Comments on: Staying a SysAdmin Might Mean Changing Employers (and Your Paradigm) http://sysadmin-talk.org/2010/06/staying-a-sysadmin-might-mean-changing-employers-and-your-paradigm/ Practical advice from front-line SysAdmins Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Wesley David http://sysadmin-talk.org/2010/06/staying-a-sysadmin-might-mean-changing-employers-and-your-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Wesley David Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:36:49 +0000 http://sysadmin-talk.org/?p=399#comment-481 Thanks Knothead! It sounds like you've experienced first hand the shifting sands in the IT world. It seems the gritty technology jobs are moving more towards the $n aaS providers and less inside the IT departments. Great that you're willing to learn new skills! Thanks Knothead! It sounds like you’ve experienced first hand the shifting sands in the IT world. It seems the gritty technology jobs are moving more towards the $n aaS providers and less inside the IT departments.

Great that you’re willing to learn new skills!

]]> By: knothead http://sysadmin-talk.org/2010/06/staying-a-sysadmin-might-mean-changing-employers-and-your-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-469 knothead Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:43:05 +0000 http://sysadmin-talk.org/?p=399#comment-469 I have already sensed a change in the market a few months ago and was unclear as to what was going on. I suspected that something was amiss and started to prepare for a ramping up of new skills. Recently I have started my CISSP studies and will look at virtualization, ITIL concepts and network architecture next. Even in the corporate 500 arena there are changes afoot. The leaders of large IT departments are trying to do more with less and push their overall costs down by leveraging tools that require less people and less hardware. The emphasis is on customer facing skills and less on hard core IT skills. We are required to learn and talk like the customer, meaning we speak the same language, and not techo-geek... It is what is is... I have already sensed a change in the market a few months ago and was unclear as to what was going on. I suspected that something was amiss and started to prepare for a ramping up of new skills. Recently I have started my CISSP studies and will look at virtualization, ITIL concepts and network architecture next.

Even in the corporate 500 arena there are changes afoot. The leaders of large IT departments are trying to do more with less and push their overall costs down by leveraging tools that require less people and less hardware. The emphasis is on customer facing skills and less on hard core IT skills. We are required to learn and talk like the customer, meaning we speak the same language, and not techo-geek…

It is what is is…

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