Article 20124 of alt.sysadmin.recovery: Path: matra.meer.net!news.spies.com!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!gatech!news.jsums.edu!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!gol2!gol1!not-for-mail From: peter@gol1.gol.com (Peter Evans) Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Re: admin qualifications... Date: 5 Mar 1996 12:01:40 +0900 Organization: Cherry Valley Magic Highschool. Lines: 86 Message-ID: <4hgaqk$8oo@gol1.gol.com> References: <1996Mar1.130204.4306@pat.uwe.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: gol1.gol.com RJ Bolton wrote: >Once question I'd like to ask you guys is "what exactly do you have to >do/have before you are officially a sysadmin?". I mean, could I be doing >admin work without ACTUALLY being an admin? Or, could I be firmly in the >belief I was a luser but actually be a sysadmin? Hmm, Here in Japan, they don't seem to believe in sysadmins. >Here's a few thoughts I had... >To be an admin you must have: >At least one admin account password Easy. Be the only person that knows anything about Lunix (All Hail Big Iron) and soon someone will give you the root password. >No life outside work My life is like this: 00.00 ---> 23.59 09.00 achieve consciousness 09.30 achieve verticality (including all that tedious clothes bit) 09.31 leave hovel, using verticality 09.34 arrive work, become sessile 09.59 first cuppa of the day 10.00 achieve sentience (somedays, it takes 2~3 cuppas) ..... 18.00 puzzle over strange empty feeling 19.00 leave wurk, using verticality, go solve emptiness mystery at local chinese restaurant (9$) or MacBurgerburger ($7, look at price list; smile 0yen, joshikosei smile 25000yen, and wonder) 19.30 visit bookshop, look for erohon, computer magazines (for the BS) comics, more erohon[1] ^_^; 20.00 arrive hovel, ..... sessile 23.00 shutdown -i0 -g0 -p -y >Be prepared to work 24/7 (or 25/8 if overtime were required) dont get paid overtime, wont do any. >Drink too much coffee if Tea turned one brown, I would be a Jamaican! ^_^;; >Be able to be nice to people who wind you up I think that sarcasm is a lost art, don't you? customer: "PACKAGENAME does not work well." me: "Is that so?" customer: "PACKAGENAME niwa mondai ga arimasu ..." me: "Ara so. Taihen de gozaru na." kumachan: "paati ni iko kai?" me: "Hai!" >etc etc. >Any ideas? Don't do it. Its like a black hole, once you start, you just fall right in, and all we ever see is the image of you at the event horizon going "Oh no, I'm a sysadmin" for all time. Peter ----* OBASR ^_^; I hate Japanese NT. Unlike Lunix (All Hail Big Iron), it doesnt come with english help. They've just orderd 2 new NT boxes. one server, Japanese NT, I dont get paid enough for these headaches! [1] erohon == porn. Japanese porn is so sad I find it comical, well, we all need our jollies somehow. I sure wont get them with my high(not!) salary. -- ^ o \\ Founding Member - Urara-Chan Fan Club. Kakazu Yumi-Chan no DaiFan! U \Beh! \\ "Otoko ha Tsuyoku, Onna ha Yasashiku ..." (yappa muri ka na)