I'm new too! Everyone has something to offer. New people stir the pot, and ask questions that force some of the older crowd to revisit or explain ideas. This beinfits both parties, as the newbs get to learn and the elders get to teach.
You never learn a subject until you can teach it to someone else. On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Esther Filderman <mizmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Subject changed to avoid thread hijacking.) > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Luke Quattrochi > <luke.quattro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> BTW responding on this list makes me nervous. I am a young SA of less >> experience, and probably of a smaller company than many of you are at. If >> my tone seems off, please give me the benefit of the doubt. > > Everybody starts somewhere and everyone is new at least once. Don't be > afraid to respond and speak up. If someone disagrees with you they'll > say so. If they don't do it politely and respectfully, all us old > people will take our canes and beat them over the head. > > There aren't always absolutes, even with computers, and sometimes > there are multiple ways of doing things and multiple ideas. Nobody > should be brushing off another sysadmin because they're "too green" > (or, for that matter, "too old"). > > (Related: I've been using OpenAFS since previous incarnations -- about > 20 yrs. Yet when I post to the OpenAFS mailing lists I *still* get > people responding with different thoughts & ideas [& sometimes > corrections]. Age & experience doesn't always mean Know It All.) > > Moose > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lopsa.org > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
