As mentioned in my last post I kicked off the Ubuntu Women Career Days in Ubuntu Classroom bright and early (for me!) on Saturday the 17th.
Logs from that session and an outline of key points that I covered are now up on the Ubuntu Women wiki:
http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/CareerDays/LinuxSystemsAdministrator
It was a really fun experience and gave me a nice opportunity to sit down and think about all the things I enjoy about my job and it was nice to share that with others. If anyone has any follow-up questions they’re welcome to email me: lyz@ubuntu.com
Last week I was contacted by Michael Roth, a professor at ITT Tech in the Bay Area, who was looking for someone to come into his Intro to Linux class to give a quick introduction to Ubuntu “not so much the technology as much as its mission, what Ubuntu is trying to achieve” and we quickly made arrangements for me to come down to two of his evening classes this week.
On Tuesday I headed out to their Oakland campus and tonight I took the train out to the campus in Concord. Both evenings I had a great time, the first wasn’t quite as far along in the class as the others so I was given the opportunity to explain some of the basics of free software, lots of money questions and other key ideas.
My slides from the talks are available:
Thanks to Professor Roth for inviting me to his classrooms to tell his students why Ubuntu is better than the Fedora they were using in class. Just kidding. On a more serious note, it was a nice opportunity to meet a bunch of people who were interested in learning more and furthering their careers in a Linux direction.