SA Pro Podcast from Ben Rockwood
One of my work colleagues, the ubergeek Ben Rockwood has started a podcast called SA Pro a podcast for Systems Administrators. In the first episode (episode zero) Ben chats together with with Joe Moore of Siemens and Mark Imbriaco of 37signals.
In the podcast we'll use one of two formats, classic 1-on-1 interview style and a round-table discussion format. This episode is the latter.
Together with Joe Moore of Siemens and Mark Imbriaco of 37signals we discuss the following questions:
- What is the mark of a good SA?
- What are the essential qualifications?
- Does formal education and/or certs matter?
Whats really new and unique is that Joe, Mark, and I don't know each other. They both responded to a request for participants on the OpenSolaris SA's list and matched the qualifications I was aiming for, thats the extent of it. This is interesting because even though the three of us are in very different circumstances, have different histories, and are geographically separated, we're not very dissimilar. It amazes me how much unity there is among a group with so few governing institutions.
