Neither. It's much more like the mice from Douglas Adams. Nobody really notices when things are going as good. Mice stay out of the way, hidden in the background. Nobody knows what they really do or why.
When things break, you can be sure who will get (some of) the blame. Like the mice someone is going to find something left behind that indicates the mice/sysadmin was there and could be blamed even if not the real cause. Nobody really wants to recognize the work being done by the sysadmin. Much like not believing the mice commissioned the construction of this reality. Also when miracles are needed, it's the mice that caused things to be brought back. Not the dogs or the cats. --Gene Tom Limoncelli made the following keystrokes: >We feed and give shelter to dogs and as a result dogs think we are gods. >We feed and give shelter to cats and as a result cats think they are gods. > >What's the relationship of a sysadmin to the company he/she works for? > >I say sysadmins are the cat, but all too often acts like the dog. > >Thoughts? > >Tom >-- = > >http://EverythingSysadmin.com=A0 -- my blog >http://www.TomOnTime.com=A0-- my videos >_______________________________________________ >Discuss mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
