System programmers vs. administrators

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Sat Jan 17 12:40:11 2004

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From: "Curt vendel" <curt_at_atarimuseum.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: System programmers vs. administrators


> Being an admin is certainly a creative task (of course it all depends on
the
> admin, you've got intense ones who go down the very tip of the tree levels
> of admining every aspect of the system to ensure reliability, security and
> stability and then the lazy admins who think an update or a request is
> bothering them)...
>
> You have to be creative an admining a server, and/or network to create an
> environment that is well oiled and manageable and scalable, otherwise you
> spend more time slapping band-aids and shoe strings just to keep it from
> collapsing on a daily basis.
>
>
>
> Curt
>

I seen a few system administrators that do nothing more then setup windows
boxes, simple networking, and simple servers following whatever the current
Microsoft manuals/books say to do. That's more following directions then
being creative. I guess the sysadmins who work on keeping google humming,
ebay running, and the spam moving are the creative ones these days.

Don't think I ever met a systems programmer (met quite a few applications
guys who use VB to interface with databases and custom reports generators),
but they would probably be the most creative IMHO.
Received on Sat Jan 17 2004 - 12:40:11 GMT