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Is low-end hosting experience worth putting on a resume?

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playersofia

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10 #1

Been running dual-stack infrastructure out of my closet for years. Legacy IP only providers made me learn NAT traversal the hard way, now I run 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 through 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00ff native. Put it on my resume as "independent address space management." Recruiters ask about "IP experience" then glaze over when I explain the difference between 128 bits of freedom and 32 bits of legacy scarcity. Is this even worth the address space it occupies on the page, or should I compress it like a NATed connection and hide behind "general networking skills"?

ME

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#2

Sorry total noob here but like... isnt any experience good experience? 😅 my friend said put everything on there

SP

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#3
playersofia said:
128 bits of freedom and 32 bits of legacy scarcity

Ngl ivan if you can frame it as "managed bare-metal fleet provisioning" it hits different lol. LLMs dont care if its a $5 box or an H100 cluster, inference is inference

tallinnying

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Night Shift

#4

Idk why I do this but I put "production Proxmox cluster" for my three optiplexes in a mesh anyway

Anyway I got asked about ceph in the interview and just showed them my 3am recovery logs. Got the job. 💀

builds at 3AM, sleeps at noon
marcus_qc

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4 #5

Hey folks gonna be real with you

I got hired at InterServer specifically cause I knew SolusVM inside and out from messing with cheap boxes. Super stoked I put it on there. Owner was like "youre the only one who didnt lie about knowing this panel"

42U and still growing
ben20

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3 #6

Per section 14.3 of standard employment verification protocols, I have documented this: "hobbyist" infrastructure carries no SLA liability and therefore demonstrates risk tolerance, not competence. Prorated value only if you can produce uptime logs. Overage of claimed expertise will result in immediate termination. I have CC'd myself.

SA

Member

3 #7

Put the numbers on there.

  • Dell R230, 85W idle, 1U
  • Supermicro X10, 120W, 2U
  • Shipping pallet of decommissioned E5 v3s you racked yourself

Thats what I lead with. Got me into a real colo job. Hardware dont lie.

kat_fold

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#8

Recruiters glazing over sounds like a them problem honestly

~be kind or be gone~
Hel

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Bare Metal Purist

#9

Carl's right. Watts and rack units translate.

harbourops

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#10

128 bits of freedom is a great line

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