On Mon, 14 Nov 2011, Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. wrote:
Yeah...this kind of question might stir up more sides if it were posed to a
list that wasn't LOPSA.... Since, isn't one of the reasons we belong to LOPSA
is that we want this to happen.
Not everyone in LOPSA wants regulation of system administration to happen.
I don't want everyone who is a system administrator to have to get a
license/certification/approval because I see the job of being a system
administrator as being so broad that having such a restriction is like
restricting ownership of typewriters or photocopiers in that it will
restrict people's fundamental free speach rights and what they are allowed
to do with their own property.
I would also oppose any requirement to require an "Internet Drivers
License" or certification before anyone is allowed to connect a computer
to the Internet.
Not every field that has Professionals in it is licensed and regulated.
Take the example of mechanics. You don't need to have any sort of license
to work on a car. You don't even need to have a license or certification
to open a shop working on other people's cars. There are specific
subfields where you do need to have a license to be paid to work on
someone's car (brakes and lights), and there are a lot of people
(especially insurance companies) that will not do business with you unless
you do get formal training and certifications, but nobody claims that
there are no professional mechanics, and anyone who goes around claiming
that the world would be better if only everyone who ever turned a wrench
was licensed and regulated will just get laughed at.
I see being a System Administrator as being very similar to being a
Mechanic.
David Lang
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