Is becoming a system admin hard

>>61514826
create a local tomcat server that does unit tests on a timed infinite loop and have it send you emails when something bad happens and you can find out

>>61514844
Whats the advantage of this over a regular ticket system

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Yes, it is very hard.

When is summer over again?

>>61514854
Yes

>>61514860
I'm sorry, I should have stared a new general like we need

>>61514860
what's hard about it?

Not at all. Start out doing helpdesk for a mom and pop, or even join the Geek squad. Study hard for your certifications learning all you can, ideally, your employer pays for your certs. Then, get an entry level net admin job at a medium sized company. Continue learning and absorbing everything. Most importantly gain valuable experience. Then realize that technology changes every 5 years. Your job is really change management. There is no magic anymore in IT. All gadgets are just another marketing gimmick. Management just sees your job as a neccessary evil. Users hate you, you hate the users. Vendors lie and shit all over you. You've become an overweight alcoholic with no future, and, technology just changed again and you have no experience with it. You finally hit your limit when they ask you to take a pay cut and move your office to the basement which you now share with 30 other H1-B workers who barely speak English. You find a check for 10 million dollars and burn the place down. Move to Mexico and kill a bunch of people at a resort by putting strychnine int he guacamole because the server put salt on your margarita and you said NO SALT!

>>61515022
This seems pretty accurate. Thank you

>>61514826
Harder than most people think. I hate managing people and dealing with shithead users because my underlings are social retards they can all suck it

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>>61514826
>tfw your OC is posted everywhere

Depends. Most IT is outsourced to contractors, so if your a career state employee (like me) who is trying to transfer into IT within the state and staying under the state employment system it sucks ass. Most state IT has been outsourced. I've been trying and trying for past year and a half but no luck yet. Your only hope is becoming a manager type (sucks ass,bullshit paperwork and stress,etc) My current job sucks, it's at a dead end, no promotions/bonuses for a long long time. I'm still trying. I'd gladly take Helpdesk/Desktop Tech position just to get out of where I am. I'd be making more money to boot.

>>61515145
It's the plot of Office Space, idiot.

>>61514844
>basic Debian/Ubuntu installation with basic apache tomcat installation
>tests everything still works using cron jobs
>sending emails
So ridiculously easy?