There are two kinds of sysadmins: pipefitters and engineers. Or put another way, maintainers and architects. The pie for maintainers is indeed shrinking. The p

There are two kinds of sysadmins: pipefitters and engineers. Or put another way, maintainers and architects. The pie for maintainers is indeed shrinking. The pie for architects, for people who invent novel ways of solving new problems, is growing.