Scripting "Sysadmin" Meme
Being Called out by Andy Schneider :
I didn't have an real administrator role for over 14 years now, but often messing up there environments in that time, hence there still is a close relation so here we go :
How old were you when you started using computers?
10
What was your first machine?
After a Pong and an Atari 2600 Gameconsole, an ZX81 with 1K memory digged up somewhere got me started, then as santa saw this really was the thing for me, he brought me a brand new Atari 600 XL.
What was the first real script you wrote?
Hangman on the ZX81 I think.
What languages have you used?
- Powershell
- VBScript
- kix, rexx , VB.NET, C#
- Batch / Resourcekit tools and all else I could find that got the job done.
- Basic
- Turbo Pascal, DB3+ , Rbase, Informix
What was your first professional Sysadmin gig?
After doing some Unix as interim, I started out as a sysadmin in an Apple environment at a designer studio.
If you knew then what you know now, would you have started in IT?
Yes, I can't do anything else ;-)
If there is one thing you learned along the way that you would tell new Sysadmins, what would it be?
Explore and get to know your environment interactively, preferable from the console whenever you can spare some time, try everything (changing settings and any other things you're not comfortable with, first in a test environment of course !), if you find something useful, and think it might come handy later use ADM (Admin Development Model) to Script It, Share it, and get involved in the community as there also is a lot done there already . and you will get inspiration to try and discover new things.
Playing with this kind of stuff (commandline and scripting ) and knowing your environment well (not only the parts you realy need too) really will pay off in the long time.
What is the most fun you have had scripting?
Since hacking on my Atari, using PowerShell by far.
Who Am I calling out ?
* Yes I know they are more Dev oriented, Klumsy I think is the only one doing some real admin work at the moment , but hey that kinda goes for me ! I'm sure they all script ;-)
Enjoy,
Greetings /\/\o\/\/