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How SysAdmins Devalue Themselves

By Thomas A. Limoncelli
Communications of the ACM, April 2016, Vol. 59 No. 4, Pages 48-49
10.1145/2814344
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How SysAdmins Devalue Themselves, illustrative photo — Credit: Rachata Teyparsit

Q: Dear Tom: How can I devalue my work? Lately I've felt like everyone appreciates me, and, in fact, I'm overpaid and underutilized. Could you help me devalue myself at work?

A: Dear Reader: Absolutely! I know what a pain it is to lug home those big paychecks. It's so distracting to have people constantly patting you on the back. Ouch! Plus, popularity leads to dates with famous musicians and movie stars. (Just ask someone like Taylor Swift or Leonardo DiCaprio.) Who wants that kind of distraction when there's a perfectly good video game to be played?

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David Chung

April 22, 2016 10:18

"The spice must flow so we can make the bologna to put in our slacks before we head to Mount Doom" <-- Ouch, this sentence made me laugh. I must be one of the weird ones.

Thomas Limoncelli

April 25, 2016 08:43

@david chung: As long as you laugh, it's all ok.

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