[Gllug] Hacker Attack
Richard Jones
rich at annexia.org
Wed Jan 11 15:41:39 UTC 2006
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 12:28:39PM +0000, Nix wrote:
> Indeed. The signs of a first-rank sysadmin are three, I think:
>
> - ability to work with others (at least other sysadmins ;) )
> - the aforementioned technical ability (Larry Wall's `laziness',
> too; it doesn't matter if you've got technical ability if you
> never use it to automate anything)
> - paranoia! Assume everything will go wrong. Hunt ceaselessly
> for points of failure and plug them. Assume everything is your
> enemy and is out to get you.
I once worked with someone who had the last two, but not the first
one. It was not much fun ...
Rich.
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