Those organizations do exist and they want to hire passionate positive people with interest in learning, regardless of skill level. Those jobs exist and the best way to get into them is by word of mouth. Go to local meetups; chances are good that you will meet the kind of people you want to work with.
On Thu, May 14, 2015, 21:05 Matt Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to solve problems and that requires more leverage than I will > ever have as a sysadmin. I don't need to be an expert in all the > minutia of the technical parts of the solution. > > On 05/14/2015 10:02 PM, Warner wrote: > > Point being is that if you want to apply your technical skills, going > > management is not really a good way to do it. > > > > True management roles often have a less technical focus. If managers are > > regularly making technical decisions, the team may not be strong > > technically. If the team is strong technically, a manager focusing on > > technical work is not allowing the technical folks to live up to the > > potential of their roles. > > > > Often those who are truly managing would not have the time to also a > > senior level engineer as well. Over time, managers will have less > > current technical skills on a detailed level because it's not part of > > their normal duties. > > > > Management is a different skill-set altogether. If your goal is to be a > > senior level technologist, I'd encourage you to locate an organization > > that considers technology key to their business if not their product. > > Organizations like that are better at technology on average and often > > empower their technical staff. > > > I no longer believe that those sorts of organizations exist and even if > they did, I'm so far behind the times that they wouldn't be interested > in hiring me. > > -- Matt > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >
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