Whats The Difference ??

suicidaleggroll · 07-21-2016, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by LinuxRSA

Hi All
Thanks for your feedback much appreciated.

I do have a contract in Place with HR and Job description - Problem is the company Advertised a Linux Systems Administrator post right, when i signed the contract it had Systems Administrator as a Job Title.
The reason i left my Old Post Being a Unix Administrator is to Focus on Linux only.
By Accepting this Systems Administrator post it has opened my cover scope broadly
eg; I now have to do VMware - Backups - Networking - Topology Design - Monitoring - Virsh/Snapshots with Various Random Tasks

My Understanding is
A - Linux Administrator? Administrators a Linux Server List doing maintenance via CLI
B - Linux Systems Administrator? Administrators Various Linux Flavours eg: Redhat - Ubuntu - Fedora - SUSE - Gentoo etc via CLI
C - Linux Engineer? Administrators servers via CLI and Completes Hardware changes/upgrades in the Datacentre hence the Engineer Title.

eg: in Solaris You actually have a Server Engineer Exam to work on the Hardware - Which means you don't send a boyscout(Admin) to do a Eagle Scouts(Engineers) work

There are to Various Linux Levels In no Particular Order You Get = Admin - Professional - Engineer - Specialist - Artictech - Consultant Surely all of these titles has a work set assigned to it and doesn’t make you a laundry boy.If you doing the laundry for your boss what else are you not telling us

What I mean to ask is if you have a Job Title as a Linux Systems Administrator do you work on only Linux or do you work as Systems Administrator? Do you stick to your standard working in the Dark(CLI) OR do you Open your cover scope till kingdom come. I told him he should of Hired a Systems Administrator with Linux Experience.

Thanks

Wrong

Job titles are 90% marketing wank, you should be paying very little if any attention to them. When you interview, you need to ask what you'll actually be doing in the job, that's what matters. When you're asked to do something by your boss, you either do it, or if you feel you're not qualified you might suggest a coworker who's more capable in that specific field. Responding with something along the lines of "my interpretation of my job title means I don't have to do that" is idiotic and will likely get you fired, deservedly so.

dugan · 07-21-2016, 11:15 AM

Uhm, you are saying one of two things, and I'm not sure which one:

"I am unable to do my job"
"I am unwilling to do my job"

Either way, your option is clear. You quit. Then, at your next round of interviews, you make sure you understand what would be expected of you.

rtmistler · 07-21-2016, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dugan

Uhm, you are saying one of two things, and I'm not sure which one:

"I am unable to do my job"
"I am unwilling to do my job"

Either way, your option is clear. You quit. Then, at your next round of interviews, you make sure you understand what would be expected of you.

Agree and this was also my point in this earlier reply. If you are arguing with HR and your boss about these details, you entered a position which either you cannot do, or they severely misrepresented the job responsibilities to you when you accepted.