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From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Random Q Network Admin vs Systems Engineer


I've noticed that Titles and Job Descriptions are being written not so
much to outline your area of responsibility but to give HR the
opportunity to dictate your status.
 
For example, my title is Technical Support Analyst III (my
responsibilities match those of most typical Systems Engineers).
However, given my title in conjunction with my job description, I'm
labelled as a "Professional" which means I'm an exempt employee. No
overtime pay for me :| After hours work is considered part of my job
responsibilities...
 
- Sean

 
On 2/29/08, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

        Agreed and same here.  I will say that if you get the engineer
title,
        money seems to be better...
        
        Andy
        
        -----Original Message-----
        From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
        Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:33 PM
        To: NT System Admin Issues
        Subject: Re: Random Q Network Admin vs Systems Engineer
        
        IMHO, the differences have never been clear.
        
        My job titles have, since 1997, been mixed and matched between
        [system|network] and [administrator|engineer], with not a dime's
worth
        of difference between the positions.
        
        On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:27 AM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
        >
        >
        >
        >
        > Are they pretty much the same thing? Does anyone see much
difference
        in what
        > roles these two job titles entail, and if so what skills
differentiate
        these
        > two? I see job postings that have them together in the title,
but I
        also
        > found this on SearchNeworking.com:
        >
        >
        >
        > "The responsibilities of a system engineer and network
administrator
        are not
        > as clear cut as they were as little as five years ago. Today,
most IT
        > systems thrive on convergence of technologies. VoIP is a very
popular
        > example of how two distinct technologies (voice and data) are
no
        longer
        > divergent. Similarly, systems rely heavily on networking, and
        networking is
        > useless without systems so, in essence, the two are so
interdependent
        that
        > the job responsibilities for system and network administrators
greatly
        > overlap. The only major difference is that system
administrators
        specialize
        > more in the nature of operating systems, applications, and the
        computers
        > that run the OS. Network admins specialize more in routers and
        switches and
        > understanding how traffic flows through an internetwork."
        >
        >
        >
        >
        
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnswer/0,2896
        25,sid7_gci1228606,00.html
        >
        >
        >
        > Does that sound accurate to you guys?
        >
        >
        >
        > Dave Lum  - Systems Engineer
        >  [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025
        >  "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's
hands"
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