On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Jeff & Heather Malloch wrote: > In the context though of a newbie starting out, I think they need some > skills that would let them stand out in a crowd and that was my point here.
Yeah. It must be harder starting out now. > possible by researching where the people are needed) and then round yourself > out with the "skills" I noted. Sure, I agree completely after 10+ years in > the field you and I can do things that not anyone can. I also work with > folks who are even better than I at some things that have less experience. > But REAL experience and REAL training isn't cheap (and I think that only > comes when you are working). And for the most part "skills" can be taught > when needed and thus are considered fairly "cheap" in my books. It's that > experience part that's hard to get and quantify. Ah yes. I agree with that :) Experience is the key, and there's only one way to get it - the hard way :) > As I believe was mentioned in another thread there is also a big BS factor > that comes into play with people and "IT/IS" and what they know (or think Yes this is quite a problem. > I can honestly say after 15+ years I STILL learn new stuff every day. And > if I didn't, I probably wouldn't be doing it. Agreed, on both points. On the topic of learning new stuff... I'm developing a new site (practicalsysadmin.com). It's partly to layout my approach to being a sysadmin to help others, but it's also partly to help me revise the things I've learnt in the past :) Cheers, Rob -- I tried to change the world but they had a no-return policy http://www.practicalsysadmin.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
