From There Are No Famous Programmers.
[T]oday I was offered a system administrator job, again. It was very humbling to say the least. It kind of knocked me out to have someone think through all the things their company needs and the only thing they could think I'd be good at was system administration.
If, with his obvious achievements. Zed Shaw gets mistaken for someone to do sysadmin work, maybe much less accomplished guys like me should just give up.
Having said that, what‘s the alternative?
First published on Jun 9, 2010. Last updated on: Jun 9, 2010.