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Sysadmin Day. Yay.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what's-your-slashdot-username-again? dept.

Izeickl writes "The BBC is running an article about sysadmin day. One admin is quoted saying, 'We are unappreciated and no-one knows what we do for 364 days of the year.' Apparently even the online greeting cards are getting in on the action check out 123Greetings.com and put a smile on that cranky admins face! The starter of this day also has a page here." Well, most competent sysadmins probably have electronic greeting cards blocked at the router, but I suppose it's the thought that counts... Jeremy Sieminski submits a Mouse Pad Couch as the appropriate place for a sysadmin to rest his weary, uh, wrists. And of course if you've never read the BOFH stories, you're missing out.

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  1. Official SysAdmin Day Greeting by dmauer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Programmer: "Server's down!"
    Sysadmin: "Thanks, server's down to you too!"

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    === "Some people see the glass as half-empty. Others see it as half-full. I see the glass as too big." -G. Carlin.
    1. Re:Official SysAdmin Day Greeting by unicron · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm in the process of attempting to rename all the servers at work to the names of employee's girlfriends/wives. That way we can run around all day saying things like "Damnit, if Jenny goes down on me one more time" or "Samantha is the best, damn thing services hundreds of guys daily". And when your on call you'll get pages like "Message from Julie: Emergency, need servicing immediately." and then have to shield your eyes after your wife sees it.

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      Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
  2. Appreciation? by Muddie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Admiration? Adoration? Acknowledgement? A sysadmin craves not these things.
    If those are the things you want, J Crew Boy, you are in the *wrong* line of work.
    The tradeoff of getting to do your thing with others that are like minded (or solo) in an enviornment that is very much your own and on one bothers you is that no one knows what you do (or cares..let's face it) until it's broken and they run at you like they are on fire in trade for a job where you get to do something you are good at, get paid for, and get to play with new toys all the time.
    Appreciate me by not sending 100M email attachments to distribution lists. That'll do.

  3. Let them know... by Alea · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whenever I felt unappreciated as a sysadmin, I would set up my old rocking chair in the server room. After a peaceful afternoon spent in the gentle breeze of server fans, and with a few critical cables running underneath my chair as I eased back and forth, everyone in the building knew what I did...

  4. Isn't it ironic by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 5, Funny
    If you're a good sysadmin everything just works, you sit around and read slashdot all day, your boss notices that and you eventually get fired.

    Now if you're a bad sysadmin, you're always fixing things up and braking other things at the same time so you're always doing overtime so eventually your boss hire people to help you, you become those people manager's so you let them fix all the stuff you broke and read slashdot all day in the mean time, but with a hiher pay and job security.

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    Je t'aime Stéphanie
  5. I am sysadmin.. by mjolnir_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    I run to the flames when others flee.

    I slay Cisco, RAID and PowerPoint enemies.

    I retreat in darkness until called again.

    You need not know my name, for I am legion...