Celebrate Sysadmin Appreciation Day today

Happy Sysadmin Appreciation Day, and thank you for all you do. When email is flowing, databases just work as they should, and the network is screaming (in a good way), you can focus on more challenging things, like how to automate tasks to make your sysadmin life easier.

But when things break, and we know they will, it's all hands on deck to fix the problem and find the root cause, so it doesn't happen again. Sometimes, you'll find that elusive answer, and sometimes you put your hands up and move on to the next fire.

Here at Enable Sysadmin, we're building a great community of authors who want to share their stories, their expertise, and learn from each other. In May 2020, we officially launched our Sudoers program to recognize our core contributors, and we invite you to check it out and join us. 

Your journey starts with your first article, just email us at enable-sysadmin@redhat.com to pitch an article idea. Once you get your first article published with us, you know you'll want to become part of the Enable Sysadmin Run Level Three club.

If you're not much of a writer, we encourage you to follow along with our weekly newsletter or follow the #EnableSysadmin hashtag on your favorite social channels. And if you'd like to be a better writer, we can help. Join our community, complete this form, and let us know what topics and experiences you'd like to share.

We have some great articles for this year's Sysadmin Appreciation Day. Not only do we have some book recommendations for you, but we also have some career advice and stories from some seasoned veterans.

Our hats off to you during these particularly challenging times. Sysadmin Appreciation Day should be every day when the alerts are quiet, and you've closed your terminal window for the day—or at least stop looking at it to do other things.

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