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Most sysadmins aren't LAMP (or LNMP, or LNPR, or whatever the flavor of the day) programmers, who know how to make a todo list "pop". They aren't javascript nin
by wisty 13y ago
Most sysadmins aren't LAMP (or LNMP, or LNPR, or whatever the flavor of the day) programmers, who know how to make a todo list "pop". They aren't javascript ninjas, who actually know how to interact with the DOM. They don't know how build models of black holes, or self-driving cars, or make enemy sprites hunt you down in an interesting way, or debug a GUI.
Sysadmins do program. Their programs tend to be flatter (scripts, not frameworks), but that doesn't mean they aren't programmers. They probably can't build great frameworks, but not a lot of programmers can (but sadly, they try - every big corporate project seems to grow into a badly thought out framework).
If you pick any domain that's not "compiler design", you can probably make a good case that they aren't really programmers.
- michaelochurch 13y agoMost sysadmins aren't LAMP (or LNMP, or LNPR, or whatever the flavor of the day) programmers, who know how to make a todo list "pop". They aren't javascript ninjas, who actually know how to interact with the DOM. They don't know how build models of black holes, or self-driving cars, or make enemy sprites hunt you down in an interesting way, or debug a GUI. Most software engineers couldn't do any of those tasks to the typical, silo-enforcing business asshole's liking (i.e. it needs to be done yesterday). That shouldn't matter. What matters is the ability to learn.