There are a number of large companies sponsoring MariaDB.org development. I don't think there is any concern about its development going forward at this point.
Attempting to get a seasonal job, year after year, for just 2-3 months a year would be difficult.
My wife is a former school teacher and she spent a considerable amount of time planning and working on things for the next school year. If teachers are expected to all work over summer break to make ends meet then their performance will suffer.
I'd argue that a better approach for teachers and education in general would be to move to more year-round schooling.
I have not worked at Facebook but have several acquaintances who have in the past. A frequent complain I've heard is they actually do dogfood their own product. Much of the communication is done via Facebook between employees and is difficult to stay up to date on things.
If you want to get familiar with DevOps basics in a cloud environment I would start with the Cloud Resume Challenge (https://cloudresumechallenge.dev/). It provides a good way to get started on building things with IaC and using pipelines to do so.
It also provides practical, real-world experience that none of AWS' certs offer.
Meredith Corp | Full-Time | ONSITE | Des Moines, IA | Sr Engineer - DevOps
This position is primarily responsible for managing our infrastructure in AWS, provision and configure AWS instances. Writing, debugging and managing applications to ensure optimal performance. Create and manage application and infrastructure monitoring solutions.
Skills required:
* Manage AWS Infrastructure using CloudFormation
* Write and maintain Ansible playbooks for server configuration
* Design and implement monitoring solutions for all application and infrastructures
* Work with engineers to make ensure applications are secure and adhere to the best practices
* Assist in the design and maintenance of infrastructure for automate testing
Meredith | Des Moines, Iowa | Sr Engineer - Web Operations | ONSITE
Meredith Corporation, a publicly held media and marketing services company founded upon serving our customers and committed to building value for our shareholders. We are on the pulse of pop culture, entertainment, food, fashion and lifestyle, news, business and finance, and sports.
We are looking for a Sr Engineer in our Digital Operations team. This member will be responsible for managing our AWS infrastructure using a combination of CloudFormation, Ansible and other tools. Strong Linux, Python and Jenkins experience is preferred. This is a great team and an opportunity to work for a company with a large digital presence in the middle of the heartland.
Meredith | Des Moines, Iowa | Sr Engineer - Web Operations | ONSITE
Meredith Corporation, a publicly held media and marketing services company founded upon serving our customers and committed to building value for our shareholders. We are on the pulse of pop culture, entertainment, food, fashion and lifestyle, news, business and finance, and sports.
We are looking for a Sr Engineer in our Digital Operations team. This member will be responsible for managing our AWS infrastructure using a combination of CloudFormation, Ansible and other tools. Strong Linux, Python and Jenkins experience is preferred. This is a great team and an opportunity to work for a company with a large digital presence in the middle of the heartland.
I wish there was more input as to why Apache 2.4 isn't suitable. It's been 3 years since its event driven model was released and it is a perfectly acceptable web server even for static content.