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Merle,
I'd also suggest that he put something about career track, - - Where do you see this work taking you in your career? - - Size of the company is also important. - - What other roles do people you work with fulfill.
My title is "Client Server planning Engineer"
I do project work in a >30,000 employee company, working as a part of a
group that includes
- Project Managers
- Network (routers, switches) folks
- "Operations folks", Operations folks defined as the people that do
day to day maintenance work on running production systems.
- Business folks with a problem to solve
- Programmers
- Various and sundry managers, usually far too many.
When we have a project to do something like a new HR app, that will
track job openings and applicants, we take the time to interview the
business folks to get their requirements. We then proceed to work
through a standard development process.
- Requirements
- Design
- Plan
- Develop
- Deploy/implementOf course we do this all the time, ;') Except when we don't, then we rush through the politics of the situation, and get something to work quickly. ;')
I repeat my personal mantra Good, Fast, Cheap, pick two!
I would say that a starting administrator, systems that is, could aspire to my kind of work as a step in the career, but many great administrators stick with that and are really happy. My next step, don't know, most likely some kind of management role, just hope that I don't fall into the pattern of so many bad managers that I see. You should lead people, and manage things.
Good lucy with the paper!
Kevin
Merle Watts wrote: | My son is going to UNCC and has a paper he has to write. He is supposed to interview network admin type people and write a report directed at people looking at system administration as a career. | | Just wondering if anyone could answer a couple of his questions. | He doesn't know of any administrators that he can ask. | | Onlly has 2 that he has thought of. | | 1. What do you do an a daily basis? | | 2. Whats the difference between a network administrator and a system administrator. | | Any other questions would be helpful. | | | Thanks | | | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)
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