12 Jan 2008
KDan (via Slashdot) has a great post on how to recognise a good programmer; I think many of his points also apply to system administrators.
Some of the key points:
- passionate about technology, will talk your ear off on a technical subject if encouraged; technology isn’t a day job but a lifestyle
- learns new technologies on their own, and doesn’t say “send me on a course to learn that”
- very uncomfortable about the idea of working with a technology they don’t believe to be “right”
- has some hidden “icebergs”, large personal projects under the CV radar
All-in-all a really great article – I suggest you read it.
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