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I’m a sysadmin and become pretty good at ASP.NET development and .NET in general.
Is there a chance that my .NET skills may be a disadvantage to me? What would the pointy-haired-boss think?
The problem crossed my mind when our “developers” are not permitted administrative access to back end systems. I’m not sure if this is because of separation of duties, risk of data theft /loss, SOX controls, or anything else.
What do you think?
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There is no chance, in my own humble opinion, that .NET skills will be bad for you. Quite the contrary. If you have familiarity with the .NET framework then you’re much better equipped to utilize Powershell to its fullest extent which will do nothing but help you with sysadmin related automation tasks.
The pointy haired boss should realize that you can utilize .NET to automate the crap out of your Windows environment.
Also, having developer experience helps you to understand how systems are put together. It is a huge benefit to know as much of the whole picture as you can. I’m a sysadmin / developer / dba and knowing the backend side of things is a tremendous benefit for my development projects and vice-versa.
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