So, forget about hanging out with part of the family, both old and new, tonight.
My friend Kat was trying to relay some bit of information to me tonight, and I apparently kept interrupting her about a name/idea for derby that I had come up with. She called me out on it.
In the short amount of time it took me to ride from that bar to my house, I reflected on said calling out.
I think that my users at work don’t realize what I (we) as admins go through on a daily basis to keep them up and running. I’m not just talking about the backup routines and systems I have set up to make sure we are hurricane-proof; I’m talking about regular day to day stuff.
Yesterday morning, I updated / upgraded a number of software packages that ended up severely breaking some significant processes already in place. I ended up going to sleep at quite a late hour (at 3am the next day), finally convinced that all was right in our little world.
I’m not really going to bitch and moan here about what a thankless job that sysadmins (can) do – instead I’ll just suggest that you randomly go up to your admin and thank them.
At the end of the day, is it really so bad to have an admin on your side?
That’s what I thought.
So, long story short, we admins have our few creative moments. Let us bask in them, as they are limited.