I suggest that we remove from any description every part that receives contradictory feedback. At some point we will have whittled it down to its most basic (and common) components.
Even if you are correct, there are still many people, myself included, that are doing design and evaluation. And that's why it says "the SA *may* also be responsible for..." I am willing to bet that there very few systems administrators of networks with less than 50, maybe even 100 nodes, that will be subjected to any "business school" requirement before they are allowed to design or evaluate technology for their company. Mike On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Matt Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Michael Ryder wrote: > > > For example... one definition might look like this: "A System > Administrator > > is one who manages computers and/or networks on a continuing basis to > > support the needs of the users of those systems. In addition, the SA may > > also be responsible for these other roles for their systems: design, > > implementation, change control, new technology evaluation, > decommissioning, > > etc." > > Ten years ago I would have agreed. However, American business practices > have changes such that only business school graduates are allowed to do > any design and evaluation. And, they are usually technically illiterate. > There has been a strong push to relegate technical people to low level > jobs and eliminate any sort of career path. This is radically different > from when I started in this business. > > -- Matt > It's not what I know that counts. > It's what I can remember in time to use. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- http://www.lostinthedetails.com
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