On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Craig Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > So what do you consider the skills and knowledge needed by a new system > > admin graduate? > > - Be able to cheat/take shortcuts. No, I don't mean bring notes into an > exam. If you can use someone else's code (giving them credit) use it. > Reusing someone else's code with credit is not cheating or taking a short cut. A sysadmin cheating and taking a short cut is one who shoves in a "quick fix" or hack, usually claiming it's temporary, and always without proper testing or consideration for the consequences of their actions. Ninety nine times out of one hundred those "temporary" fixes are still there a month later. Real sysadmins do not cheat and use short cuts, they work out the right way to fix it and do it, or do their best to do it, the first time. This is one of my huge pet peeves. I have worked with way too many sysadmins who think "I'll just put this duct tape here" and then a month later when the duct tape gives, go digging for the roll again instead of fixing it properly. (not literal duct tape, people.)
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