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Sysadmin. Not because it's time-consuming (though it can be), but because of the context-switching involved when most of your work is development. Sysadmin requ
by danohuiginn 16y ago
Sysadmin. Not because it's time-consuming (though it can be), but because of the context-switching involved when most of your work is development. Sysadmin requires multitasking, starting jobs to run and coming back an hour later to check on them, keeping an eye on your monitoring systems, etc. Programming requires total concentration on one thing. The two ways of working don't mix well.
- Lewisham 16y agoI can buy sysadmin as being a large sink. I personally enjoy sysadmin (nothing like a clean box!), so I tend to do it as a hobby, but when you're in a startup, I'm certain it is just a frustration. That being said, I'm presuming you're doing sysadmin under a *nix environment. Sysadmining a Windows box is just brutal.