Re: [SAGE] Programmers as.. sysadmins..

[Doug Hughes <doug@xxxxxxx>]

sage@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I haven't seen very many good sysadmins.
> I haven't seen very many good programmers.
> Of those that I have seen, the good sysadmins were also good programmers.
Ok, but point 3 doesn't necessarily imply that the converse is true. Is 
it in your observation/experience?


I've seen good sysadmins that were bad programmers, good sysadmins that 
were good programmers, good programmers that were good sysadmins and 
good programmers that were bad sysadmins.

The most common intersection is good at one and mediocre at the other; 
not for lack of intelligence, but for lack of practice and thinking 
about things in the right way). Remember, it takes many years to be an 
expert in a field (the common wisdom is 5-10)