Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 22:28:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: Paul Griffith <paulg@interlog.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Advice Needed - Unix System Admin Message-ID: <199709160428.WAA00419@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970914211405.00691eac@interlog.com> References: <3.0.2.32.19970914211405.00691eac@interlog.com>
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Paul Griffith writes:
> 1) Can you recommend any UNIX training centers that are recognized by
> the industry ? ( I am currently enrolled in a UNIX System
> Admin. course at a local College - Centennial College )
Certainly. Those run by Sun, HP, Silicon Graphics, and IBM. If your
employer uses any of these machines, get them to pay for you to go to
one or more of these courses.
Second, there are various training classes offered during trade shows,
such as Uniforum. Get your employer to send you to some of these, too.
Third, and mostly, get yourself a copy of FreeBSD, stick it on a PC at
home, and learn by doing. This is truly the only way to really learn to
be a UNIX system administrator, and you'll learn a lot more on system
where you're not terrified to kill the system.
> 2) Do you think on is better off learning the UNIX tools (i.e. shell
> scripts, pearl, performance tuning, etc.) than a vendor specific UNIX ?
Yes! UNIX is as much a philosophy or mindset as it is an operating
system. Once you begin to understand the "UNIX way," you will be able
to see beyond the differences between the various UNIX systems to the
similarities between them. And you'll understand why AIX sucks so
much. ;^)
> I also welcome any and all advice you can give me,
Happy hacking! Go immediately to www.ugu.com for more (better) advice;
it's the on-line hangout for UNIX SAs.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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