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Eventual regulation of system administration? I think so.
- mwhooker 15y agoDid I really just read this? No discussion of what possible regulations might be required, just "sysadmins are untrained. We may need rules". HN bait at its worst.
- zdw 15y agoThe path of a lot of system administrators from amateur to professional resembles that of a child who is exceptionally gifted at building erector sets being hired to construct a pedestrian bridge. Then, if the bridge doesn’t fall, the kid gets to build bridges designed to handle interstate traffic. This is the key point. It's SO HARD to grow as a sysadmin, because there are very few people who can pass on information. We have pretty much one textbook (TPoSNA: http://everythingsysadmin.com/ http://everythingsysadmin.com/ ), and a few organizations like LOPSA and USENIX, but there are almost no Windows or Mac specific sysadmins who join. There are also places where regulation is already happening, albeit in a top down manner, like HIPPA. I doubt top down "you must do this" regulation would help, but accreditation where people have to know and ought to follow best practices would likely do more good.