[SunRescue] Leasing Employees

[User Bobkeys BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak]

> A lot of the people of this list seem to be sysadmins.  Personally, my
> goal in life is to either be a scientist or a developer or some
> combination of those two and possibly other fields.

Being a scientist has its ups and downs, too.   Years ago, science was
for the sake of science.  Now is it often for the sake of chasing bucks
(grants, etc.), has it has become a cutthroat bottom-line business.
This is especially true in hard times, and if your field of science
is on the fringes of the mainstream or one of the lesser fields of
science.  I have had the good fortune to be a scientist for the
past 25 years and some change, and, on the side, the departmental
computer wierdo for some 20 years, and the departmental network/
email/server/unix/pc wierdo for some 12 years and change.  What
I am seeing now, is that my field is drying up, with funding way
down, and prospects not good.  Conversely, everyone needs a sysadmin
here and there, even though it is grunt work, thankless work, and
prone to make one overweight and underhaired topside.  The odds are
better there than in a lesser science field, and the pay is roughly
equivalent, or better, too.

Something to think about, from the other point of view.....

Bob