3 ms·

We know nothing about machine languages. Not too long ago, sysadmins sent kernel and driver patches upstream. And the true Unix beards have a .gdbinit file per

• gnosis 17y ago
  Oh, please. If someone has the time to write kernel/driver patches and muck around customizing his gdb config, he's clearly getting paid to be a developer, not a sysadmin. Very, very few sysadmins have the luxury of spending time on this sort of thing.
  • mahmud 17y ago
    Seriously, haven't you ever met unemployed systems programmers? I have, they're a dime a dozen, and most happily take crappy admin jobs and 10-people insurance and travel agencies. I happily waited tables and poured coffee while writing compilers for fun. Technical competence does not in any way imply employment in the field.
  • pyman 17y ago
    Most sysadmins don't know low level languages such as C/C++. I know a few kernel developers myself, and they are all C hackers. If you write Linux kernel patches, then you are a programmer that a) works for a company that builds hardware b) needs a driver that doesn't exist. Lets get this straight. Adding data to an Excel spreadsheet using VBScript doesn't make you an Office developer, if you know what I mean :)