I started as the System Administrator for a small service company in 1997, at that time it was 40 hours of work per week just keeping things running, and users

I started as the System Administrator for a small service company in 1997, at that time it was 40 hours of work per week just keeping things running, and users happy. Over the years, things got more and more reliable, until eventually I just would show up, wait for things to break, then go home. At that point, they outsourced IT, a wise decision. Everything is much more stable than it used to be. It might seem not to be the case, but I assure you, it is. Once something works, it tends to keep working.