Well, this is timely. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/09/sysadmins_to_devops_job_migrations/
As a sysadmin who is watching their job disintegrate, pushing the devops line for many years, but continually forced to specialise, I just know my future has been commoditised. Sysadmins are a fast disappearing species, especially in environments that drank the Service Based koolaid and used it as an excuse to push it out. rachel rachel polanskis <[email protected]> <[email protected]> On 09/08/2013, at 20:50, Robert Brockway <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 9 Aug 2013, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > >> Sys admins shouldn't manage applications, they should only manage systems. > > I think you are using an unreasonably narrow definition of sysadmin here, > and one out of step with widespread usage. I actually suspected this > after your first email but decided not to mention it then. > > Professional sysadmins routinely manage applications. This is often a big > part of their job and the distinction between system and application is > sometimes not even meaningful. A high proportion of sysadmins are > focussed on application support. > >> Application managers should manage applications. It's a question of >> division of responsibilities. > > You can give them a different name if you like. Sysadmins often have a > variety of titles. > > I think it is time for me to bow out of the conversation Bernard, we're > not talking the same language. Stay well. > > Rob > > -- > Email: [email protected] Linux counter ID #16440 > IRC: Solver (OFTC & Freenode) > Web: http://www.pracops.com > Director, Software in the Public Interest (http://spi-inc.org/) > Information is a gas > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
