On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Josh Smift <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think this is a good way to think about this. In particular, rather than > saying "we think that being 'a profession' will solve some of our > problems; what do other professions do? let's do that", we should say "we > want to solve these problems; how have people in other lines of work > (whether those lines of work are 'professions' or 'occupations' or some > other thing or whatever) solved them? let's figure out how to apply (and > adapt) those solutions to our line of work". > An observation I've made before that is brought to mind by the previous attempts to compare to medical professionals: system administration is still in the phase where the Hippocratic Oath's "teach ... without fee or covenant" is not only applicable but necessary (it being more or less the only way people can currently learn it), whereas the medical professions that use said oath have moved well past the appropriateness and applicability of that clause. Which just underscores that we should be considering what advances system administration, not just what others do. It may or may not be appropriate; it's *our* place to determine that. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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