Systems Manager Education

[Ray Ward]

The best you can hope for is $695 to $1295 we're-really-doing-you-a-favor
seminars to come along locally, I'm sorry to say.  I get tons of these
ads in the mail (snail-mail), but I don't recall seeing one specifically
for systems manager training.

The best systems managers in my experience are those who are experienced
programmers and systems designers first, and learn system management the
hard way, by doing it.  Unfortunately, this doesn't suit personnel depts.
(I think most companies would be better off without personnel depts.)

Seriously consider moving to another company, if possible.  They will
believe you when you tell them that you are in charge of systems 
management in your present company and will give you the title.  (Then
your old company will be only too happy to rehire you into your old job
with the right title and a hefty increase. ;-)

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