On Tue, 4 May 2010, Tracy Reed wrote: > How far did/does "generalist" go? Occasionally my boss laments that > I'm not a Windows guy. I'm pretty much Linux/Unix only. I couldn't > help with most Windows problems if I wanted to. Is the generalist > sysadmin supposed to know all OSs? Perhaps I too have specialized.
It's a good question. Here's my take... System administration is divided in to OS-dependent and OS-independent components. I think specialising in an OS family is realistic as it is central to the work of a sysadmin but the OS-independent components should be well understood by all. So what's OS-independent? * Network design * Understanding of network protocols (theory & practice) * General security principals This list is far from exhaustive. It's late here and even if it wasn't I wouldn't try to do an exhaustive list :) Rob -- Email: rob...@timetraveller.org IRC: Solver Web: http://www.practicalsysadmin.com Open Source: The revolution that silently changed the world _______________________________________________ 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/
