I suppose that the aura of testosterone can become overwhelming at times.

-- Sean --
... not to mention getting the keyboard sticky...
http://www.thebrokenlink.org The Broken Link 4.0 is live!
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -- Albert Einstein
"It's not easy being green." -- Kermit the Frog

I'm halfway through my CSA certification on the Solaris end. I unfortunately botched the second exam... as my former coworker said, "who the hell uses WebNFS anyways, and why is it on the test if no one ever uses it?"

Considering finishing it before I go back on the job market, anyways. A Solaris admin with only eleven months' experience looks a LOT more impressive with a CSA, unfortunately.

Ard
hates cert exams, they involve a lot of evil trivia...

Ard Sumhenner
Ronin Research, Silicon Valley, CA

I also think that testing a sysadmin and not allowing any references - no books, no man pages, etc - is unrealistic. I have never known a (good) admin who doesn't keep references handy.

I tend to agree with the statement that you can judge the quality of an admin by their bookshelves.

Same with the CISSP - mainframe security? How likely am I to need to know that?

-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
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During my last big interview, they asked me what I would do in XYZ Solaris situation I'd never seen before.

"Grab the man pages for that component and start reading, then yell over the top of the cube to get coworker input. I may not KNOW it, but it can obviously be learned, or no one would ever do it."

Ard
if you can't use Google, you shouldn't be an admin, IMHO...

Ard Sumhenner
Ronin Research, Silicon Valley, CA

Uh-oh... I... I can't!

... Oh, wait, I'm not an admin anyway. I'm a f*ckin security guard. So it's OK.

--G.
bitterness sink
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

I want to make more money using the Personal Computer.

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jer@gweep.net
Ceci n'est pas une .signature

Well, sure, we all do!

-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
Personal Homepage http://www.megazone.org/
Eyrie Productions FanFic http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
See what I'm selling on eBay

Hmmmm.. we're going to need a better printer, then, won't we?

*balefully eyes his DeskJunk*

natch

Oooh, does this mean that we get to see a picture of Gryphon striking a dashing figure in a uniform?

Yeah, I know it's old. Sue me
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-Pasha
Umm, right. I'll be with you in just a
sec....

Well, no, because

a) I was being sarcastic about the physical security functions of the supposedly-network-ops job I had at the time and
b) I don't have that job anymore.

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

Even better. I have a picture of Gryphon in full tuxedo, plus top hat, plus a cape.

Yeehaw.

--rR

>>Oooh, does this mean that we get to see a picture of Gryphon striking
>>a dashing figure in a uniform?
>
>Even better. I have a picture of Gryphon in full tuxedo, plus top
>hat, plus a cape.

Heh, yeah - I liked that look. Sometimes I consider buying a tux just to sport the look at random. Good picture, too. When I moved back from California, I misplaced my copy, darn it.

Odd that this should come up right now - I've spent most of today in my black suit (fortunately, OH so fortunately, the heat wave broke last night, so today was in the mid-seventies, breezy and dry, not, as it's been for the last week or so, in the high nineties, stagnant and too humid to freaking breathe), being a sort of combination best man/er... guy? of honor at my mother's wedding.

(OBSERVATION: When both of the participants in the marriage ceremony are approximately fifty, the part of the Congregational wedding text which wishes, "May they live to see their children's children" is pretty pointless. Chances are, either they already have, or they're never gonna... )

It was kind of an odd ceremony, what with the occasional pop music (my mother has horrific taste in pop music) and Vincent having suffered a curious mental lapse and plopped the ring into his pocket with what sounded like every key he's ever owned in his life and at least $30 in change, plus a pair of sunglasses. (Long, comically awkward, musically jingling pause here, with standard-issue embarrassed giant drop of sweat.) More fun than most weddings I've been to, though... unlike ReRob's, for instance, it didn't feature 100-degree heat and an entire Catholic Mass in the middle... :)

--G.
(my memory may be exaggerating how hot it was at ReRob's wedding.)
(I really should write up the Tales of ReRob's Wedding for the Subterranean Vault... )
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

Oh, yes. I was in southern Massachusetts for work last week. Not having checked the weather forecast, I brought my spring jacket because I was worried it might be a little chilly at night (when I work), this being New England.

HA FREAKIN' HA!!!!!

Eric J. Heckathorn
(who really wishes he'd had time to see the Fall River Navy)
ericjh@stargate.net

Actually, it has 2, but they're stacked one on top of the other for neatness.

-Z, yes i know the post is old... i just don't care....

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