Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:51:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Pechter <pechter@lakewood.com> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Sysadmin levels today? Message-ID: <199707301751.NAA16509@i4got.lakewood.com> In-Reply-To: <199707301449.IAA04613@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Jul 30, 97 08:49:12 am"
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Re: the current state of the industry: > Ahh, but you assume that we haven't ever seen [name withheld] before. > Unfortunately, his behavior is 'typical', in that he wants us to do all > his research and work for him, rather than him spending the time to do > his own work. He also shows a complete lack of interest in finding out > solutions to his own problems. > > I've dealt with him too many times over the last 2 years to have > anything but pity on any company he works for, since he will require > hand-holding and doesn't do anything on his own. > > Nate > Nate: You probably don't have time to read this so you can blow it off. Ignore the flame... I'm just venting. I'm redirecting to -chat. Isn't the above the current state of the business. I see a problem in the current state of the the art in Sysadmin-hood. I just went on a job interview this morning (headhunter) where I was asked if I know how to tune a kernel. Isn't that Intro to Sysadmin type stuff... remove unneeded devices, check vmstat, SAR, etc... I used to do Sysadmin training and I was shocked that people are screening Admin types with a simple question like that. Boy, I'm tired of watching the CNE, MSCNE types around work be unable to fix stuff without forty phone calls to tech support. Is the Sun/SCO/AIX certification process any better than Novell's paper CNEs? Is this just a $$$ generator for the company doing the certification and Drake testing? Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Pechter | 17 Meredith Drive Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 | 908-389-3592 pechter@lakewood.com | Save computing history, give an old geek old hardware. This msg brought to you by the letters PDP and the number 11.home | help
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