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A Title To Replace "Systems Administrator"?

Posted by timothy on from the bofh-wasn't-good-enough dept.

sjanich writes "A discussion has begun at SAGE on an updated title to replace "Systems Administrator". I figure more sysadmins are reading Slashdot than are reading SAGEwire. Rob Kolstad of SAGE wrote: 'What in the world do we call the collective group of those people who make computers work properly? I'm not talking about users, and I'm not talking about software developers. I am thinking of: system administrators, LAN administrators, network administrators (both kinds!), security administrators, e-mail administrators, desktop support groups, database administrators, and all the other kinds of support that keep the IT function of an institution running -- what is this huge group called?' My favorite options are "Computer Infrastructure Practitioner" or "Computer Infrastructure Specialist". The original discussion can be found here at SAGEwire."

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  1. Re:You call them... by SuicideDog · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry I think you are mistaken.. you are thinking about web delovelopers, cisco router specialitist, and intergration specialists (I still sneaker when I hear that title). I'm a Sr. Systems Administrator. I live in the silcon valley, and haven't been unemployeed since sept. 98 (and thats only because I took 2 months off when I moved to the bay area). There is plently of work to be had.. in my field, just not for 75K/yr like it used to be.

  2. Here they are called... by Yuioup · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here, in the Netherlands, they are called System Managers or Network Managers

    Yuioup

  3. Minitel Lingo by fufu · · Score: 2, Informative

    I worked on Minitel in France in the 80's.

    Interestingly, French is a very rigid language and doesn't allow for new or invented words very easily. However, there was a term that was widely used to describe those very people:

    SysOp = System Operator

    Ironically, Microsoft seems aware of this fact as the web address sysop.com is registered to them.

    --

    This is my witty quote. There are thousands more, but this one is mine.
  4. Re:I recommend the following Scale by clarkc3 · · Score: 2, Informative
    Anyone under 30 with the word "senior" in their title is almost by definition a poser.

    not necessarily true - my old job our senior system engineer was 27 - and I would put his technical knowledage of unix against just about anyone. Age does mean something, but if they started young enough they can still have plenty of experience (in his case, going on 11 years of using/tuning unix)