System Administrator Appreciation Day

jcookeman writes "Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day: 'a special day, once a year, to acknowledge the worthiness and appreciation of the person occupying the role, especially as it is often this person who really keeps the wheels of your company turning.' Congratulations to all who keep the electrons of our global networks flowing properly!"

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Congrats!

[xintegerx]

Now, get back to work, Michael! Yes, YOU!

Are you kidding me?

[AKAImBatman]

Developers and SysAdmins are mortal enemies! What's with this "Appreciation" stuff?

(I kid, I kid!)

Re:Are you kidding me?

[thhamm]

Damn. I do both. Now i know where this death wish comes from!

Re:Are you kidding me?

[throbbingbrain.com]

For example - our developer decided to change the schema on our MySQL master database. This in turn broke replication on one of the slaves and made my day a living hell. I'm still thinking about a fitting punishment.

1. Make sure the developer doesn't have root/admin on his workstation.

2. Randomly block ports on the network and call it a security precaution.

3. Generate and openly discuss reports on web usage.

4. Put a 14" 60Hz monitor on every desk.

5. Require an act of the CEO to get a RAM upgrade.

6. Expire passwords after every login.

etc...

Where's my present?

[ProfaneBaby]

No, really,internet goes down today if there's not something on my desk by noon.

Re:Where's my present?

[velocidisc]

Pulp Administrator, With apologies to QT and SLJ

Do you read assembly language, Brad? There's a few lines of Code I've got memorized

EBIDIC 9D5:

"The path of the Network Administrator is beset upon all sides by the inequities of the ignorant hacker and the tyranny of jackass users.
Blessed is he who, in the name of file retention and network security, shepherds the newbie through the darkness of the Internet.
For he is truly his users administrator and the finder of lost files.
And I will strike down upon keys with great vengance and furious deletion those who would attempt to poison and destroy my network.
And you will know I am root when I lay my lockout upon thee."

I been typin' that shit for years.
And if you read it, it meant your ass.
I never really gave much thought about what it meant 'till just now.
I just thought it was just some cold-blooded shit to IM to user before I locked his ass out of the network.
But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice.

Now I'm thinkin', it could mean you're the jackass user.
And I'm the Administrator.
And Mr. PalmPilot here, he's the shepherd protecting my Administrator account in the darkness of the Internet.
Or it could be, you're the Administrator, and I'm the shepherd, and it's the Internet that's an ignorant jackass.
I'd like that.
But that shit ain't the truth.
The truth is...
(he levels the PalmPilot and speaks deliberately)
You're the weak
And I am the tyranny of jackass users.
But I'm tryin' Brad, I'm tryin' real hard, to be a shepherd.

Blocked!

[mpatmcg]

Our sysadmin(s) blocked the site! They must not want to be appriciated.

And by the way..

[m93]

next Friday is Hawaiian shirt day, so if you want, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans.

Happy S-A-D to me!

[Amoeba]

Now where are the hookers and beer? Bring me your finest meats and cheeses or I shall be forced to pipe all email through a jive translator.

Re:electrons don't flow

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

ThaT Is SO uNTruE. SurELY yoU'D feEL it If ThEy VibRAteD...

DUPE!

[Sp00nMan]

I swear, every year at the end of July we get the same "Sysadmin Appreciation Day" story. Can't the editors search the archives!!?!?

We need another day...

[zenmojodaddy]

... for the poor saps in businesses too small to have their own IT department, but who nevertheless get the honour of running round like a tit every time a company director claims the Interweb is broken... IN ADDITION to doing their regular job.

Me, jealous? Hell yeah. Last week I had to try to recover some data from a dead machine by taking the hard drive out and sticking it in the fridge. Without having the correct size screwdriver, so I had to fudge around with my Swiss army knife and a pair of mini-pliers. (They're a bit bitey.)

I wouldn't have minded too much but when I sent an email round asking staff not to disturb the extra-large ice-pop in the freezer, I made a reference to MacGyver and got two dozen emails back in the space of five minutes asking what the f*ck I was talking about or claiming to be too young to know what the f*ck i was talking about.

Come on. I deserve cake too, don't I?

Re:We need another day...

[zenmojodaddy]

Come here and say that. I'll give you SUCH a PINCH.

Kiss My Admin Ass!

[Anonymous Coward]

-Michael

Whoohoo, I rock!

[charnov]

Ok...that's as much appreciation as I gonna get. Now I have to get back to randomly switching the routers on and off.

Re:Thats just great

[r00k123]

Hey!

I take offense to that.

...and as a show of appreciation

[Adrilla]

we can slashdot the S.A.D. website to show how much we care.

Re:Is This Like Secretaries' Day?

[burtdub]

Funny... Hallmark doesn't seem to have a card for this.

Re:Thats just great

[mad sQ SA]

Three weeks ago I printed up a flyer for SAAD, and taped it to my door. Not 2 hours went by and one of the owners of the company walked by and took my flyer down.

I've been dealing with that kind of attitude towards the IT department for 3 years now.

Two and a half weeks ago I was offered a position that gave me a 50% pay increase, a plethora of kick-ass benefits, and all at a place that does commercial IT support. Two weeks ago today I turned in my two-week notice, so that on Systems Administrator Appreciation Day, I would be having the last laugh!

The Sysadmin Price List

[slapout]

http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~moose/sysadmin/ pricelist.html