Re: Advancing from Unix Sysadmin to Programmer

From: Johan (me_at_knoware.nl)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 14:26:17 +0200

be aware that it take time to be a good programmer. Also application
development will decrease the next years. Big companies will do offshore for
development, is much cheaper. Personally I don't believe it will work.
So, if you think you can be a programmer go for it.

J

"Martin McMahon" <nospammac@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
news:8ededcd8.0405200405.41fb32d@posting.google.com...
> Hello there.
>
> I am a 33 year old Unix System Admin and am currently at a stage
> in my career where I have identified a change is needed in my career.
>
> I am nearly finished (one year left) a B.Sc. in Information Technology
> and have approx. 8 years of solid Unix System Admin experience behind
> me. I am also proficient in Shell Programming, Perl and reasonably
> proficient in C. I do not have experience in OO programming, but am
> practising at home on personal projects.
>
> I would be very grateful if there is someone out there who could
> answer this question for me, or who has gone through the same scenario.
> My question is:
>
> Is it possible at this stage of my life to transfer (by whatever
> means) to a purely programming role, considering my age,
> experience and education?
>
> Any experiences, opinions and criticisms are all appreciated.
> I realise some may say that Unix Sysadmins *are* programmers,
> but I do not believe that to be the case - we are more like
> mechanics who maintain what has been designed and occasionally
> repair or tack on certain additions of our own.
>
> Finally for anyone who might believe I'm being rash -
> I did not suddenly decide this, but have been thinking and mulling
> this over in my head for over a year now. A conversation I had with
> my boss recently (by far the best and open minded manager I have
> ever worked for) is what enabled me to realise I needed to make a
> decision.

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