-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/19/2014 01:47 AM, Matt Disney wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Chase Hoffman > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I personally want to > see the best practices or BoK or similar get traction again.
This... > / 2. Technical briefs of things for the IT community, e.g. Cloud, [..] > This is exactly the point. We have an opportunity to explain the > myriad different things that someone can mean when they say > "cloud." That could be useful and I think we can do that. ... and this are excellent thoughts on what I would consider a benefit to being a paying LOPSA member. Here's the thing. I can learn any technology from a website, book, class, etc. - but we all know that that's not enough to be a successful sysadmin. - - how do I choose a technology "solution"? - - when do I need a particular piece of technology? - - what problem am I *really* trying to solve using this technology? Ultimately: in what way can I position myself within my organization to shift the perception from "nerd in closet" to "org mission contributor"? Personally, I had a break from doing sysadmin work for almost 8 years. Almost everything changed, technologically. Yet the core skills for me to be successful had nothing to do with technology, and everything to do with the willingness to listen to my users, identifying business needs and providing supporting technological solutions for them, and a *lot* of hand holding. But wisdom is hard earned, and learning from the mistakes it takes to accrue it can be greatly accelerated using a professional organization that is both non-judgmental and challenging at the same time. Cheers, Stephan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTell1AAoJEJs+ZpPmKxIx3mUH/jOR+ytf2IJWcQG1gtBY6oA/ gtJ099h6yfetn2Rlk8PpiD+p/HXIEDUhv/kIp7JQhkUM2WnR585xoVWsATvDiHJy fjq/AFoTAB/0KSzVks5plp32cJ623G8pw5AyD3NthSk/No2GCEcdbiWdVM56QFwA WXK8ZGXkJnnn8ejfO+zNRRjA4D8IAWq3xacANYFVimtK8yjjTJBl+kRwLGtESFjW w1C4zcBkYveS1n0hGsLvIDHp+yWAt37F2oRs+V46GfcJfTiFALYMOqj7ZKlpvAdI VWZKdgBn8EfYigVEPt7w208V7qlc1QWIsQgMLI/CGX2iYWjaCrUJJ9dJ9czU6iE= =t+Vb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
