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Time to Say Thanks For the Uptime

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-get-down-and-grovel dept.

DepecheModem writes: "MSNBC is running an article about System Administrator Appreciation Day. Ted Kekatos created this holiday three years after seeing a poster of a system administrator being bombarded with presents. Feeling somewhat underappreciated, he declared his "day" as the last Friday in July. I think we should all remind our employers that administrators are people too and proudly wear our buttons bearing "Have you hugged your geek lately?"."

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  1. Re:How about by The+Turd+Report · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    That is usually during Gay Pride Week

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  2. Don't count on it by DesScorp · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's human nature to take things like uptime for granted. The only time workers even realize they have a sysadmin is when the network goes down. Then he's "that f*cking idiot over in IT". Sysadmins are even hated for the things they do right, such as restricting dangerous practices on the network. I wouldn't be looking for any cakes or presents anytime soon.

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