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Congrats on your first part! You have machined!
I absolutely love it. I have always liked making things and tinkering. I've gotten to make parts for the 7 and the Hornet II, and all sorts of cool things like endoscopes, motorcycles, Campbels soup pumps, satellites. I love the challenge of trying to find the best way to make a brand new thing. It's very rewarding to see it all the way through and have a nice, high quality product at the end. The money is good too.
As for the class, I wouldn't be afraid to be "new". That's what these programs are for. Don't hesitate to ask questions. Even if they seem silly, other people are probably wondering the same things but are afraid to ask.
Notes. Take as many as possible, and try to write them simple enough to recall later. This goes for the job as well. Carry a notepad with you, and while you are being shown something write it down like step by step instructions. I still work out of my notes from 10 years ago.
You may find the massive amounts of technical data overwhelming. Don't worry about. There are many details, and none of them are very complicated. There are just many of them. Take good notes to reference later, and focus on the bigger picture.
What's the best way to make this part? How do I tell the machine to do it?
Memorizing what drill sizes for what taps is like memorizing the phone book. Just keep a phone book, and don't waste your time.
You could get a handbook, and familiarize yourself with how to search it, but most of it won't matter until later on.
It is a good idea to familiarize yourself with names and purposes of equipment and tools. It doesn't hurt to be over prepared, but I think you will do fine regardless. I have trained people that didn't even know what a machine shop is.
I have some notes and cheat sheets that are my go-to day to day references I could copy for you if you want. I have formulas taped to the back of my calculator, and the XYZC coordinate system drawn on the back of my clipboard. If you show up to class with safety glasses, earplugs, notepad, cheat sheets, and calculator in hand, other people will know you mean business.
>>> Would you say that the majority of linux administrator jobs out there are partly plain help desk support?
No, not the majority. Help desk type support is in the "IT" or "Office sysadmin" category. You can avoid those kinds of jobs especially since they usually require windows administration skills/knowledge.
>>> Or is there something else, something more advanced where you wouldn't have to deal with ignorant users, fixing the same issues over and over again?
Most internet type companies with funding and a practical business model will have "IT sysadmins" who support office/user systems and another group (something like "operations") that handles design, infrastructure, and maintenance of backend multi-stage environments. It seems like the latter is what you're interested in.
>>> Are there any particular technical skills (related to linux) that I should focus on to make myself more appealing to the employer?
The most successful unix sysadmins I know are always learning new things. Most of them would also be classified as alcoholics, but that's a different question for later on in your career.
I'd start by reading the bible ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344758/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314175129&sr=8-1 ) if you havn't already. Even the second edition is getting a bit old now but the lessons in it will always be true.
With ios development, things are a bit easier in terms of UI. Mainly because of the touch gestures (touch what you want, pinch to zoom etc.) but I think the thing to make sure about is clear navigation. Whether your making a game, information or utility app; getting to where you want quickly is key with iphone users.
Do you know of any books worth picking up? This one seems relatively good.
My plan is to set up a 3 machine network in a virtual environment.
2 servers without any form of GUI (red hat and arch or debian, perhaps?) and a client.
I want to try my hand at configuring the most commonly used network services, break the servers, try to find solutions and just learn linux from the inside out.