacking in a couple of areas technically. I asked what those might be and was only told LDAP. Ok, I’ll admit I’ve never used it in the past. In the phone interviews it never came up as a deal killer. I even said I hadn’t used it before. I assumed it wasn’t a big issue if they flew me all the way to Massachusetts.

So, what does one do? Today I started reading up on it and am building my own test server at home so I can get up to speed on it and learn the basics. Doesn’t seem to be a big deal. Since no one is hiring over the next couple weeks because of the holidays, I guess I’ll spend some time getting to know it. It might be too late for this job but might help in the next one.

After talking with the people at the company they all seemed to really like the environment and seemed to genuinely enjoy their jobs. I _really_ want to work for this company. I’ve worked with them in the past and have never run into someone there that doesn’t like their work. I hope to get a better description of what I’m lacking so I can work on getting those skills. That way I can try again to join them at a later date if they’ll let me. Assuming, of course, I don’t find a position in another company that I like better (though I doubt it. This place just seemed ‘cool’). It seemed like a place I’d really enjoy working and had people I’d like to work with.