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What's the difference between a system administrator and a plumber? I don't mean it as the first line in a joke.

• flukus 10y ago
  The plumber can't execute change-washer.sh and have his job done in 1 second. The plumber can't use "down time" to proactively solve future issues. A sysadmin does have a higher level of abstraction available to them.
  • dozzie 10y ago
    > The plumber can't use "down time" to proactively solve future issues. Oh, but he surely can, replacing a valve that is known for going to break in near future for instance, or putting a different one with additional safety features. > A sysadmin does have a higher level of abstraction available to them. Mainly because sysadmin works with immaterial things (software) (and some of sysadmins also work with hardware). Sysadmins really have similarities with plumbers.
    • flukus 10y ago
      > Oh, but he surely can, replacing a valve that is known for going to break in near future for instance, or putting a different one with additional safety features. Doing that change will cause downtime. The sysadmin can write a script to make the change and avoid the downtime.
• thehardsphere 10y ago
  One of them has a license.