Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 16:47:06 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@holly.dyndns.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, Mike Avery <mavery@mail.otherwhen.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCWeek article by Anne Chen -- Comments Message-ID: <19990505164705.A3297@holly.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.37.19990505144305.04514e30@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Wed, May 05, 1999 at 02:44:22PM -0600 References: <199905051756.NAA14044@gatekeeper.itribe.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990505144749.18152A-100000@beelzebubba.sysab end.org> <4.2.0.37.19990505144305.04514e30@localhost>
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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)
> >
> >
> >
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