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Difference between a sysadmin with 500-600 servers and a sysadmin role supporting 10000+ servers [closed]
Can anyone give me a practical example of how a system admin (or two) looking after Citrix farms of 15/20/40 servers in size differs from a team of admins looking after farms with numbers in the 000's ...
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Went from developer to IT Manager. Advice to survive? [closed]
I was living a happy life as the sole developer in a manufacturing company when, out of the blue, my boss the IT Manager decided to leave. I was semi-promoted to his position (sort of), but I'm having ...
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sources of knowledge and interaction with other sysadmins
I'm new to the sysadmin world and I'm trying to get up to speed on all the facets of the job. To avoid asking stupid questions at work I'm trying to use forums or q&a sites like serverfault. ...
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Career path of systems engineer
I would not know better place, where could I ask this question. I am systems administrator/engineer in small telco company. What I do not like about my job is that, there are no further possibilities ...
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Career Change To Sys Admin - Advice Appreciated
I am looking for a bit of advice regarding a career change.
I have had a look through some of the other threads with similar questions although most are a few years old now so maybe the advice has ...
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How do I successfully transition from network administrator to IT Manager?
I've been a tech for over a decade. I was recently bumped up to IT Manager at my ~75 person company, and now manage a staff of four junior technicians of varying talent and ability. My boss doesn't ...
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Transitioning from Finance to IT careers - degree required? [closed]
I'm interested in making a transition from a finance career to one in IT, most likely sysadmin with a focus on network security although that may change as I get my feet wet.
I have some light VBA ...
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Getting My “Foot in the Door”
What would be a great job to get "my foot in the door" for Network Administration?
I am currently about to receive an associate's degree and was going to go onto getting a Bachelor's degree.
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How to make the jump from consumer support to enterprise support?
I am currently a high level consumer break/fix technician responsible for about 300-400 repairs a month. I am good at my job, but bored, and I want to move into the enterprise side of my company, ...
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How to grow to be global sysadmin of an organization?
Bit of a non-technical question but I have seen questions of the career development type on here before so hopefully it is fine.
I work for a fast growing but still small organization (~65 ...
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engineer tech support [closed]
i joined as engineer tech support in Origin infosystems. my qualification is b.e cse 2010 passed out.and i am in chennai. me working now in a client company(tcseserve). they offering package of 5.5k ...
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Difference between Sys Admin and NOC Specialist?
I am a fresh graduate student and I am looking trough job boards all day long for junior positions.
My goal is to start a career in sys admin, of course.
Today I find an open spot near my area as a ...
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Is .NET experience a good thing or a bad for a Sr. Sysadmin?
I'm a sysadmin and become pretty good at ASP.NET development and .NET in general.
Is there a chance that my .NET skills may be a disadvantage to me? What would the pointy-haired-boss think?
The ...
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What skills or traits should a “Sr. Systems Engineer” have?
I'd like to know what sklls or traits you expect to see when you see someone with the title "Sr. Systems Engineer".
Do certifications matter? If so, which ones?
Do you expect them to obtain any ...
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Degree Major Choice [closed]
I have about 10 years of experience in IT and a handful of certifications and am planning on going to university and getting a bachelor's degree. My experience has been progressive up to this point ...
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How to enter the field with 0 experience and a A+ cert? [closed]
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What a beginner should know/learn for sysadmin job?
To explain my situation, right now I am a high school senior with an A+ certification, and am aiming for the Net+ and ...
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What do I need to know about Information Technology (IT)?
I have been a longtime reader of Stack Overflow but this is my first time posting. I have been struggling greatly with respect to my future and I have decided to ask the huge community here.
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Best network certification [closed]
I'm interested in learning network design to the point where I can apply for a job with it and my more general experience of computers and networking (I'm quite experienced - 20 years in the ...
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Which IT field should I choose in my career from sysadmin , developer [closed]
I am about to finish my degree and I want to choose one IT field where I can rise in my life with experience and salary goes beyond US$100K or more after some years of experience.
So can you please ...
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Is it a good choice to switch from software developer to system administrator?
I've been just graduated and now having a hard choice: continue to be a (average) software developer or switch to system administrator. I have some background coding experiences, but it's not enough ...
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System Admin experience for young developers [closed]
relatively inexperienced (~1 year out of school) developer here and SO newbie :).
What's the best way for a developer to sharpen their sysadmin skills/gain experience? I'm a developer for enterprise ...
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Should i do MCSE 2003 or MCITP for Windows Server 2008
HI guys ,
I want to go in networking and windows field . Currently I am in Web design field but i want to go in window Administration. I want to do MCSE.
Should i go for 2008 server or 2003 server.
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moving from 50% time sysadmin to full time sysadmin?
I am 26 and I have worked at a software consultancy company for four years. My time is mixed 50% between doing development, and I guess simple sysadmin tasks. Tasks would include things like: setting ...
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Additional training for a Mac sysadmin
My coworkers and I were recently told by our manager to submit proposals for training this year for consideration.
I've heard it said before "training is available if something worthwhile can be ...
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Please help me decide which ms cert I should get and when
I'm looking to get some training and certifications but I'm having a bit of a difficult time deciding on which cert(s) to get and when.
Right now my company is running windows server 2k3 and exchange ...
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How to encourage Windows administrators to pick up scripting?
When I worked as an administrator in my first job, I was frustrated that our administration processes with Windows servers were a series of point-and-clicks; we could never match the level of ...
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Sys admin - where to start?
I'm thinking to change my career path and become the system administrator (Windows systems). I'm a proficient power user and would like to extend my knowledge.
I do realize that there is a long path ...
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I read computer science, I don't have any certification yet, but I want experience
Everybody in my school seems to be crazy about certification. A lot are not going for their internship, but rather certification. I'm doing my intership and I'm gaining lots of experience in the ...
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next career step [closed]
I'm almost 40 year old. I've had a lot of different jobs in different areas. I've worked as truck driver, painter, help runner at a big banking company, i was self employeed (painting, construction, ...
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How to interview a sysadmin candidate? [closed]
What kinds of questions would you ask and what scenarios would you describe, what kinds of answers would you look for?
I don't ask for specific questions. I would like to know which interview ...
