This is pretty cool: End of March I signed a contract with Red Hat as a senior Linux consultant. It is not just “another new job”. It is cool for (at least) two reasons: First reason is that Red Hat is not “just another company”, it is Red Hat which is not very comparable to other employers, it is THE Linux and open source company, for me as a open source guy, this is perfect. The second reason is: I’m moving from Zurich in Switzerland to Berlin in Germany.
So, two major changes in my life at the same time. I’m looking forward to the challenges that are waiting for me.
I’ll continue to work at Siemens IT Solutions and Services AG until approx. mid of June and start working at Red Hat at 1st of July.
From May, 09 to May 15. I’ll be the first time in Berlin to have a look at the city and its different suburbs. I’ll also be there to organize some stuff required to settle in Berlin. In the same time, Europe’s biggest Linux conference will be held in Berlin, the “Linux Tag”. I guess I’ll have a lot of fun, and maybe meet some of my future workmates.
It is hard for me to leave my country, I have a lot of friends here. On the other hand, Berlin is just about 1.5h away by plane. As a consultant, I’m travelling a lot. Because of that, it would not be that easy to build up a social network (I mean real-life-stuff, not Facebook) in Berlin.
It also is not easy for me to leave Siemens, I’m involved in a very cool project with the Swiss government (all Systems will be RHEL6) and I also have friends and nice workmates at work which I’m going to leave.
I already know quite some people at Red Hat, they are all nice and I guess some of them will get good friends over the time.
Having fun?
Absolutely guaranteed!
