On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Alexei Roudnev wrote: : I expect, that good (tier-3, to say) network engineer MUST know Windows and : Unix (== Linux, FreeBSD etc) on tear-2 (or better) level. Else, he will not : be able to troubleshout his _network problem_ (because they are more likely : complex Network + System + Application + Cable problem). : : So, it is not a good answer. No true in many cases. All I have to prove is it's not the network and then I hand it off to the windows/*nix/<whatever> sysadmins. To prove it's not the network, I don't need to know the end systems in any sort of detail. scott : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Pete Templin" <petelists@templin.org> : To: <nanog@merit.edu> : Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 7:16 AM : Subject: Re: Platinum accounts for the Internet (was Re: who offers cheap : (personal) 1U colo?) : : : > : > Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote: : > : > > Pete Templin wrote: : > >> There's a reason I've gotten out of small ISP consulting - I don't do : > >> Windows, and I'm getting overrun by Linux corrosion slowly. I route, : > >> I switch, I help with securing networks. And I do wear a lot of hats : > >> at my day job, but I remind them that they hired a specialist, and : > >> promised lots of server support all along the way. Granted, the : > >> Windows guy is overloaded and the UNIX/Linux guy would snore in front : > >> of his PHB... : > > : > > If you are in Nebraska I can help you with the Unemploy^WWorkforce : > > Development paperwork. : > : > I didn't suggest saying "I'm not gonna do it". I just suggested "You : > hired me to deploy dynamic routing on your statically-routed network. : > What prompted you to think that I could configure site-wide anti-virus : > services such that no one ever reports a virus leak from our enterprise, : > without training, time to test and develop such a critical solution, or : > both?" : > : > pt : :