Most people are unaware that their business, or sometimes their life, depends on the work of an obscure group of people: the system administrators.
Buried in a dark and cold cave or in a tunnel of wires, surrounded by the harassing noise of servers, switch and SAN, they’re always ready to do what it takes to get your application, email, laptop, website, FTP, video, Blackberry, workstation, or PocketPC running fast and efficiently.
Under the pressure of customers, co-workers, directors, or worst, CEOs, they fix, patch, restore, upgrade, repair, plan, install, rack, re-install, wire, backup, teach… all with the same common goal: making the end-user happy.
Everyone points at them when things don’t work, but nobody thanks them when they do. That’s a system admin’s karma!
Friday, July 31 is their day: SysAdminDay
So, please, if you pass a SysAdmin today, be cool with them, bring them a coffee, treat them to lunch, invite them to take a break… and at the end, look at them in the eyes and say: “I need this working by 5pm!!!!!”
Happy SysAdminDay to all of you!
by Jean Caron. As director of technical operations, Jean oversees all of SherWeb’s network and support operations. He joined the company in 2000.
I agree…..