[PLUG] THURSDAY PLUG Meeting: A Philosophy for Reliability: Lessons learned from 40 years of System Administration

Michael Dexter dexter at ambidexter.com
Wed Sep 6 05:47:19 UTC 2017


Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement

Who: Brian P. Martin
What: A Philosophy for Reliability: Lessons learned from 40 years of 
System Administration
Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level)
When: Thursday, September 7th, 2017 at 7pm
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
Stream: Meatspace


After spending 40 years being a System Administrator, frequent PLUG 
attendee Brian Martin will share what he's learned in his quest to be 
the best System Administrator he could be. While primarily targeted at 
system administration, many of his points are equally applicable to 
programmers, web developers, and anyone working in IT.

About Brian

Brian first laid hands on a computer in 1970. He earned his first money 
in IT ($5) in high school, and continued contract programming through 
college. After working for many years as a system programmer in 
government and private industry he began his own consulting company in 
1994. He relocated to Portland in 1996 in the successful pursuit of 
love, and has been here ever since. He lives with his wife and and a 
pair of dogs on the west side. He enjoys eating out with friends, live 
performances of jazz, comedy, and Shakespeare, games of all kinds, and 
hopes to return to hiking and photography in retirement.


Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250472459

Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 1945 NW Quimby St. after the meeting.

Rideshares to the Lucky Lab available

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I wish I could be there!

Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer




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