Computer System’s Administrator Job Discussion
Computer System’s Administrator Job Discussion
An information technology (IT) professional will need to remain current in his or her field throughout his or her career. Advancing in IT dictates the need to develop new skills and knowledge if one is to attain higher and more demanding positions. Opportunities abound in every field of IT. Here are several resources that might be useful in examining options in the IT field:
One role in IT might be that of a Computer System’s Administrator. In that role, you would be required to configure, manage and troubleshoot computer systems. As a matter of fact, whether one works in an organization as an administrator or whether one just manages their own computer, understanding how to manage and troubleshoot computer systems is important for everyone in this modern age.
Prepare a Word document that contains 1-2 pages of information summarizing your thoughts about the following four bullets.
• How you would like to be in a position that involves performing these types of tasks?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of being in such a role?
• Specify one or two computer system administration activities that you think would be valuable to perform and explain your reasons.
• Investigate other career tracks that you might have an interest (Information/Database Management, Software Development (Programming), Network Support, Security, and Digital Investigations) and discuss reasons for your selection.
• Prepare a brief outline for your path to a career in IT, or to advance your career in IT.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument
