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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)
>
>
>
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