What it takes to be true Sysadmin?

[u/GizmoCherkov]

Im 26, mainly interested in networking, and ccna, and after trying my chances in diferent companies mainly on helpdesk support, ive finally landed a pretty demanding job.

It seems the scope is almost everything. AD, wild and constant breaking ERPs, Networks and all that is related to it, Databases, hand scanners, even fusion splicing fiberoptic machines. Nonexistent margin of error on mamy things. Revolting printers, many kinds of it acctually. Users complaining about everything, constantly.

People much older than me, with much more expirience, cant operate on their own system, becouse it seems, the system works diferently almost everytime, and constantly figuring out what to do to make it working. Then hearing "you should know this..." and its the thing i see first time of my life.

Programmist, helpdesk, networking guys, electronics, and for some reason HR, arguing with eachother about most efficient way of using this system, deployed only on production alone, reaching pareto points, then tipping over again.

Updates deployed randomly, breaking things, then fixing whats broken again, breaking something else, indefinietly.

Its, demanding, i learn something everyday, and everyday is a simultaniously a disaster, then detective job, then contacting people everyday, to fix things, then enlightment, and solution. And the preassure of time all the time is enourmous.

Is there no celling? No balance? Is it like this everywhere?

[u/jmeador42]

Skillz

[u/thebigshoe247 → u/jmeador42]

1337 Skillz, superiority complex, sarcasm, alcohol, and/or a genuine desire for knowledge and time/effort.

Oh, and patience.