Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 14:44:22 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, Mike Avery <mavery@mail.otherwhen.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCWeek article by Anne Chen -- Comments Message-ID: <4.2.0.37.19990505144305.04514e30@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990505144749.18152A-100000@beelzebubba.sysab end.org> References: <199905051756.NAA14044@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
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Administrators get less credit than programmers, which is sad, because they have to be programmers PLUS. Problem-solving, people management, networking, and hardware skills are also required. --Brett Glass At 02:49 PM 5/5/99 -0400, Jamie Bowden wrote: >On Wed, 5 May 1999, Mike Avery wrote: > >:I started out as a programmer and systems analyst. And sold out and >:moved into system administration. And all along, I harbored feelings > >Sold out? I take offense. I -ENJOY- doing Systems Administration. It's >a very necessary and challenging job. Last time I looked, the perfect >self correcting software and hardware hadn't yet been invented/written, so >someone's got to do it. > >Jamie Bowden > >-- > >If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. > -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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