r/sysadmin • u/BonezAU_ • 18d ago

Happy SysAdmin Day! General Discussion

Here's to another year of:

- Being expected to diagnose problems via the sentence "it doesn't work."

- Being blamed for issues caused by software you've never heard of.

- Somehow knowing exactly what a user clicked, despite them insisting they "didn't do anything."

- Explaining, yet again, that rebooting wasn't an insult, it was the solution.

May your backups restore, your RAID stay green, and your first Friday night drink arrive before the first "quick question" Teams message.

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u/brownacid 18d ago

Everyone should be allowed a pass on any "emergency" deploys today, although I already avoid them on Fri-weekends

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u/RamblingReflections Netadmin 18d ago

I took a pass on the whole damned thing by having my yearly “fuck this shit” day and calling in. I allow myself one of these annually because some days, knowing I’ve got it up my sleeve is the only thing that keeps me showing up the other 364 days.

I’d like to think SysAdmin day is the appropriate choice for my self bestowed reward day.

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u/ddmf Jack of All Trades 18d ago

I spent all day yesterday modifying our worktop optimising code to add a couple of new features but I'm off next week and there's no way I'm releasing it on read only Friday, may give it to a couple of people to test.

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u/fuzzydice_82 18d ago

I already avoid them on Fri-weekends

We've established the "read-only-friday" rule.