Incoming from Jon Copeland: > > http://www.sysadminday.com/ > http://www.thinkgeek.com/sysadmin/
A while back, there was an article in ;login: (from Usenix) that was trying to come up with ways for admins to justify their existence to management. After all, they don't see you sitting up 'til 03:00 upgrading software, battling crackers, and making the overall system ready to take the hit of the next hardware failure or attack. All they see (in a well run shop) is everything works when they want it to. That's not a very sexy thing to inject into your performance review. Instead, learn to itemize even if they won't understand the details. Mention all the Bugtrak reports and CERT alerts you've checked against the software you're running. When you install new software, grab the contents of the Changes file and detail why it was desired or necessary. If you give your boss the ammunition, he's got ammunition to show his boss. If no-one sees it, some bean-counter is going to wonder why they need you. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
