On 28 Nov 2012, at 16:40, Ross Singer <[email protected]> wrote: > I would disagree that sysadmin/network admin types are considered less > geeky, it's just that coders and sysadmins speak completely different > languages, tend not to trust each other, and are generally working against > one another (since they have different goals). Bess's "Werewolves vs. > Vampires" presentation a couple years ago explained this well.
differently geeky with (sometimes) different goals. i'm not sure about the mutual distrust--about the only winning part of MPOW at the moment is that 2/3 of the coders have no trouble working with/trusting the systems staff (and vice versa). the other 1/3 … well, he lives on his own planet most of the time, and we can only bend reality so much. but yes, this is true more often than now. (long-time lurker, first-time writing here…) -- henry mensch / <[email protected]> -- Syracuse Univ iSchool graduating some time late next year.
