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Coding is neither better nor worse than sysadmin. They require somewhat different skills. Do what you enjoy and feel confident doing, and screw what others thin
by sydbarrett74 3y ago
Coding is neither better nor worse than sysadmin. They require somewhat different skills. Do what you enjoy and feel confident doing, and screw what others think.
You might also investigate DevOps if you haven't already.
- meiraleal 3y ago> Coding is neither better nor worse than sysadmin Coding is better than sysadmin because you need the minimum of sysadmin to be a real programmer, even if you admin just one system. To say that coding isn't better than sysadmin is the same as saying that to be a data analyst isn't worse than to be a data engineer or data scientist on a professional scale.
- sydbarrett74 3y agoReally? I know plenty of developers with decades of experience who have never held a professional sysadmin position. Now if you're saying that it helps to do sysadmin work as a hobby to facilitate a development career, I won't disagree with you. But if you're erecting an artificial barrier to entry, I vehemently disagree with your assertion.
- codingdave 3y agoBeing a data analyst is not worse than a data engineer or data scientist. If you are happy in your job and it matches your skills and goals, then any title you land on is fine. And if you are not happy in your role, then by all means act to improve it. But assuming that everyone has a goal of climbing to the top of some arbitrary ladder of job titles is simply not reality.
- meiraleal 3y agoHappiness and career perspectives are not the same metrics. Someone can be very happy with the worst job or no job while plenty of Google ML Engineers are in depression. They still have the best careers in the world tho, there is no need to assume nothing when we logically compare that career X is better than career Y.
- sydbarrett74 3y ago'Best' by whose metric?