Discussion: "The Server IS the Documentation" (OR Standard Process [Obnosis] verses Useless Arrogance [Experience/Training])

[Lisa Kachold]

Good Points ALL Thanks
On 17 May 2013 07:18, "Richard Daggett" <richard-daggett at daggettdesign.com>
wrote:

> "What do you think?  Is the adage "There is NO substitute for experience"
> correct or can anyone using standard process (as opposed to documented
> process)  and NIX command line skills (yet bringing no experience) get to
> the finish line at the same time?"
>
> Some times yes, but when some thing goes wrong experience will when every
> time.  Pilots go through wind-shear training, but new pilots still crash
> when it happens.  An experienced pilot will see it early and react
> correctly to the environment.  Reading process documents can only give you
> some of the knowledge, last part is actually doing it.
>
> Richard
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> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
>
>> Across the board, the number 1 worst attribute that I see working with
>> the PLUG, technology teams, and mentoring (at or around year 3 in
>> academics, and year 3 - 10 in IT/linux professionalism) = arrogance.
>>
>> What exactly is arrogance anyway.  Where is this found?  Why?
>>
>> It's the place in the discussion where one person dominates assuming that
>> their position or knowledge is greater (without investigation).  This is
>> also referred to as "OneUpManShip".
>> It's the place in the presentation where students and PLUG peers write
>> off the person who has taken on the role to "present on the subject" based
>> on their ability to verbally spiel acronyms.  This is referred to
>> "Minimizing".
>> It's the place in the team dissemination of project roles and tasks where
>> a member's enthusiasm is downplayed based on experience.  This is referred
>> to "Dues Hierarchy".
>> This is the place in the interview where the employer fails to realize
>> all they need to do is very the work history, since everything for a Linux
>> professional is motivated by and driven from an ethical systems
>> administrator viewpoint (not any communications with or responsibilities
>> disseminated from the employer); just as we are woken from sleep to work on
>> or check systems; and jazzed beyond belief by a well engineered hardware
>> server like IBM Blade (can you say Fiber channel switched backplane?)...
>>
>> There are a great many examples where an ego based emotional assumption
>> of or judgement is placed on our peers, our work, and even ourselves at one
>> point or another.
>>
>> The ability to understand linux systems requires a certain type of
>> systemic theory; which can be daunting for some people; such systems
>> integration can be hard to troubleshoot [and successfully negotiate within]
>> without inherent abilities but can be done with a great deal of complex
>> experience, however this is NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. So the people who do well
>> at what we do, are usually those that find that they inherently find this
>> easy.
>>
>> It is, however, far from easy, since most of us work long hours, without
>> adequate physical exercise and balanced stress free environments. The sheer
>> amount of responsibility and ultimate reliance in all shops on the unique
>> abilities of the Unix/Linux systems administrator are daunting to most once
>> they get a full view.
>>
>> However, we each learn standard process applied across the OSI stack
>> and/or fed through the kernel/memory/processor for systems or DevOps
>> applications performance and integration, security or troubleshooting.
>>
>> Standard process, which includes a few easy to learn rules, relies on
>> logs and linux tools, completely supplants any experience, past systems
>> history knowledge (available on/in the server), most visio documentation or
>> RunBooks (which should not exist unless something cannot be known by server
>> view alone).
>>
>> Ironically, to people who are not linux-ish, the statement that "The
>> Server IS the documentation" seems incredibly arrogant, when in fact, it
>> simplifies all the arrogant posturing and 7 deadly sin based profit from
>> the misunderstanding of unix/linux administration and engineering.
>>
>> We all intimately understand the concept of "obnosis" or Knowledge by
>> Observation  - rather than what is imparted via formal rote learning and
>> scholastic pursuit.
>>
>> What do you think?  Is the adage "There is NO substitute for experience"
>> correct or can anyone using standard process (as opposed to documented
>> process)  and NIX command line skills (yet bringing no experience) get to
>> the finish line at the same time?
>>
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