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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day
ArbiterOne writes "The 11th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day is today. Celebrated worldwide on the last Friday of July, this day honors those who fight in the digital trenches to keep the Net alive. OpenDNS offers a way to remind your boss about the holiday, while another blogger shares war stories. The startup Ksplice has created an homage to these heroes in the style of Choose Your Own Adventure." Reader Netbuzz submits a sobering look at the profession from Network World, which notes, "In the past year, [sysadmins'] pay has dropped, and more of their positions are being farmed out to temporary workers."
Are you thinking something sugary and hallmarkesque, like the PR that "administrative professional's day"(formerly for appreciation of secretaries, now renamed) gets, or something more along the lines of "We route your packets, we back-up your documents, we administer your databases, we install your drivers. We maintain your uptime while you sleep. Do not... fuck with us. "?
Most IT support roles could be eliminated if the end users weren't either blithering idiots or pathologically scared of computer
No! No! Please continue in your ignorance!