Out of curiosity. For starters I’m a bit of both

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    6 months ago

    I used to do a decent amount of sysadmin stuff in my last job, now I guess I am just a hobbyist.

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      6 months ago

      Are those just fancy words for help desk? You install computers for end users and applications on those computers?

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        6 months ago

        It’s the automation that makes it different, I guess… Rather than clicking next on an installer, it’s tweaked and silently handled across thousands of computers

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    6 months ago

    I’m getting into the hobby. Just picked up an old Supermicro motherboard with a pair of dual-core Xeons for a home server

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    6 months ago

    Depends on the day which hat I wear. Sys Admin, security and whatever else the job entails.

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    6 months ago

    Used to be a system engineer / admin.

    Then i took an arrow to the knee.

    Now i do agile stuff and paperwork :) … a lot of paperwork

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    6 months ago

    I was a systems analyst in a previous life. Now I’m just tech support for family. The pay is shit in comparison, but the stress is much lower and no one promises me a promotion that they never intend to keep.

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    6 months ago

    Hobbyist. Run a Lemmy instance, self host many things for myself on my server at home. But I don’t work in the industry at all.

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    6 months ago

    Hardware systems architect, formerly network and systems engineering, 30 years of admin experience, and three software development jobs. My home has minimal tech in it- a file server, four wifi APs, a router, and an H/A DNS pair. It’s all IPv6 internally, though. I refuse to let tech ruin my life any more than it needs to at this point. 😆