The Sysadmin career field outlook

[Shawn Badger]

I would have to politely disagree with the previous 2 postings. I see
a lot of sys admin jobs out there. But like any profession it is
having the right skills at the right time. I think Linux admins with
enterprise experience are in demand now. But the key is having a broad
base of knowledge and choosing you speciality  to match what you have
talent for and what the market is looking for.

I see the career path for the admin is moving up to system engineering
and or then to IT management.

For a good idea of what people are looking for in the market just
start looking at all the jobs posted in the field you are wanting to
get in to. That should give you a good idea of what skills they are
generally looking for.

Good luck!!

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Phil Dunihue <pdunihue at yahoo.com> 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.
>
>
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