From System Administrator to Developer?

ma11achy asks: "Recently, I have been looking at making a career change from Unix Systems Administrator to programming/software development. I have a CS degree recently obtained through distance education and have been working in the field of Unix Systems Admin for roughly seven years now (in my early thirties). I have reasonable knowledge of C, good knowledge of Perl and excellent knowledge of shell scripting. Is, is there anyone out there that has made the change and could they provide any insights into what it was like for them? Am I just barking up the wrong source tree?"

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BDFH

[Lord Sauron]

Behold the Bastard Developer From Hell.

He makes programs that will surely crash or give false results, thus freaking out the luser.

Rumor says some BDFHs work in Microsoft.