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That might work for him running a small business. How do you think those images you 'just spin up' at a cloud provider are made? Who makes sure the boxes that r
by a2tech 15y ago
That might work for him running a small business. How do you think those images you 'just spin up' at a cloud provider are made? Who makes sure the boxes that run those images you've just brought up have power and run smoothly?
- shuw 15y agoYes, but those procedures will become increasingly automated and each sysadmin will manage orders of magnitude greater number of servers.
- jwatte 15y agoHis point is that Amazon hires sysadmins, not him. However, that seems based on a very narrow definition or understanding of what a "sysadmin" is or does for the business. I identify "sysadmin" with "operations" but perhaps others see it differently.