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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:40:41 +0530
From: Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in>
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Subject: developer be a good administrator too : mandatory?
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hello,

i used to be a unix developer till a decade back, before
turning to the web (economic reasons) and finally becoming
a manager (of sorts).

i haven't written a full blown program in over 7 years and
feel that my coding skills have erroded.

i am re-training to be a software developer, because, i've
realized that it is what i love to do.

the question that's popping up in my mind is;
"is it necessary for a freebsd developer (c89) to also be a
great system administrator?".

the rationale i've heard is that if you can't handle your
own freebsd system, how are you going to get productive!

~mayuresh