Hooray! It’s finally here!
We’ve been celebrating all month long, but today is the official SysAdmin Appreciation Day.
The last challenge of the month was to tell us about your proudest SysAdmin moment, a time when you were the hero. We had some great submissions, but our winning story tugs at the heartstrings and really speaks to what SysAdmin Day is all about.
Winner Patrick Farley is the SysAdmin for Florida Drug Screening Inc., “a national provider of drug testing and alcohol testing and specimen collection services; including DOT, FAA testing, Drug Free Workplace policy development, education, instant on site drug testing devices and At-Home drug testing.” He tells of a week when he was flying SysAdmin solo, and got slammed with a series of unavoidable issues. He overcame all, and in the end got the recognition he deserves.
Happy SysAdmin Day to Patrick and all other SysAdmins. Today is your day, so enjoy it.
-Team OpenDNS
PS. Some of you asked us to give your boss a gentle reminder about SysAdmin Appreciation Day, which we did gladly.
In Patrick’s own words:
First off, I’m here alone all week. I’m the only person in the Tech Department. So naturally it has been a busy week, but I didn’t mind that so much. It’s just hard to get a lot done when I have to stop constantly to help someone track a problem. Alright, no big deal, that’s what I’m here for. What bothers me is that Monday and Tuesday everyone took the time to come to me for something, but no one had the two seconds afterward to say thanks. That’s ok, anyone in IT has had that “not appreciated”. No big deal. I have my iPod and my servers. They love me.





