Yes, specialization and outsourcing are the directions the field is taking. Instead of a team of people who are essentially part of a company's technology infrastructure, corporations have turned to "hired guns" for specific needs, only keeping decision makers in house. In Your Service, Joseph King http://www.linkedin.com/in/joking http://www.joking.net http://joking611.wordpress.com/ -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Bryan O'Neal Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:06 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: The Sysadmin career field outlook In truth I think the outlook for dedicated sys admins is bleak. The cost of commodity hosting has eliminated most low to mid level positions. In addition being a well rounded generalist is not as saleable as some one who has a broad but shallow back ground and is highly specialized in one area. On 12/7/10, Phil Dunihue wrote: > I have a few questions as I want to find out all I can about this > career field before I put my time, effort, and money into it. > > 1) There is a passage from the fourth edition of Unix and Linux System > Administration Handbook (Evi Nemeth, et al) that goes as follows: > "Sysadmin burnout is rampant. Most administrators last only a few > years." (page 1196, second paragraph). Would you tend to agree or > disagree with this statement? > If you disagree, why? > > 1A) What is the career path for a systems admin, i.e., where does one > progress from admin duties? > > 2) What do you see in your crystal ball for employment opportunities > in the Phoenix metro area, say in 2012, for someone who has taken the > six CIS courses (126, 226, 238, 239, 240, & 271) at MCC and has a > couple of certs, e.g., the > Linux+ and a Red hat under his belt? > > Background info: I have B.A., B.S. and M.S degrees from ASU though > none is in IT; the B.S. is in supply chain mgt., the M.S. is in > information mgt., both > > those degrees are from the business college. I am not working in IT at the > moment but am currently employed in healthcare in the materials mgt. area. > I'm > looking to do a more interesting type of work than what I do now and > have always enjoyed the computer programming classes (C++ and VB most > recently) that I have taken at MCC. > > Thanks very much for your thoughts. > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss