Re: cert discussion

[Jay Sekora <jay@ccs.neu.edu>]

Hal Miller wrote:
> I don't think that we are stuck working only one issue, though, and the
> certification announcement is merely "progress" on a simultaneous
> front.

I'd like to point out that deciding to implement certification is only
`progress' if you think it does more good than harm, which a lot of
people seem to disagree with.  Personally, I feel a bit like an AMA
member who's just discovered that the AMA has decided to promote teen
smoking, or (to make a closer and less extreme analogy) a trade union
member who finds out that the union leadership is working to increase
hours and decrease pay and job safety.

> - agree to have a team of folks determine a set of Job Description Level
>   One items that are both "acceptably" common to most sysadmins and in
>   some way "measurable"

That part I think would be useful - a kind of `what should you look 
for in a prospective employee' document.

FWIW,

j.

Jay Sekora
<jay@ccs.neu.edu>