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SysAdmin appreciation day

SysAdmin appreication day. I had spent 5 years of my life at the out set of my career in the technology world as a unrepentent and acting in a rather ungrateful role as an all important System Administrator. I was rather sad to have left that realm but nevertheless extremely grateful for the people that I've met and the experience that I've gained.

I learned that the world is built upon the shoulders of people who scratch out a meager living every single day toiling over very repetitive, unimaginative, and very extremely boring tasks for terrible ungrateful folks who think very little of them. I learned that, while the tasks are boring, the people were not. They found small, but often terrific delight, in the tiniest bit of amusement. They are very constructive in their tasks. They are also infinitely inventive in creating labor saving devices - all to avoid the mind-numbingly repetitive aspects of their work.

They are the backbones of the IT society, they are the unsung heroes that keeps your machines lubed and running.

(2004-07-30 11:35:34.0) Permalink