[colug-432] Computer Programmer Productivity Ratio

[jim at rossberry.com]

Yes, I am saying exactly that.  I am sitting near several examples at
this very moment.

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Jim Wildman <jim at rossberry.com> wrote:
>> As part of my work with Red Hat, I interact with the sys admins at many
>> companies.  I am no longer shocked at how many do not understand the
>> basic productivity enhancement tools available to them like
>>
>> shell history
>> screen
>> commands like watch
>> in place shell programming (basic for loops, etc)
>
> If you are saying there are sysadmins who sit at a shell prompt all
> day (as opposed to the GUI-clicky types, which is a different problem)
> and _don't_ use one or more of those tools *every day*, I have to
> wonder what other obvious things they don't know.
>

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