10 best sysadmin stories from the trenches
![2 soldiers in a trench WW1](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2019-12/ww1_trenches.jpg?itok=4NaYnMpJ)
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2019 has been a great year here at Enable Sysadmin. Ops folks from around the world submitted technical how-tos, wisdom to pass along to the younger crowd, sysadmin appreciation day pieces, and even a few horror stories about mistakes that lead to seemingly endless self-inflicted torment.
Whether it's about getting away from your desk, avoiding burnout, relieving stress, or even destroying the thing that manages all of your virtual infrastructure with a single typo, we hope you enjoy this list of our top 10 sysadmin culture articles from 2019. We’re looking forward to a sysadmin-filled 2020!
![Emergency exit](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-07/emergency-exit.jpeg?itok=G2bTOb-J)
![Wolf](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-07/wolf.jpg?itok=ey_xja2o)
![vice crushing green apple](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-09/vice_apple.jpg?itok=jD-DjvmE)
![Clamps](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-07/book-clamps.jpg?itok=VBi4Rnfl)
![Space invader](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-06/game-space-invader.jpeg?itok=HDwKZu7U)
![Fishing](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-07/fishing.jpg?itok=FL2UdI8g)
![What my day looks like as a sysadmin](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-10/asleep_work.jpg?itok=5U_-iaXS)
![Time on fire](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-06/fire-time.jpg?itok=L8zxX5Ct)
![Photo of a lit match on fire](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-03/match-fire-2.jpg?itok=gaiYHVls)
![Party balloons](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-07/party-balloons.jpeg?itok=rX7ULGrh)
![Author’s photo](/sysadmin/sites/default/files/styles/user_picture_square/public/pictures/2019-10/IMG_1476.png?itok=1nG0qvwX)
Nathan Lager
Nate is a Technical Account Manager with Red Hat and an experienced sysadmin with 20 years in the industry. He first encountered Linux (Red Hat 5.0) as a teenager, after deciding that software licensing was too expensive for a kid with no income, in the late 90’s. Since then he’s run More about me