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Does this kind of sysadmin still exists? (or do they even still have the freedom to be so kind?)

I cannot really imagine that happening today, at least not in "professional" context.




Yes....?

If I see info in logs and it could help a user (my userbase is internal), I reach out to them. I've coached a number of them through improving something on their end, even if it's not a critical change.

And I'm by no means some sysadmin wizard.


"And I'm by no means some sysadmin wizard. "

It is more about the general attitude, so thank you, for being a helpful IT admin.


It still happens, a fellow student and friend of mine got this response ('installed it for you') about two years ago at Radboud University Nijmegen after entering `sudo apt install nasm`


Glad to hear that. I really like that style and attitude. It shows competence, humor and willingness to help.

My admins were sadly mostly of the grumpy type, who did not like change, or initiative to solve peoples problem.




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