> The very best sysadmins are also good coders, and the very best coders are also good sysadmins. I can agree on the first, but the second while surely true in

> The very best sysadmins are also good coders, and the very best coders are also good sysadmins. I can agree on the first, but the second while surely true in cases is maybe wrong for people doing something completely different, like are more into the academic areas, in really abstract levels, doing big data stuff in completely managed environment. Think about planes. Someone who crafts and maintains them and is close to the metal, maybe is a really good pilot too, because he knows planes in and out, but while really good pilots probably know a lot about planes, they may be focusing on stuff that is really, really far away from crafting one. Still they could be among the most excellent pilots. But then who is who, might depend on whom you ask. I just really find it funny and that's something that kinda came across in the article, how because sysadmins are frequently good in a field of programming that by programmers is considered a field of masters, which are operating systems and all this low level stuff that many programmers have to get to at some point. In a way sysadmins have to do and shell scripts are pretty high level. But it also really shows how it is a lot of two different mindsets.