[wplug] Best mid-life career advice

[Tom Rhodes]

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:14:56 -0400
"Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 2007-09-01 at 22:03 -0400, Pat Barron wrote:
> > Indeed - system administration isn't a discipline that you can effectively 
> > learn in formal education.  For one thing, the field just changes too darn 
> > fast.  Practical experience is the key.
> 
> Which is why technicians and [engineering] technologists are always more
> practical than an engineer.  Which is why I don't understand why some IT
> titles misuse the term "engineer."

"Scientists discover the world that exists.  Engineers create
the world that never existed."  I've always used that comment,
from college, to remind myself of some differences.  Personally,
I don't like terms like "network engineer" and "systems
engineer."  Hell, at times I think some people just like having
"engineer" on their card when all they really are is a sys
admin who occasionally writes a perl script.

-- 
Tom Rhodes