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What All Network Administrators Know

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If someone were to actually follow the advice given in this book, he would be quickly out of a job. Modern business does not put up with the attitude presented by the author. In the conclusion, he actually writes, "To be a good network administrator is to have your end users love you. To be a great network administrator is to have your users too scared to ask you for help". A person with this attitude would not make it past the first interview in any organization I have worked for.

In other words, this is a book on how to make yourself useless to your organization.

This is such an outdated mode of thinking. The modern IT department is an internal customer service organization (and if it is not it will soon be outsourced); not an adversarial IT guy versus end user organization.

There is only about two paragraphs of useful knowledge in this book (under "The know your servers" and "Know the server room" headings).

This author proves the old adage "Those who can't do teach". I would recommend a pass on this title.

Finally, I found a book that tells me what you really need to know to become a Network Administrator. No other book I have found is as informative and interesting, with it's to the point writing style and witt thrown on top. I have looked high and low for a book like this, and it is finally here. I think the resume section and what to say in your interviews is extremely valuable to a newly graduated student like myself. I would highly recomend this book to all computer professionals.

funny book that I think all IT personnel could relate to. While reading some of the stories, I was able to think of similar circumstances where I was in the same boat. Great to pick up instead of picking up a fellow employee :-)

I`ve just read this book and i think it's not the big thing. If you're new in SA or NA or you just want to know what other network administrators do and compare it with your current tasks, you should buy this book. But, if you have been a SA or NA for about 1 year this book is not going to be representative and you will note that you`re already doing at least 95% of the book recommendations.

The book has an informal writing that make it easy to read... you will invest 12 bucks and use about 2-4 hours in reading the entirely book... so you will not lost to much.

Well I'm certainly not a professional in the field but I can recommend for those who are to read this book and keep it handy. I would suggest for any beginners in the field to start learning the basics of networking and obtaining a little hands on experience before reading this book. Over all though, its a pretty good book.

I was promoted from desktop tech supporting 250+ users to NetAdmin supporting 1300+ users and 23 servers. In the first month I realized I was in over my head unless I got some help. I went looking for a good book and found this one.

While his knowledge of the position and industry are obvious, Chick's sense of humor worked for me for a few pages then got old. I also stumbled over the typo's. Dougie, you gotta get a different editor next time! A typo every 2-3 pages in a book this size is unacceptable and distracts from the subject at hand. The book was a great attempt at self-publishing except for that one issue. I will read the first chapter of the new book at Borders or B&N; if the editing isn't any better it will stay on the shelf.

Overall, it's a good read for the target audience, including wannabe-netadmin's who are interested in NA - I still refer back to this book from time to time as it covers some good basic ground on NA.

Mr. Chick sure knows how it is! I especially enjoyed his inside sense of humor. This made the book a very quick read. His streamlined job description was most enlightning. I will refer back to this when my boss and I look at my job description at our next review. I'm going to get his new book next.

A well written book by a GURU in network administration (Douglas Chick), the language used is simple to understand. I recommend this book, worth the bucks.

Author knew his stuff. Very helpful in defining exactly what a NA does with his time. I wish my former employer could read it!