[Novalug] library of congress (dc) storage engineer

[Beartooth]

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Edward Summers wrote:

> I just posted this to ma-jobs but figured it couldn't hurt to 
> post here since the job is local.
>
> --
>
> There is an opportunity at the Library of Congress (DC) for a 
> Linux (Gentoo/Ubuntu) and Solaris systems administrator. Anyone 
> interested in the challenges of long term storage and 
> preservation of large amounts of heterogeneous data is 
> encouraged to apply.
[....]
> This isn't your typical government job as we are running a 
> software development lab within the Library of Congress to 
> experiment with various open source repository systems. You 
> would be considered a member of this informal team and 
> encouraged to learn, contribute, innovate and grow.

 	As an LC retiree, I can attest that working in the 
Legislative Branch is different from the Executive Branch; and I 
suspect LC is different from the rest of the LB. One difference 
is that you can't transfer out to the EB and keep your seniority, 
etc.

 	Another, which counteracts that, is a detail of 
retirement : you can not only keep your health insurance (which 
is *damn* good compared to any other I've heard of -- naturally, 
since it's what the congresscritters get) but gummint actually 
goes on paying its share of the premiums!

 	(It's still not cheap; but it and Medicare between them 
have been paying for about 2/3 to 3/4 of my prescriptions, and so 
far *all* of my medical and surgical work. Those are things that 
can bankrupt you.)

 	A third, which was of great value to me : you get 
borrowing privileges. They put your liver in a jar in Loan 
Division's safe to be sure you bring stuff back, but you get 
them. It's worth it. You won't believe the books in that place.

> If this sounds interesting please feel free to contact me 
> privately via email. I can give you more details since I am a 
> software developer in this team.

 	Give my best to anybody in ITS who still remembers me; 
I used to have lots of friends there -- or especially to anyone 
in cataloging who does. And good luck hiring! LC needs good 
people -- and, mostly, deserves them, bosses or no bosses, if 
only for the sake of what it houses and what it does.

 	(Btw, people are a lot more likely to remember Russell 
Neuswanger than Beartooth, which I became only after retirement; 
but I wore the tooth there.)

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Beartooth Squirreler, Wordcrafty Staffwright
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