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I've been in the (US) government for a while and its hard to hire contractors on our existing service contract so I finally found a contract vehicle that would allow us to get either a consultant/programmer if we can find this person but now I need to know how to find a qualified individual for the type of work we need.
We need an embedded Linux programmer (I'm not one but we do have one on our team who is doing other work). Be able to advise, review our design, and be able to code, etc. Must understand or be expert at kernel level programming -- device drivers, network/networking IP, ARP, unicast, etc. Basically, we're rolling our own streamlined linux onto a remote network distributor (or redistributor/IP message forwarder). The subsystem will have a main/alternate redundant data paths, control what path to switch to, is bidirectional for some messages but mostly unidirectional. Will need to know which path is online, obtain performance measurements, capable of running a built in test while operating and a fault isolation test when in a maintenance mode to isolate any problems. This device will be the interface to other devices on the network allowing remote access for configurations and also acts as a controller/manager providing status and information for remote monitoring purposes.
Personally, we have a small team of C programmers (expert at their area of the system)and only one knows linux and kernel level programming. Of course, he's a know it all and may be pulling the wool over our eyes sometimes because none of us know embedded well enough to challenge him. He seems competent though has a large ego. Anyway, I've did some preliminary looks online at the guru.com type of sites. Wow. That didn't seem very productive. The government can't post a job on one of those sites. And, I tried a couple of informal direct contacts to no avail.
Anyway, was hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
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This is the US government.
So no matter where you advertise, no matter how you recruit, no matter where you look for a good, highly experienced embedded Linux programmer, you will get a COBOL coder who wears socks and sandals ... and has "worked" for the government for his entire life... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: COBOL coder who wears socks and sandals
You mean he will be British?
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LMAO at this one. 
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True that !! 
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Doesn't munchies_matt, aka fat_boy specialize in this area? He may know someone.
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so munchies_matt is fat boy. I wondered where fat boy went.
Anyhow, fat boy does do low-level kernel programming, if I recall...could be wrong though, It has been a while and my memory sucks. 
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length of contract? clearance needed?
I'd be looking for unix developer groups. I'd talk to you, but my driver level stuff was PCI and graphics accelerators....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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If you eat Beryllium, Gold, and Titanium are you soon BeAuTiFul?
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No, you are soon DEAD!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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You mean to say that it's like Krypton to him?
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If he gets a good undertaker, he could be both beautiful and dead you know! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Quite. It never pays to go elementary on your alimentary!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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O, U SiLi PErSON!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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LOL!
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I'm reading a fantastic book : (same author as the Steve Jobs biography so it's very well researched and written).
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution: Walter Isaacson: 9781476708706: Amazon.com: Books[^]
Bill Gates
The biographical section on Bill Gates provides a lot of details about him as a hacker, a dumpster diver, a programmer and a rebel that you don't hear much about. It's extremely interesting. I've always thought Gates was creative, amazing and was very smart even though there are various opinions about him.
Anyways, if you haven't read the book, give it a read. It's really great.
Have You Read It?
Have any of you read the book? What did you think? What did you think about the parts on Gates? Just curious.
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I've read various high tech biographies (Gates, Jobs, Ellison) as well as histories of the various companies (Microsoft, Apple, Google, IBM, etc...). All very interesting stuff.
Particularly interesting how the various authors describe the same events completely differently.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: Particularly interesting how the various authors describe the same events completely differently.
A v ery good example of the old saying, "History is written by the victors."
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Mike Mullikin wrote: Particularly interesting how the various authors describe the same events completely differently
That is true. That's also why you are very smart to read broadly about the events to see what does match up.
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What do you do when nothing "matches up"?
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: What do you do when nothing "matches up"?
That's the best...then you just believe whatever you want to believe.
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Thanks for the recommendation. Have reserved it at my library.
/ravi
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Hope to hear what you think, when you've read more of it. 
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I'm almost never wrong.
The reason I say "almost" is because one time, I thought I made a mistake, and discovered later that I hadn't.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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