Our current relationships notwithstanding, what was wrong with the old SAGE job descriptions, or andy LISA materials we have on the matter. This has been hammered out ad-nauseum years ago.
> On Feb 25, 2015, at 4:15 PM, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 02:45:26PM -0600, Mark Honomichl wrote: >> As a new board member, one of the tasks that I have taken on is to create a >> definition of what a System Administrator is, especially in the context of >> LOPSA, so I am curious to here what the membership thinks a SysAdmin is. >> You can respond on the list, directly to my inbox, or via Reddit ( >> http://www.reddit.com/r/LOPSA/comments/2x5i1q/what_is_a_system_administrator/ >> ). > > A system administrator is someone who deals with one or > more systems on behalf of some other entity. > > Breaking that open: > > - payment is usual, but irrelevant. There are volunteers. > > - authority and concomitant responsibility are key. > > - there is a trivial case for a one-person "organization" > > - The nature of the systems is not specified, but understood to > be at least tangentially related to information technology. > Sometimes that involves HVAC, building architecture, or > psychology or economics. > > - There are specialties. There are skills. Some require a few > minutes of study, and others need months or years. > > > Although LOPSA has "Professional" in the title, you should > remember that the earliest sysadmins were systems programmers, > and their predecessors were hardware engineers who were > sometimes computer scientists, mathematicians and electrical > and mechanical engineers. > > -dsr- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
