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Originally Posted by darksoul
you should split that in two jobs.
A good programmer knows his way around unix but won't be able to manage a network.
A good sysadmin can scrap some scripts but won't be able to manage a large coding project.
If you get one to do both he won't do any good.
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That's not necessarily true; some people change jobs. Sometimes, an admin gets bored and picks up a book, and sometimes a programmer learns it's good to not depend on the OS as a garbage collector. A hack is a hack in any job that they do.
Regardless, good luck with the search - I don't know if any of the professionals I've worked with would want to leave mainstream, but I'll put out a few feelers.