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> a modern sysadmin role As a sysadmin, I feel attacked. DevOps is not a modern used version of the sysadmin. It's a different shade with different expertise t
by 7bit 2y ago
> a modern sysadmin role
As a sysadmin, I feel attacked. DevOps is not a modern used version of the sysadmin. It's a different shade with different expertise to apply to a slightly different field that what a sysadmin does. I've seen devoperators who don't know how to manage a server and I've seen sysadmins who don't know how to write scripts. One is not more modern or superior than the other.
- stevekemp 2y agoI started as a developer, and became a sysadmin by accident/necessity. Over the past 20ish years I've been: "sysadmin", "sre", "devops engineer", "cloud engineer", and "platform support engineer". Probably more titles, and roles, than I can remember to be honest. I write scripts, I automate systems (in the past with perl, then cfengine, puppet,etc) via the use of AMIs and standard templates. I use strace to debug problems, and diagnose networking issues with tcpdump/wireshark. Nowadays I mostly use EKS/K8S, but at heart I remember debugging broken deployments with GDB and patching binaries with emacs and I like those simpler times. I want to call myself a sysadmin, but people hiring for stuff want devops/cloud everywhere. It's all a mess. Still I like big networks and lots of systems, and it seems there's no shortage of things to improve no matter the size of the company.