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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-suggest-a-gift-of-gin dept.

saintp writes "In case you forgot, today is System Administrator Appreciation Day. Be sure to appreciate your sysadmin with some sweet schwag, a LOPSA membership, or even some theme cupcakes. Here's to all the sysadmins out there! Now I've got to go fix the mail server...." Update: 07/28 17:44 GMT by H :And remember that you can vote/nominate them for SysAdmin of the Year.

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  1. I wouldn't give a LOSA membership if it were free by winkydink · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A SAGE membership on the other hand... that I would give

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  2. Awesome co-workers by wuie · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Last year, SysAdmin day went with hardly a word at my workplace. I heard about it on Slashdot, told it to my boss, and then we would randomly say it to whoever we helped that day, as a joke. Since my boss and I are the only two IT people at our workplace, things tend to get swamped from time to time.

    Today, I was sitting at my desk busy with code for a new app when I'm handed a card. Inside are all of my co-worker's signatures, saying thanks for all the hard work that I've done over the past year.

    I was utterly baffled, since I had no idea why I was receiving a card. It wasn't until I remembered last year, and came here to see if it was SysAdmin day. When I can get a card from my co-workers before Slashdot can post the holiday, that's an awesome feeling.

    I'll probably be grinning ear to ear for the rest of the day. :)

  3. from your source by rodentia · · Score: 4, Interesting

    1. Any free or extra goods, usually given to employees or workers.

    I appreciate arguing about slang semantics is a good way to look stupid, but schwag had been free promo gear for at least twenty years prior to the stoner connotation. To avoid confusion, we've taken to referring to the grade formerly known as schwag as *the Imperial*, with all the connotations of cheap liquor upbranding itself with transparent puffery like *her majesty's imprimatur*, etc.

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  4. Re:Payday = Appreciation Day where I work by lymond01 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's funny. My brother manages a team of a dozen or so employees for a large Canadian-based networking company (any guesses?). He was telling me that after he went against HR's recommendations, and got burned, he now listens to them. The guy he wanted had the skillset my brother was looking for. HR told him he'd be a bad hire, that he just wouldn't put in the time you want him to. Hired him anyway, and fired him in 2 months and started the whole process over again.

    HR has its moments, good and bad.