[spam score 2/10 -pobox] [TriLUG] Linux Support Position (OT)

[Thunder Bear]

On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 19:20, Jon Carnes wrote:

> BTW: the days of a System Admin doing only Systems work is fading rapidly 
> (if not already gone).  SA's need extended skills in one or more of the 
> follow:  Programming, Database/Web Applications design, or even a degree in 
> Business.  In this respect, the traditional Universities are a great help.

Oh yes it's crazy.  Look at most of the sysadmin job listings today. 
You need to be both a sysadmin and what would traditionally be called a
DBA.  The DBA jobs are being absorbed into sysadmin jobs.  And Jon is
right, those other skills at least need to be part of your utility belt.

IMHO many businesses are starting to put impossible expectations on what
they will get out of their sysadmins.  There aren't many of us, for
example, that can show proficiency in both Windows and UNIX networks,
but yet that isn't enough anymore.  And they will pay for these
unreasonable expectations in the end when they get one guy who can do
everything a little bit but nothing particularly well.

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