SysAdmin Weekly
056 - How People Actually Get Into SysAdmin Work
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Two careers, two completely different entry points, and the exact same first catastrophe: data gone, no idea if it was coming back.
Andy Syrewicze and Eric Siron trade full origin stories, from the 486 and the VIC-20 through the first paid tech jobs neither of them was qualified for. They get specific about the failures that rewired how they work, the mentor advice that still holds up decades…