[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Jobs

[Douglas Garstang]

Well, I sure hope it becomes enormous!
 
I moved from Los Angeles to a certain city that shall remain nameless a few months ago to work for a CLEC. I've realised that while I love working with Asterisk, I simply can't remain in this city (waaaay to small) and would like to return to LA.
 
I'm trying to work out the value of remaining in a city I don't like much in order to gain experience. Architecting a VOIP solution for a CLEC would certainly look great on a resume. However, in several months time when my commitment with them is up, if I can't find an Asterisk related job back in LA, what's the point? I might as well cut my losses now and try (it ain't gonna be easy... I have to pay these guys back their relocation assistance etc) getting a Unix Admin job back in LA again.
 
Doug
 

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Hans Witvliet [mailto:hwit at a-domani.nl] 
	Sent: Sun 1/8/2006 3:50 PM 
	To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com 
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	Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Jobs
	
	

	On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 13:58 +0400, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
	> Douglas Garstang a écrit :
	> Actually, I've found Asterisk to be a great experience. Not so much
	> because of the product itself (which is already great), but because of
	> the level of accessibility and the community around it.
	>
	> Asterisk drastically lowers barriers of entry in the field of commercial
	> telephony systems. Besides, the wiki, the mailing list and the IRC
	> channels make it relatively easy to get started with the system. This
	> "no-pointy-clicky no-brainer interface" actually allows you to gain more
	> in-depth knowledge about telephony and VoIP.
	>
	
	I can second that.
	The (possible) impact of * on the pbx market could be enormous.
	I worked for nearly two decades for the largest telco manufacturer,
	and have seen some of the limitations a large company implies.
	With pbx's, on small systems had just basic predefined dial-plans with
	limmited features. On large systems, customers had to pay dearly  for
	any add-on feaures. Much was possible, but as there was no paying
	customer, lots of things never left the design-department.
	
	Personnaly, i would dare compare it with the impact Linux has on the
	UNIX-community. It used to be closed, limited and high priced. Now,
	distro's come with truck full of tools and applications one could only
	dream of.
	
	On *, it seems that your imagination is the only limitation.
	You ARE capable of changing the behaviour yourself.
	(Or actually you have to define the entire behaviour ;-))
	
	Besides OOo, i think it is the best open-source product...
	Perhaps it has little impact when looking for a specifc job, but you
	shurely can learn a lot!
	
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