Re: certification

["R. Wyatt" <falcon@wildstar.net>]

 I happen to disagree with mr. potter as well.  If I wasn't part developer
/engineer, than I would not have any machines to administrate.
Unfortunately, some vendors are not very helpful in debugging their
products or send out documentation that is flat wrong.  My customers don't
look to the vendor if the machine doesn't run, they look to me.
  More important than having certain skills when going to an interview, is
the ability to learn new ones.  As I finish out my first real assignment,
I am grateful that I got the chance to build these other skills.  
  Mr. Potter, I can site many examples when installs should have been
simple, but the vendor forgot to tells us relevant information.
In regards to concerns over the number of Merit Badges, is that something
I would really put on my resume?  The answer is no.  Knowledge always
changes, and the merit badge is a measure oh how up to date I am.  Not
only that Merit badges may provide a gateway to areas that I never new
existed.  To me it forms a certain knowledge base, and being able to call
upon that knowledge base probably would have saved me a lot of time and
heartache.

Randy Wyatt
Systems Engineer
Lucent Technologies


On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Tom Christiansen wrote:

> >Nowhere does it talk about being able to be a software engineer/software
> >developer/whatever.  Those are not appropriate skills to require for an
> >SA.  
> 
> I disagree.  A system administrator has to debug problems, for which 
> the ability to handle code is important.
> 
> --tom
>