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Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day. Why not go give them a hug, or at least a handshake and pat on the back.

Who’re they, I can hear some people saying? Well, for a start it’s what I do for a living, and I like hugs. Well, ok, firm handshakes out of preference.

We’re the folk most people only think of when there’s a problem with their computer, network, printer, database, phone, photocopier, fax machine or practically any other electrical device you might use during your office working life. We’re the folk who then come over and fix it, or at least snarl at you because you didn’t realise that running out of paper isn’t really a problem. We’re also the folk that get called out at 3am to fix a critical production issue so you can do your job properly the next day. Chances are you were sleeping like a log right then.

So, because you only generally only deal with us when there is a problem, we’re often only associated with problems. That really starts to wear thin after a while, as it ignores all the hard work we do to prevent problems happening in the first place, and to ensure all the technology we deal with does it’s job properly.

So, if you’re in an office today, why not break with tradition, and go and find your systems administrator, and say thanks? Buy them a donut, an amazon voucher, a beer, or just refill the photocopier paper tray by yourself just this once?

Because we’re system administrators, it doesn’t mean we don’t want to be loved!

Well at least slightly appreciated, just once in a year

http://www.sysadminday.com

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