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Sysadmin and IT ops jobs to slump, says IDG (www.theregister.com)

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System administrators and IT operations pros might want to rethink their careers, because analyst firm IDC is predicting substantial drops in the number of people employed in such roles.

The firm this week published its first "Worldwide xOps Census and Forecast" – a study that predicts "a substantial shift in the responsibilities of IT professionals will occur over the next five years."

"IT professionals in the most purely operational roles are facing a transition to a more technical or focused role that very often may involve some level of software development work," the firm asserts.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why I say "don't automate yourself out of a job" is a really bad idea. That's what they just did to many of us in January.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well it can be a good idea... if you're looking to move on to those other options I mentioned (specialize, management, or goat farm). If you want to stay in the sysadmin space, I guess I'd still recommend automating, but with caution.