Re: [tlug] OT: What does a sysadmin do?

["Frank" <franklee@example.com>]

From: "Jean-Christian Imbeault" <jc@example.com>
> Sorry for the slightly OT post but ...
> 
> I was talking on the phone with family back home and someone asked asked 
> me, "So what exactly does a systems administrator *do*". Apart from 
> saying "running around with his head chopped off" I was hard-pressed to 
> find a simple answer. The best I could come up with is "a bit of 
> everything" ...
> 
> I was wondering however if anyone knew of a list (humorous *or* serious) 
> describing the various tasks (menial and otherwise) that your average 
> sysadmin does?

Here's SAGE's descriptions:
http://sageweb.sage.org/jobs/thefield/jobs-descriptions.html