Is working as IT/System Admin worth it? getting calls in the middle of the nights

eppixx7

I dislike
-getting calls in the middle of the night
-rude customers
-work weekend without overtime pay

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iBrokeIT

Nop, I would stick to being a goat herder

NetworkingStudent

eppixx7 said:

I dislike
-getting calls in the middle of the night
-rude customers
-work weekend without overtime pay

You might encounter all of those things, just depends on the environment. You will run into more rude customers or end users in a smaller environment. This is because the smaller (2-500 end users) environments have the admins do a little bit of everything, so they have more interactions with the end users. However, this doesn’t mean everyone in that environment is rude

Most admins are salary, so I don’t think you will get overtime pay. With that said, I don’t think you will work every weekend

UnixGuy

What do you like?

SweenMachine

eppixx7 said:

I dislike
-IT

There; I fixed it for you.

-scott

LonerVamp

eppixx7 said:

I dislike
-getting calls in the middle of the night
-rude customers
-work weekend without overtime pay

I guess you could grossly generalize. I find if you already have these reservations, then IT/Sysadmin is likely not for you.

But it's not because you'll for sure encounter those issues. It's because this seems to be the most important thing to you, moreso than the IT work.

If you encounter these things in your job, then get another job within the industry IT/Sysadmin industry.

cyberguypr

Some people are more suited for the policy/governance type stuff. Just throwing that out there.