A System administrator needs to master three areas: technical knowledge, problem solving and people skill.

With a fast track certification from a refutable training center you can easily load up on the necessary
technical knowledge. But still you still need to apprentice as to gain the subtleity of system administration.
By gaining experience under a seasoned system administrator that's the only time you can be confident of your own.

Half the time it's a problem solving job. You can't solve what you don't know, but that's what system administrator
do everyday. You are expected solve problems on a poorly understood system. So learn the basics by heart.

People skills is also important, not only you have to watch your users, you also have to watch other system
administrators are doing. These are the people that could screw you up!

: What advice do you have for 2 people who are already in profession fields, albeit not in the tech. industry, who would like to get into UNIX sys. admin.???

: We have master's et al. degrees in an educational arena.

: We are interested in your thoughts re. how to get training, experience, internships, etc.

: What is the best way to transition from another profession?

: Considering a fast-track certification program at UCSC-Extension in Santa Clara. Any info on this program??

: Anything is helpful! Thanks in advance!!