Linux Career Opportunities in 2025: Skills in High Demand
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Regulars are buzzing about the Linux job market in 2025, with a recent article highlighting the skills that'll be in high demand. Commenters riff on the article's predictions, sharing their own experiences and insights on the most valuable Linux skills, from containerization to security expertise. As the discussion unfolds, a consensus emerges: staying adaptable and committed to continuous learning will be key to thriving in the ever-evolving Linux landscape. The thread feels particularly relevant now as tech professionals look ahead to the new year, scrambling to stay ahead of the curve.
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1- use the consent-o-matic extension, or 2- open in incognito mode, accept whatever, then when closing the session all the cookies they gave you go away.
I’ve had a hell of a time finding good embedded Linux devs.
I got insanely lucky to hire two this year.
I studied under him at the university. He's also active in open source communities around embedded space.
Edit: I mean, Vizio TVs literally run systemd.
The Linux kernel side is mostly device trees, device drivers and the like.
u-boot is very famous as a bootloader in the embedded space
Firmware for board bring up and devices
I can find systemd script gremlins all the live long day.
I can’t find anyone who can write device drivers for custom peripherals, then hook them to user space utilities in a sane way.
What would you recommend I do? Looking for any more devs?
I'm the only one with formal Linux experience on my team and I'm the only one who doesn't have to look up how to get to the logs...
K8s admin != Linux grey beard. SurprisedPikachu.gif
It's good for getting the latest versions of packages, both for things that aren't in the distro and even to override distro packages. So far almost everything Just Works alongside the distro packages (at least for Ubuntu LTS).
Been daily driving desktop Debian for dang-near a decade now (heh). I've also maintained a gradually-evolving app hosting service for clients for even longer, covering all kinds of stuff. Current architecture includes LXC and nginx. And, I've got BSD experience too.
Job market sucks for me too.
I just tripled my rates!
The article no doubt misspelt "wishful thinkers", of course.
Wish it were as easy as getting some certifications, but I don't think anyone has ever asked for one specifically in my entire career.
I think it is changed. AI is today’s version of the computer, putting many out of long-held jobs while opening up new career paths for different skills.
In my experience it's the network of people you've worked with that know how beneficial you are and want to work with you again (this is key) that will keep you in demand regardless of the market conditions.
I give 1-2 interviews a week right now for SRE jobs that pay mid 200s
Job markets bad but you should be getting some calls atleast
The job market is bad but people are still getting jobs and interviews. Months of silence is not normal
Ive also been on the applicant side and got interviews and call backs, also a handful of recruiters reaching out to me
For example, I put an ad here, and replied to five others. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801184 No replies or enquiries.
(Any leads out there hn?)
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