[spam score 2/10 -pobox] [TriLUG] Linux Support Position (OT)

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Yes.... I've experienced Sysadmin-type slash DBAs first hand.  Its not a 
nice trend.  Its may be actually
worse than the previous Programmer slash DBAs....  

-Andy


Thunder Bear wrote:

>On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 19:20, Jon Carnes wrote:
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>>BTW: the days of a System Admin doing only Systems work is fading rapidly 
>>(if not already gone).  SA's need extended skills in one or more of the 
>>follow:  Programming, Database/Web Applications design, or even a degree in 
>>Business.  In this respect, the traditional Universities are a great help.
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>Oh yes it's crazy.  Look at most of the sysadmin job listings today. 
>You need to be both a sysadmin and what would traditionally be called a
>DBA.  The DBA jobs are being absorbed into sysadmin jobs.  And Jon is
>right, those other skills at least need to be part of your utility belt.
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>IMHO many businesses are starting to put impossible expectations on what
>they will get out of their sysadmins.  There aren't many of us, for
>example, that can show proficiency in both Windows and UNIX networks,
>but yet that isn't enough anymore.  And they will pay for these
>unreasonable expectations in the end when they get one guy who can do
>everything a little bit but nothing particularly well.
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