Andy Alexander — Linux Systems Administrator
I got my start in 1996, in high school, at Cardina Internet Group — a dialup ISP in Lapeer, MI, not far from where I grew up in Dryden. I came in on the support desk, but I kept digging into how the systems actually worked, and it wasn't long before I was doing systems administration. I started picking up a bit of everything: shell scripting, sendmail, DNS, and the discipline of not touching production on a Friday afternoon. That early opportunity is a big part of why I ended up spending a career in this stack instead of somewhere else entirely.
Today I do that same work two ways: remote contract administration for a private client, and my own infrastructure at home — designing, breaking, fixing, and documenting a real multi-site environment because it's the best way I know to keep the skills sharp and prove they're current. The home network is infrastructure I depend on every day, and the labs are labeled as labs. All of it is documented the way I'd want it documented if someone else had to pick it up at 2am — the featured projects are the place to start.
The fastest way to reach me is LinkedIn. My resume — with the full work history — is on this site as well.