The adequan came on Tues. Tess got her first shot that day. She'll get her second shot tomorrow. I worked Tess in the arena a couple times this week. So far all is good.
This morning, I hauled out early. It was nice. A couple of people were out target shooting but it wasn't bad. It is kind of beneficial to trialing because I know my dogs don't care about it. I only worked Tess once but she was tired and hot. We had a big thunderstorm yesterday with a lot of rain. It made it kind of muggy this morning. I think it was worse at dog level than at my level. I was happy with Tess and it sure felt good to get out. I am sure it did felt good to her too.
I worked Brie twice. I wanted to see how close she is to trialing. I started out like I was at a trial. She has an awesome outrun. She took her stop whistle on the fetch and then I had her bring the sheep around me and do a drive away. She handled that well and took her lie downs. We did a flank and a cross drive. Brie did well. It was small cross drive but she did it and it was under control.
On our second work, I walked with Brie driving. I don't think she liked me being that close. It seemed to push her more and I had a harder time keeping her walking straight into the sheep, she kept wanting to flank away from me. Next time, I'll try walking with her but farther away. She did a huge outrun. I want to enter her in some Nursery classes in July. I think she'll be ready if we get out more often that is. If I can haul out twice a week, I'll be happy. It would sure be nice to have my own field. Someday...
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Picking up purebred Katahdin sheep
On June 13th, I will be making a run up to Eagle Point, OR to pick up some purebred Katahdin sheep. If anyone wants some, please let me know and I can bring them back. Ram lambs will be $175 total. I need to add some money on for fuel and vet certs. I believe there are some yearling ewes and some ewe lambs available, too. I would need to check on their prices. I will need to know a week in advance.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Tess update
Adequan is on order. I hope it is in early next week. I have high hopes that Tess will be back to normal soon. I finally worked her last night for the first time in two months. She still seems a little off, not bad most people would not notice but, I do. She seems good today so....keep your fingers crossed.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Blog 13
What kind of jobs are out there in the Linux field, where are they, and how much could you make? Research the Internet and tell me what you find.
There is a ton of information on the internet about Linux jobs, salaries and areas. One of the sites that I thought had a lot of information was www.payscale.com . You could look at graphs of just about everything, by experience, location, job, size of company, and on and on.
I grew up in Montana and I would love to go back there. So, I looked for Linux jobs and salaries in MT. It’s sad, the State is hiring but the salary is $56,000. For MT, that is pretty high. When I left MT, I was making between $29,000 and $32,000 (I can’t remember which, it was a long time ago). My dad had worked at the State for 30 years, had a college degree and I was making more than he was.
The job that I looked up was for a Linux System Administrator. Here are some areas and what the internet says Linux administrators are paid.
Helena, MT $56,000
Billings, MT $61,000
Boise, ID $56,000
Reno, NV $71,000
Spokane, WA $73,000
Sacramento, CA $77,000
San Francisco, CA $81,000
Portland, OR $72,000
Salem, OR $77,000
Eugene, OR $80,000
Klamath Falls, OR $79,000
Pendleton, OR $90,000
The lowest paying type of job is the System Administrator and the $62,500 range and the highest was the Sr. Software Engineer in the $94,000 range.
If you looked at salaries by experience, I found the following: minimum experience less than 1 year the salary was around $59,000 and over 20 years experience pays over $100,000. That just gives you an idea of the start of your Linux career to what you would be making at the end of your career. That’s a pretty good range.
There are several different paths in the Linux field. Some of them are:
System Engineer
Programmer
System Administrator
Software Engineer
Web Developer
Jboss
DBA/Developer
LinkedIn Jobs had 31 pages of jobs that required Linux experience. All the jobs seemed to be in large metropolitan areas with the bulk of them being in CA, around the Bay area. There was one job listed for Microsoft. I could not resist looking at the job description and it did say that they required Linux experience. I think that’s funny, Microsoft wanting Linux.
Reading some of the job descriptions and requirements was intimidating. I think every one of them required a 4 year college degree and lots of experience. It seemed that there would not be very many people that would qualify. On the upside, it was really nice to see that even in the current economy there are a lot of Linux opportunities out there.
There is a ton of information on the internet about Linux jobs, salaries and areas. One of the sites that I thought had a lot of information was www.payscale.com . You could look at graphs of just about everything, by experience, location, job, size of company, and on and on.
I grew up in Montana and I would love to go back there. So, I looked for Linux jobs and salaries in MT. It’s sad, the State is hiring but the salary is $56,000. For MT, that is pretty high. When I left MT, I was making between $29,000 and $32,000 (I can’t remember which, it was a long time ago). My dad had worked at the State for 30 years, had a college degree and I was making more than he was.
The job that I looked up was for a Linux System Administrator. Here are some areas and what the internet says Linux administrators are paid.
Helena, MT $56,000
Billings, MT $61,000
Boise, ID $56,000
Reno, NV $71,000
Spokane, WA $73,000
Sacramento, CA $77,000
San Francisco, CA $81,000
Portland, OR $72,000
Salem, OR $77,000
Eugene, OR $80,000
Klamath Falls, OR $79,000
Pendleton, OR $90,000
The lowest paying type of job is the System Administrator and the $62,500 range and the highest was the Sr. Software Engineer in the $94,000 range.
If you looked at salaries by experience, I found the following: minimum experience less than 1 year the salary was around $59,000 and over 20 years experience pays over $100,000. That just gives you an idea of the start of your Linux career to what you would be making at the end of your career. That’s a pretty good range.
There are several different paths in the Linux field. Some of them are:
System Engineer
Programmer
System Administrator
Software Engineer
Web Developer
Jboss
DBA/Developer
LinkedIn Jobs had 31 pages of jobs that required Linux experience. All the jobs seemed to be in large metropolitan areas with the bulk of them being in CA, around the Bay area. There was one job listed for Microsoft. I could not resist looking at the job description and it did say that they required Linux experience. I think that’s funny, Microsoft wanting Linux.
Reading some of the job descriptions and requirements was intimidating. I think every one of them required a 4 year college degree and lots of experience. It seemed that there would not be very many people that would qualify. On the upside, it was really nice to see that even in the current economy there are a lot of Linux opportunities out there.
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