Re: [SAGE] System Engineer vs System Administrator (was Resumeinflation)

[Yves Dorfsman <yves@zioup.com>]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Trey Harris wrote:

> In a message dated Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Jenkins, Steven writes:
>
> What does this *mean*?  I'm sorry to be shrill, but the term "System
> Engineer" confuses and in the end annoys me.  (Full disclosure: I've had
> both "System(s) Engineer"  and "System(s) Administrator" as a job title.)
>
> Most sites I've been at have either called everyone a "System Engineer" or
> everyone a "System Administrator".  Those few sites I'm familiar with that
> use both titles seem to fall basically into two groups:


Let's not forget that, at least in Canada, there are University programs
for System Engineering (engineering of systems, not specifically computer
systems):

http://www.campusprogram.com/canada/programs/subjects/Systems_Engineering.html


Yves.
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