Yes, but you're not paying someone to just type "apt-get install"; you're paying someone to [1] avoid eventual mess as a result of that and [2] fast recovery if

Yes, but you're not paying someone to just type "apt-get install"; you're paying someone to [1] avoid eventual mess as a result of that and [2] fast recovery if shit hits the fan. In other words, you don't pay them so much for what they do every day, but for what you don't really hope never happens.