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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day
alphadogg writes "It's the last Friday in July. Have you hugged your system administrators today? Bought a cake? Picked up the tab for lunch? There's still time to show your thanks for the unsung heroes who keep corporate desktops, servers and networks running. Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day, an annual event thought up by IT pro Ted Kekatos. A company picnic and an old HP advertisement sparked the idea for the first SysAdmin Day, now in its 12th year."
The servers are down.
'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.' RPF
We have several people in our department who are much more competent than our sysadmins. It seems like a constant battle. We often have to explain to them how the best way to do things is and why they are not doing it correctly. They probably need to pay the position more money so that competent people will choose that career path and not the more lucrative one that is our primary business and what butters our bread.
My wife always comes to me when the computers act up. I think I can leverage this into a blowjob.
Like a solider, you are appreciated once you are no longer around to do the job. It sucks, but that's often the only way any of us gets appreciated.
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
Maybe the sysadmins at Hallmark could help us out on this one.
I think my SA is the BOFH... a hug may get me killed... or committed. I'll stick to the Code Hack zone, where it is safe I think.
I'll get fair pay,
and an 8 hour day?
Rick B.
You always have to kiss their butts to do anything. 1/2 the time they are in the server room playing WOW.
I call them cretins every day. I am not sure if they know what it means, however. I try to confuse them by saying it in a light, cheery tone like "How are my cretins doing today?"
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If sysadmins were more consistently good, we wouldn't need to manufacture a day to "appreciate" them. One of the reasons sysadmins are under appreciated is because a non-trivial percentage of them aren't worth spit. Sure, I've worked with some incredible admins and appreciated every second of their time. But I've worked with some pretty clueless idiots who had no business whatsoever coming anywhere near a computer. Nobody remembers the good admins because everything just works and no one needs to call them. Unfortunately, that means that the only admins you really do remember are the ones who couldn't figure out how to pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel. And that is what is really not fair for the good admins and why they are under appreciated.
So, for all the good admins out there, kudos to you. You should be appreciated on more than just one day arbitrarily chosen out of the year. For the rest, well, mother always said if you didn't have anything nice to say don't say anything. I don't have anything to say to you.
We are down to one part-time sysadmin, and she does a terrific job. I've seen lousy sysadmins, and know well to appreciate a good one. Now if only management appreciated her as well!
I would like to hug my sys admins neck with my hands.
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Do you know how to interact with people without lecturing them?
In this context, some coarse language is socially appropriate.
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But seriously guys ... it's been seven years now ... can I finally have root access now?
Do you know how to speak without swearing?
Have you *met* a SysAdmin?
I've found that nurturing one's Zen nature is vital to dealing with technology. Violence is pretty damn useful too.