Eric the IT Guy

I’m Eric “IT Guy” Hendricks, a Technical Product Marketer who turns open source, Linux, and infrastructure work into stories people actually understand.

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

Your job is not your identity.

It's easy to forget that, especially when you're in the middle of a job search and every rejection feels personal. It isn't. You are not your title. You are not your employer.

#JobSearch #OpenToWork #CareerGrowth #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

Want to catch my talk from #SouthEastLinuxFest? Its now on YouTube! Yes, it's a talk about tabletop roleplaying games at a Linux conference. Come find out why.

Learning to Play Tabletop Role Playing Games | #SELF 2026
https://t.co/51sKEP1W7g
#TTRPG #Linux #OpenSource #Community

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

Have a #dadjoke and a #linux meme all in one!
Happy #MemeMonday !

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

@saltnburnem What’s that? Lol

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

@45Drives after the recent @KeepItTechie interivew, we need to get you all on my podcast, the #ITGuyShow! What do you say? #linux #selfhost #homelab

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

I'm giving a talk today at #SELF2026! Ever wanted to play #DungeonsAndDragons? Come by my talk and learn how Table Top Role Playing games work 🎲

#DnD #TTRPG #SouthEastLinuxFest

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

Day 2 of #SELinuxFest has kicked off: You should stop by the #RockyLinux booth and grab a Rocky #Linux tshirt!
Interested in winning a #RaspberryPi ? Come by the booth at 4:45ET with a 60 second pitch of what you'd use Rocky Linux to build! #homelab #self #self2026

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

It's SELF day 1 and I'm here for it!
Two talks, good people, and the kind of hallway conversations you can't get anywhere else.
If you're at SouthEast Linux Fest today come find me. Let's connect.

#SELF #SouthEastLinuxFest #Linux #OpenSource #Community

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

@saltnburnem @paw_lean Then we all realized we could get jobs in tech that was *mostly* talking to people! (He says on a plane heading to a conference.)

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

Tired of 16-step READMEs just to get a dev environment running?
Walking through @floxdevelopment: reproducible environments built on Nix. One command, works everywhere.

https://t.co/TGD6z6Dkoh
#Nix #OpenSource #Linux

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

SSH is how you get things done remotely. Know it cold.
Connect to a remote host: ssh user@hostname
Copy files securely: scp file.txt user@hostname:/path/
Generate SSH keys: ssh-keygen -t ed25519
Passwords are fine. Keys are better. Use keys.
#Linux #SysAdmin #SSH #TechTipThursday

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

"Works on my machine" is not a deployment strategy.

Walking through @coderhq, self-hosted cloud dev environments defined as code, consistent every time. Templates, editor support, and yes, AI agent support built in.

🎬 https://t.co/ju1wgiwPeY
#Coder #OpenSource #Dev #Homelab

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

"No" is a complete sentence.

Every yes to something that doesn't matter is a no to something that does. Your time and energy are finite. Protect them like you protect your production environment.

#Productivity #WorkLifeBalance #Focus #DeepWork

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

Live RIGHT NOW on The IT Guy Show: Live Ops 009.

We're walking through @xcpng and Xen Orchestra, the open source virtualization stack from @vatesfr.

Watch now: https://t.co/54WTpp34me
#Linux #OpenSource #Virtualization #Homelab #XCPng #VMware #SysAdmin #ITOps

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

Heading to SouthEast Linux Fest this weekend and I'm giving two talks.
If you're going to be there, come find me. Always down to talk Linux, open source, or whatever's on your mind.

#SELF #SouthEastLinuxFest #Linux #OpenSource #Community

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

Rocky Linux is solid. But what do you actually get when you need commercial guarantees behind it? I'm breaking down RLC Pro and the full RLC product family!

🎬 https://t.co/fYiQpyh0Rn
#Linux #RockyLinux #EnterpriseLinux #OpenSource #HPC #SysAdmin

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Shoutout to the unpaid open source devs holding everything together.
You know who you are. We owe you more than a GitHub star.

#OpenSource #Linux #SysAdmin #MemeMonday

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

@BryanSilveaj Will do!

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

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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@YCryptoweb Sure, my DMs are open.

[Eric the IT Guy @itguyeric]

@a_triple5037 Thanks for sharing!