From our Vice President Ho-Sheng Hsiao
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369's program is aimed towards high school and college aged youth.
The skills taught range from very basic UNIX (how to use shell, etc.) to advanced
(networking, programming, etc.). We're well-known
enough to receive equipment donations from major companies that exposes our youth
members to technical stuff not available in College.
Our goal is to help our youth members achieve their goals. This may or may
not be a career in system administration.
More importantly, we're a youth mentoring program. We have an unique
leadership training program as it applies to a career in system
administration. This includes lectures, books, materials,
teaching-by-example, and a "leadership lab": because we're a Venturing Crew,
our members can apply those principles first hand. :-) This includes
activities such as team contest (who can take a broken AT&T UNIX servers and bring
it up and running first), to outdoor camps, and most importantly of all,
make new friends.
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Our adult leaders include some of the top UNIX system administrators in
central Ohio. For example, during his stint at AT&T, Mr. Corder redesigned
the global communications network; Mr. Drake is currently the Chief
Technologist of the International Holdings Group at Nationwide Insurance;
Mr. Potter is one of the co-authors of the O'Reilly Perl 5 book.
The members who stay in our program for a year or more
get the most benefits: career opportunities, being able to talk with
the top system administrators in central Ohio. In turn, we have a great
start in earning positive character references vital for a career in system
administration ... The major theme is leadership training, which system
administration is an application. Hence, we combine that with outdoor skills
that require teamwork and leadership.
There is a regular OSU group that heads out each week.
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