dc.sage System Administrator Relief Pages
This is the place to come when you are ready to
rip a user (or your manager) to shreds with your
bare hands ... then you remember that you need the
money. These pages are intended for systems administrators
only. They may offend users or managers, and
that's fine, because the intent is to provide
emotional support for the sysadmin.
These pages are being compiled by
Rob Jenson
who will cheerfully accept additions and forward flames
(from those aforementioned users and managers) to
/dev/null.
If you are having a
bad day, you'll want to start by
perusing the collection of really bad days that
people have had. Some of these might be popular folklore
...
The newsgroup
alt.sysadmin.recovery
is a place where sysadmins the world over gather to vent
their angst.
here is the FAQ for the newsgroup. I've collected a
few recent tidbits
from the group...I don't know if there is an archive site yet.
Of course, you can also come to
the next dc.sage meeting
to commisserate with other admins.
If you are looking for a hiding place, here is
The Canonical List of Reasons Why You Can't
Find Your System Administrator.
You really have woes if
your answering machine sounds like this
first thing in the morning.
Here are some pages on the web that may be amusing to
someone who manages computers all day long. I can't
apologize enough to anyone who is offended by the
content (sysadmin humor seems to be a bit sexist, it
seems):
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