ITs not a god complex. I've spent the last 15 years being a sysadmin. I've had a LOT of developers think that they could do my job and end up fucking the entire system. Sysadmins are generally fairly understanding until you snub your nose at us and then come crying when you screw yourself. As an admin, its my job to keep the company sites up, developer servers running smoothly, source code safe, email working etc.. It seems to be the developers jobs to do things like remove their source trees and come crying.
Just saying...
As a sysadmin, I don't care either way if you thank me. If someone goes out of their way to give me something as an appreciation gift great.. Its always nice to get a thank you.
As for those who think its stupid.. Go ahead and think that.. Next time you fuck yourself by rm -rf / or rm -rf ~/ you get what you deserve and your sysadmin should let you know.. He may or may not have a backup for your lame ass.. But if he does, thank him and keep that tail between your legs. If he doesn't well, guess you're fucked and got what you deserve..
I for one think that in an industry where the Developers, Marketing, C level and V levels get thanked all the time for doing their jobs.. Sys Admins should as well.. They keep the company running.. Really they do..
For the most part, think of is this way developers.. Its the sys-admins that keep you from getting pages at all fucking hours of the day and night when YOUR lame CRAPPY code breaks...
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ITs not a god complex. I've spent the last 15 years being a sysadmin. I've had a LOT of developers think that they could do my job and end up fucking the entire system. Sysadmins are generally fairly understanding until you snub your nose at us and then come crying when you screw yourself. As an admin, its my job to keep the company sites up, developer servers running smoothly, source code safe, email working etc.. It seems to be the developers jobs to do things like remove their source trees and come crying. Just saying...
To all you developers I've fscked before..
As a sysadmin, I don't care either way if you thank me. If someone goes out of their way to give me something as an appreciation gift great.. Its always nice to get a thank you.
As for those who think its stupid.. Go ahead and think that.. Next time you fuck yourself by rm -rf / or rm -rf ~/ you get what you deserve and your sysadmin should let you know.. He may or may not have a backup for your lame ass.. But if he does, thank him and keep that tail between your legs. If he doesn't well, guess you're fucked and got what you deserve..
I for one think that in an industry where the Developers, Marketing, C level and V levels get thanked all the time for doing their jobs.. Sys Admins should as well.. They keep the company running.. Really they do..
For the most part, think of is this way developers.. Its the sys-admins that keep you from getting pages at all fucking hours of the day and night when YOUR lame CRAPPY code breaks...