Re: Out of the Pond

In article <KXh8i.21$5n6.16@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xpyttl <xpyttl_NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In general, I agree with your response. But this one section:

A strong clue is your repeated use of the word creative. I/T has its
creative types too, they are out there trying to write the next great video
game on company time.


WTF??

Running the computer systems can call for a lot of creativity --
coming up with ways to minimize risk and minimize downtime,
analyzing situations and coming up with practical multi-stage plans,
building robust monitoring and analysis infrastructure when the company
won't shell out for real monitoring or analysis software, finding new ways
to reuse existing systems when the company won't invest in new servers.

When I was systems/network/security administrator, our group was less
than half the size of the national average for an organization that size,
but our network uptime was twice the national average for "well
managed network facilities", and my budget was the only one in
the organization that consistantly fell (and fell significantly.) It took
a lot of creativity to pull that off.
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