If you have two people with equal potential, I think that Sr. SysAdmins understand the why, while Jr. SysAdmins just the how. Once you cross that threshold and master concepts rather than commands, you really can administer any type of system. Fundamentally, systems management doesn't change between OS or even applications really (think clustering, databases, web servers, etc). The tools used to manage them change, or the commands may be slightly different, but the underlying concepts are nearly always the same.
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> wrote: > An interesting topic of conversation came up with a colleague of mine > yesterday: > > "What are the primary differentiators between a sys admin with a senior > level skillset and one with a junior level skillset?" > > > I realize there are SAGE levels already defined but I'm curious as to what > you think are the most important differences? Is the difference between a > sr sys admin and a jr sys admin more based on an amount of expertise in a > given field or does it have more to do with their problem solving skills > and how they go about finding solutions complex problems? > > > Looking for something in your own words here vs. what some textbook says. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- --------------------------------- Mark Honomichl "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." — Albert Einstein
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