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rhfrommn
Look here for salary info:
SAGE Salary Surveys
The stuff available to non-members is 2006 or older, but still will give you a good idea. Inflate all the numbers maybe 5-10% to make up for the 3 year old data and you'll be in the ballpark.
Thanks for the link... that has a lot of info in it. It seems according to that page after I inflated the salary by 10% I came up with a figure of about $91k(in the area I plan on living...Colorado). I'm in PA now, but I'm planning on getting my education here and probably living in a townhouse around here until I can save up enough money to put a downpayment on a home around Colorado Springs... and then I'd like to move out there.
My plan right now though is going to college for a 2yr associate's degree in web development and then after that's over, transferring my credits and finishing with Bachelors of Computer Science(so probably 4-5 years of school). After that, I would probably like to take get a certificate for a Unix course or something alike(not that it means too much... more just as a way to get in the door of an employer). I know I'm going to have to learn A LOT about Unix... so I was planning on starting now and learning as much as I can. I'm pretty much a newbie at Unix... so I have a lot to learn. Someone here(i think it was wempy) mentioned building my own linux o/s (linux from scratch). I'm actually planning on doing that too. Anyways, for everyone out there in the Unix Systems Administration field, how does this plan sound to you guys? Do you have any more suggestions on things I should do to work towards getting a position as Unix System Administrator?
Thanks again