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For a long time I kept waiting to meet these "job security" sysadmins. The stereotypical 'if things worked better they wouldn't need me' guy. Haven't met him yet. Most admins I've met are automating everything that is reasonable. Many are automating MORE than is reasonable.

The only disturbing trend is how far the helpdesk types get in the hierarchy. My shock at introducing an IT Engineer to ubuntu, only to discover he'd never used a CLI on any system...

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Any sysadmin going the route of 'job security' through obscurity(i.e., no automation or documentation) should be classified as criminally negligent.

My speciality is disaster planning and recovery. I consider myself being hit by a bus a potential disaster. That freak occurrence should not mean the end of a business.

And don't know those helpdesk types who have never touched a CLI. They allow me to bill a fortune when I step in to fix their botched deployments.

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