> You need to ask people like System Administrators for things. > You will need to interact with HR for benefits > Your boss - you need to have good skills there or your review, etc will suffer. > You might technicall be able to do all the right stuff but one slip of the tougue could kill you! Case in point - we were hiring a new DBA and HR called a meeting of the team and asked what was ideal in a candidate. I said a Jewish woman of color, under 40, who was blind. HR didn't like the joke and I got a minor reprimand. sigh, -joe