Happy System Administrator day!

[dlmvii]

I know a decent amount of us work in some sort of IT related field. Today is the day for those unsung heroes.
http://www.sysadminday.com/

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

[TheHolyPickle]

Thank you!

It's a tough job but somebody has got to do it.

[Rurouni_Fencer]

What the #%&* does that mean..?

[lisalover1]

What the #%&* does that mean..?

Aw, I wanted to say that; you beat me to it!

[jp1]

Seriously? Sys admin day? Shit, what's next....

[elvis]

It's a pretty damn under appreciated job. Speaking as a sysadmin, it's pretty typical to be considered a department that's nothing more than a huge sinkhole of money, and most businesses seem to loathe needing to pay for staff and resources to keep their critical business systems functioning.

Sysadmin Day is a nice way to recognise those who keep critical infrastructure functioning so the rest of the world can keep doing what it does day to day.

Our department took a half day off, and went for a nice piss up. We had to pay our own way of course ($200 per person restaurants are reserved for "real staff" - sysadmins have to pay for their own beer), but at least they let us out of the building for once (given that most of us work 60+ hours per week).

I'm sure I'll get back to work on Monday though with a long list of complaints about how we all walked out, and the business ground to a halt without us. Typically that's what has happened in years gone by.

[jp1]

I'm not trying to belittle the job but there are about a million under appreciated jobs and many of them have a much more noble cause with less monetary compensation. There just aren't enough days in the year for everyone to have a day. Where does the line get drawn?
I'm glad you enjoyed it and everything, it just seems a little ludicrous.

BTW: Tomorrow is Manager of the frozen section of the market day!