[BNM] [OT] Relocating to London

Wed Feb 4 11:47:52 GMT 2009

If you're working in Canary Wharf, think hard about transport to there.
We see the trains at Canada Water in the morning going to Canary Wharf
and they're packed. It's also very messy at London Bridge.

Ant

On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 11:18 +0000, Alessandro De Maria wrote:

> This is what I will be doing at the very beginning. A very promising
> opportunity is in Canary Wharf. It shouldn't take too long in the morning to
> get there.
> But then I think I will give London a chance. I have always been avoiding it
> because it was expensive, and I like treating myself :P
> 
> However now with this new opportunity, living there can be considered again.
> :P
> 
> Thanks for all your advices guys!
> 
> Regards
> Alessandro
> 
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Alan Newman <alan at sensibledevelopment.com>wrote:
> 
> > Can't you commute from Brighton?
> >
> > It can be quicker than crossing London in the morning.
> >
> > - Alan
> >
> > On 3 Feb 2009, at 23:16, Alessandro De Maria wrote:
> >
> > > Very interesting, but I am actually after millions of squid ;)
> > >
> > > Thanks anyway
> > >
> > > Alessandro De Maria
> > > alessandro.demaria at gmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3 Feb 2009, at 23:11, Steve Purkiss <steve at purkiss.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> See from your linkedin profile you're a linux sysadmin, this was
> > >> posted earlier on the brighton linux group, thought it might be of
> > >> interest. Not millions of squid, but surely better than moving back
> > >> to
> > >> London ;)
> > >>
> > >> ---8<---
> > >> Please make sure you reply to jobs at dbeducation.co.uk and not to the
> > >> list.
> > >>
> > >> == Job Description: ==
> > >>
> > >> We currently have a vacancy for a highly skilled Scalability
> > >> Engineer/
> > >> Senior Linux Systems Administrator (permanent), to be based at our
> > >> offices in central Brighton, a stone's throw from Brighton station.
> > >>
> > >> The successful candidate will join a team of three existing Systems
> > >> Administrators responsible for the management and upkeep of our live
> > >> infrastructure, including around 75 servers, comprising of web,
> > >> database
> > >> and email clusters. Our systems has 1.7 million users and handles 5
> > >> million hits and 150,000 mail deliveries a day. They will also be
> > >> involved in recommending and implementing technologies to improve
> > >> scalability, performance, monitoring and reliability. The role will
> > >> involve liaising with Customer Support and Development teams.
> > >>
> > >> == Skills Range: ==
> > >>
> > >> The successful candidate would ideally be experienced working with
> > >> Ubuntu/Debian, Tomcat and MySQL in a large scale multi-tiered,
> > >> multi-server J2EE web application, although experience of alternative
> > >> technologies would be acceptable.
> > >>
> > >> They must also have experience of Apache, Exim, TCP/IP, network
> > >> security
> > >> and scripting (shell and, ideally, one of Perl or Python). You should
> > >> also have knowledge of working with large scale systems and modern
> > >> techniques for horizontally scaling web applications, including data
> > >> partitioning, caching strategies and distributed file storage
> > >> systems.
> > >>
> > >> Additional consideration will be paid to candidates with knowledge of
> > >> BGP and OSPF routing on Juniper (or Cisco) routers, VLANs, Xen, DNS
> > >> using Bind and PowerDNS, IMAP using Dovecot, server monitoring using
> > >> Nagios and Munin, Java, PHP, SSL and public key encryption, LDAP,
> > >> Linux
> > >> virtual server, automatic server installation using debian-installer
> > >> pre-seeding and puppet, Debian packaging and server hardware. This
> > >> is an
> > >> excellent opportunity to learn any missing skills in an enterprise-
> > >> level
> > >> setting.
> > >>
> > >> You need to be comfortable working in an environment of rapid
> > >> development, within a multi-disciplined technical team, and be
> > >> expected
> > >> to actively contribute to the evolution of working practices and
> > >> processes.
> > >>
> > >> == Salary: ==
> > >>
> > >> 27K - 35K depending on experience.
> > >>
> > >> == About DB Education: ==
> > >>
> > >> DB Education Services Ltd is a leading provider of Learning Platforms
> > >> for the UK Schools market and a supplier of software products to the
> > >> Education and Local Authority market. See Products page for further
> > >> details.
> > >>
> > >> We supply Regional Broadband Consortia (including the VLE contract
> > >> for
> > >> the leader in this market, LGfL), LA's and Schools across England and
> > >> Wales.
> > >>
> > >> All products are designed and written from our base in Brighton, the
> > >> UK's leading e-learning city, by a vastly experienced team of
> > >> developers.
> > >>
> > >> DB designed the UK's first large scale Virtual Learning Environment
> > >> (VLE), the first specialist Primary School Learning Platform for a LA
> > >> (the much acclaimed Starz programme for Cambridgeshire LA) and now
> > >> the
> > >> first Learning Platform, DB Primary, designed solely for Primary
> > >> Schools.
> > >>
> > >> == Additional Information: ==
> > >>
> > >> Previous applicants need not apply. Strictly no agencies please! We
> > >> really do not recruit via agencies. No, really.
> > >>
> > >> == How to apply: ==
> > >>
> > >> If you feel you have the necessary qualities and skills
> > >> then please email us your CV with a short covering letter (including
> > >> salary expectations, and where you found this job advertisement) to
> > >> jobs at dbeducation.co.uk.
> > >> --->8---
> > >>
> > >> Steve Purkiss
> > >>
> > >> http://purkiss.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Alessandro De Maria
> > >> <alessandro.demaria at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> I have been living in Brighton for 3 years, but now London
> > >>> (especially
> > >>> job-wise) is calling.
> > >>> Where would you advice me to relocate?
> > >>> I would like to be somewhere at the same level of Brighton, where
> > >>> it is nice
> > >>> to live and there is a good night life.
> > >>>
> > >>> Any advice?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Regards
> > >>> Alessandro
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> Alessandro De Maria
> > >>> alessandro.demaria at gmail.com
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> -- 
> Alessandro De Maria
> alessandro.demaria at gmail.com
> Niccolo Machiavelli - Whosoever desires constant success must change his
> conduct with the times.
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