What Unix differences? :-)

[George Toft]

This is an issue that perplexes me as well.  Let us assume you have a
full-time job (45 hours/wk) administering one Unix box and you have done 
this for one year.  You can claim one year of experience.

What if you administer 50 servers for 80 hours per week for one year. 
Other
than claiming the job put you though hell, do you get to claim one year of
experience?  I think not as you have more servers and more time on the 
job.  So is two years appropriate?  Again, I think not.  Some of the
servers
at my (former) job had no problems whatsoever, and others gave me fits
almost constantly (and they we clones of each other).

I think YOE is about as valid as any other benchmark (Mindcraft, anyone?).
YMMV.  

George


Doug Winterburn writes:

> Being a geek who started in this business in 1966, YOE is a perfectly
> valid measure of qualifications, young man! ;->
> 
> -Doug
> 
> From: Lucas Vogel 
> To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us' 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:45 AM
> Subject: RE: What Unix differences? :-)
> 
> 
> Recruiting agencies are notorious for years of experience, because
> that
> seems to be a benchmark for them in determining a person's
> qualifications.
> The best defense I've found against YOE is fuzzy math ;)
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