[ale] Little OT: Bad Linux Sysadmin Practices

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Sat Oct 13 10:35:23 EDT 2012


Yeah. Larger business tends to crystallize stupid into zombies called
managers.
On Oct 13, 2012 10:03 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gee, I am Having At It.  Smaller businesses rule.
>
> -- CHS
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
> > I can speak to that.  When being proactive and conscientious is more
> > discouraged than not; when being able to predict future events is
> > treated with disdain; when being able to accomplish a given thing at a
> > tiny fraction of the cost it's being accomplished at to no avail; being
> > the first or only person to find grave vulnerabilities (i.e., security
> > or operational, like the power example) and finding you're the only one
> > who cares; when being the only person to investigate and fully
> > understand a critical process and you're still not valued; knowing you
> > can (and eventually will) be replaced by someone younger and cheaper
> > (especially if you can't distinguish yourself from same due to the
> > aforementioned points) - being good stopped mattering.
> >
> > So if you're really good at it and are gaining in happiness and/or
> > income from it, have at - just watch out for the day when being good
> > doesn't matter anymore.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/12/12 2:42 PM, simontek at gmail.com wrote:
> >> I can do other things, but why leave something I am really good at.
> >> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
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> >> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:28:22
> >> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<ale at ale.org>
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> >> Subject: Re: [ale] Little OT: Bad Linux Sysadmin Practices
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