From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 5 14:46:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail-gw1adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C4E5158A6 for ; Wed, 5 May 1999 14:46:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (ppp-207-193-10-207.hstntx.swbell.net [207.193.10.207]) by mail-gw1adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA24826; Wed, 5 May 1999 16:45:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA03322; Wed, 5 May 1999 16:47:07 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from chris) Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 16:47:06 -0500 From: Chris Costello To: Brett Glass Cc: Jamie Bowden , Mike Avery , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCWeek article by Anne Chen -- Comments Message-ID: <19990505164705.A3297@holly.dyndns.org> Reply-To: chris@calldei.com References: <199905051756.NAA14044@gatekeeper.itribe.net> <4.2.0.37.19990505144305.04514e30@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.1i In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.37.19990505144305.04514e30@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Wed, May 05, 1999 at 02:44:22PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, May 5, 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > 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. There seem to be more anti-administrator ("that stupid admin," "administrator: person who keeps things broken") people out there than otherwise. > > --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 > -- Chris Costello My BBS is baroque now. Please call Bach later with your Handel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message