Comments for Brokenhaze http://brokenhaze.com/blog The thoughts of a SysAdmin Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:42:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Where are all the SysAdmins? by sysadmin1138 http://brokenhaze.com/blog/2012/02/14/where-are-all-the-sysadmins/#comment-499 sysadmin1138 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:42:43 +0000 http://brokenhaze.com/blog/?p=92#comment-499 <p>There is a very strong strain of solitary out there in sysadmin-space. The admins I worked with at my old job were a hermetic bunch. They had their own corner of sysadmin-space staked out, and would help people if asked to help, but didn't let people know they were willing to help people.</p> <p>I suspect this had to do with their being Windows admins, as that culture involves less "if it's broke, write something to fix it" mentality than the Linux space. And fewer mailing-lists & IRC channels, which are sometimes the only place to find some information in Linux-land.</p> <p>And on the Linux side, I knew several rather smart people who were dead convinced that what they knew wasn't worth sharing. So they didn't. It takes some ego to go forth into the world believe you have something worth sharing.</p> There is a very strong strain of solitary out there in sysadmin-space. The admins I worked with at my old job were a hermetic bunch. They had their own corner of sysadmin-space staked out, and would help people if asked to help, but didn’t let people know they were willing to help people.

I suspect this had to do with their being Windows admins, as that culture involves less “if it’s broke, write something to fix it” mentality than the Linux space. And fewer mailing-lists & IRC channels, which are sometimes the only place to find some information in Linux-land.

And on the Linux side, I knew several rather smart people who were dead convinced that what they knew wasn’t worth sharing. So they didn’t. It takes some ego to go forth into the world believe you have something worth sharing.

]]> Comment on *Shudder* DevOps by Michael Gorsuch http://brokenhaze.com/blog/2012/02/06/shudder-devops/#comment-495 Michael Gorsuch Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:49:11 +0000 http://brokenhaze.com/blog/?p=73#comment-495 <p>And forgive me for my typos ;-)</p> And forgive me for my typos ;-)

]]> Comment on *Shudder* DevOps by Michael Gorsuch http://brokenhaze.com/blog/2012/02/06/shudder-devops/#comment-494 Michael Gorsuch Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:48:38 +0000 http://brokenhaze.com/blog/?p=73#comment-494 <p>Hi George!</p> <p>I think you make a good serious of points here, but I think that Lester may have hit it hard: in may cases, devops is being used to displace the 'bad' sysadmins.</p> <p>Your list of requirements is right. SysAdmins should have mastery of some form of programming. The sad fact is, not many do. Seriously.</p> <p>So whether we use the term devops (with the implications that you will be replaced if you cannot code) or we take your path of advocacy (with the implications that you will be replaced if you cannot code), we're surely going to win, right? ;-)</p> Hi George!

I think you make a good serious of points here, but I think that Lester may have hit it hard: in may cases, devops is being used to displace the ‘bad’ sysadmins.

Your list of requirements is right. SysAdmins should have mastery of some form of programming. The sad fact is, not many do. Seriously.

So whether we use the term devops (with the implications that you will be replaced if you cannot code) or we take your path of advocacy (with the implications that you will be replaced if you cannot code), we’re surely going to win, right? ;-)

]]> Comment on Where are all the SysAdmins? by coredump http://brokenhaze.com/blog/2012/02/14/where-are-all-the-sysadmins/#comment-492 coredump Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:41:07 +0000 http://brokenhaze.com/blog/?p=92#comment-492 <p>Try to get hold of LOPSA, they have similar goals.</p> Try to get hold of LOPSA, they have similar goals.

]]> Comment on Where are all the SysAdmins? by Paul Jeffery http://brokenhaze.com/blog/2012/02/14/where-are-all-the-sysadmins/#comment-491 Paul Jeffery Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:20:12 +0000 http://brokenhaze.com/blog/?p=92#comment-491 <p>I am a Sr. Sys Admin for a SMB company and another colleague and I were having the same discussion regarding creating a Sys Admin community site to share knowledge.</p> <p>There are some out there, but your looking at "something" Overflow or Spiceworks or TechNet. Those are good for fixing problems, but there are truly nothing out there that has a "community" driven aspect.</p> <p>Please email me as I would love to hear more about your views and ideas on this topic.</p> I am a Sr. Sys Admin for a SMB company and another colleague and I were having the same discussion regarding creating a Sys Admin community site to share knowledge.

There are some out there, but your looking at “something” Overflow or Spiceworks or TechNet. Those are good for fixing problems, but there are truly nothing out there that has a “community” driven aspect.

Please email me as I would love to hear more about your views and ideas on this topic.

]]> Comment on Where are all the SysAdmins? by Dan http://brokenhaze.com/blog/2012/02/14/where-are-all-the-sysadmins/#comment-490 Dan Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:33:43 +0000 http://brokenhaze.com/blog/?p=92#comment-490 <p>community.spiceworks.com - Techcrunch described it as "the Facebook of IT".</p> community.spiceworks.com – Techcrunch described it as “the Facebook of IT”.

]]> Comment on *Shudder* DevOps by Lester Cheung http://brokenhaze.com/blog/2012/02/06/shudder-devops/#comment-488 Lester Cheung Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:28:41 +0000 http://brokenhaze.com/blog/?p=73#comment-488 <p>There are good sysadmins and bad sysadmins. IMO the term DevOps was invented to distinguish good ones form the bad....</p> <p>;-)</p> There are good sysadmins and bad sysadmins. IMO the term DevOps was invented to distinguish good ones form the bad….

;-)

]]> Comment on *Shudder* DevOps by Wesley http://brokenhaze.com/blog/2012/02/06/shudder-devops/#comment-483 Wesley Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:44:41 +0000 http://brokenhaze.com/blog/?p=73#comment-483 <p>I keep thinking that DevOps is a very awesome mindset for a very speciated set of tasks. SysAdmin != DevOps and not all places that need SysAdmins can use DevOps. The overall mindset of DevOps seems great. The methodologies can be learned from. But the operational specifics are very specialized.</p> I keep thinking that DevOps is a very awesome mindset for a very speciated set of tasks. SysAdmin != DevOps and not all places that need SysAdmins can use DevOps. The overall mindset of DevOps seems great. The methodologies can be learned from. But the operational specifics are very specialized.

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