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From what I see, having a broad range of skills will assist you in getting a leadership/management position in the field. Being able to take charge of different tech-team responsibilities and guide/work with the members in different areas will be anasset to a company utilizing all the different aspects.

I definitely don't think you are ruining anything...but if you are relatively new in your career, you may want to focus on one specialty first and get yourself well established. After that you can diversify your skill set as you begin to move up the ladder to wider responsibility. If you're already seasoned, then the more skills you bring to the table, the wider your appeal to a company needing a IS manager or even CIO.

I have beenseeing some of this myself in my career. I am primarily a LAN Administrator, Network Analyst but recently have been becoming more and more involved in e-business consulting and in project management.

I would say in these times of IT downsizing, the more hats you can wear and the more you know, the more valuable you are to a prospective employer.

Good luck...hope this is of some assistance.

The problem here is that you view these as separate fields instead of all things that make you a better administrator. Being a good network administrator makes you a better all around administrator - same with databases, security, storage, operating systems (the more the better) - and on and on. Then, you add your professional skills such as team leadership, project leadership, people skills, customer service, attitude, etc. All that makes you a better administrator too. In my mind you are either an administrator or a coder (programmer) - you just keep building and building and building on the base you started on. If you serve well, you'll be promoted at the appropriate time, if you are at the right place at the right time, and the right people like you.

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