On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:44 AM, Hans van der Made <[email protected]> wrote: > > The sysadmin field is relatively new and the fixed roles we see in medicine > (oncologist, GP, surgeon) probably haven't been fully defined in our field > yet. A professional GP is not a professional neurologist, so we need both > horizontal (level) and vertical (specialty) distinctions. When someone's > life or a large sum of money is at stake, I'd say you want more than just a > professional.
At least in the USA, I'm not sure that the roles in medicine are really all that fixed. I'm pretty sure that any licensed physician is legally allowed to do anything that any physician with additional certification is allowed to do. Now you or your insurance company might decide you wanted someone with that additional certification, but I don't think there is a requirement to do so. Perhaps something similar (minimum certification to be allowed to do anything) with additional recommended certifications for specialized tasks/customers/environments is another way to think about system administration and professionalism. Or maybe the exact opposite? No minimum certification required, but specialized certifications required for particularly sensitive systems/tasks/customers. Bill Bogstad _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
