Re: Advancing from Unix Sysadmin to Programmer

From: Bjorn Borud (borud-news_at_borud.no)
Date: 05/21/04 

Date: 21 May 2004 08:55:06 +0200

[Robert Melson <melsonr@earthlink.net>]
|
| I can only speak for myself here, but I made exactly the reverse
| transition: from programming to sysadmin, largely because I felt
| programming was too narrowly focused and, thereby, too limiting.

I don't really understand why system administration and programming
has to be two completely different disciplines. in my experience,
people who can both function as programmers and sysadmins (and are
good at both) are better problem-solvers and are more likely to come
up with solutions when problems arise.

I agree with what was said earlier in the thread, but I would like to
add something: find yourself a suitable open source project to work
on in your spare time, but also: find a mentor. having someone who
can give you hints as to which direction to choose, what to read, what
to learn etc. is incredibly helpful. I am not sure how you would go
about finding one though :-).

-Bjørn

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