Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

I’m Eric “IT Guy” Hendricks, a Technical Product Marketer who turns open source, Linux, and infrastructure work into stories people actually understand. itguyeric.com Kansas City, MO, USA Joined April 2025

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

18 hours ago

If you're in the middle of a job search right now, I see you. The silence. The interviews that went nowhere. The rejections with no reason. It's a grind. Keep showing up. You've got this. 💪 #JobSearch #OpenToWork #CareerGrowth

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

2 days ago

#TechTipThursday Check who's logged in: who Open connections: ss -tulnp Running services: systemctl list-units --type=service --state=running If you can't explain why a service is running, that's your homework. #Linux #SysAdmin #Security

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

3 days ago

The mouse is slowing you down and you don't notice anymore: Win/Cmd + L: lock screen Alt + Tab: stop touching the taskbar Ctrl + Shift + T: reopen that closed tab Ctrl + Z / Y: undo and redo everything Pick two. Practice for a week. You won't go back. #Productivity #WorkSmarter

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

4 days ago

A few weeks in and the search is moving... Technical Product Marketing Manger with a #sysadmin background. Former #RedHat and #GitLab. #OpenSource and enterprise #infra is my wheelhouse. If you know someone, I'd appreciate the intro. 🙏 #OpenToWork #ProductMarketing #Linux

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

5 days ago

It's not a bug. It's an undocumented feature. #linux #opensource #mememonday

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

a week ago

Here’s the sad truth about tech hiring: So much focus is put on the job history and not enough on the soft skills. Learning a new tech stack is EASY! Learning how to communicate, use time wisely, being a good employee…that isn’t (really) teachable. #opentowork #tech

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

2 weeks ago

@SubiaSyed1 Its a movie reference 😉

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

2 weeks ago

Sh**er was full! Merry Christmas!

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

2 weeks ago

@stephaniamrraw Thank you!

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

2 weeks ago

Alas, my contract is coming to a close in just a few weeks. Getting to work with an #opensource community as my day job and to continue as a #linux product marketer has been amazing. However, all good things, you know? That said, I am once again #opentowork #devrel

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

2 weeks ago

This is an amazing effort to improve the security posture of #RockyLinux. If you have some hardware, give this a try!

CIQ @CtrlIQ

2 weeks ago

Our friends over at the #RESF are putting together a test day for secure boot! Check it out: CALL FOR TESTING: The new boot shim in Rocky 9.8 and 10.2 is signed with multiple certificates to handle changes in Secure Boot. This must be tested on a variety of physical hardware to

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

2 weeks ago

Trying to decide how to ruin my productivity this weekend. Do I jump back into Elder Scrolls Online or finally take the plunge on Final Fantasy XIV? I've played #ESO before and loved it. #FFXIV keeps coming up in conversations but it's a big commitment. What would you do? #Gaming

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

2 weeks ago

Lock down user accounts on Linux before something else does. List failed login attempts: lastb Lock a user account: usermod -L username Force a password change at next login: chage -d 0 username Your servers are likely being probed right now. #Linux #SysAdmin #Security #TechTip

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

2 weeks ago

Multitasking is just doing several things poorly at the same time. Single-tasking is uncomfortable at first because it forces you to sit with one hard thing instead of bouncing between easier ones. One tab. One task. Try it for a morning, see what happens. #Productivity #Focus

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

3 weeks ago

Day 2 of Open Source Summit and I'm still running on no sleep but good conversations! One of my favorite things about events like this is the hallway track. If you're here today come find me. I'd love to connect in person. #OpenSourceSummit #OpenSource #Linux #Community

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

3 weeks ago

Open source license: free to use, free to modify, free to distribute. Documentation: free to be completely wrong since 2009. #MemeMonday #OpenSource #Linux

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

3 weeks ago

Fired up #StarCraftII for the first time in years this week! Still incredible! Sometimes the best thing you can do for your brain is step away from the terminal and go defend a base from a Zerg rush. What's your go-to game when you need to decompress? #Gaming #Tech

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

3 weeks ago

But its always...DNS

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

3 weeks ago

When the network is broken and you need answers fast: Trace the route: traceroute google.com Check open ports: ss -tuln Test DNS: dig google.com The network isn't down. Something specific broke. These tell you what. #Linux #SysAdmin #TechTipThursday

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Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric

3 weeks ago

Stop burying decisions in email threads. Move the conversation to a threaded discussion instead! Slack, Teams, whatever you use: where context stays attached, replies are organized, and nobody has to scroll through a reply-all chain to find the answer. #ProductivityTip #Tech