Site Reliability Engineer, SRE.
IT firefighter, the sole line in my LinkedIn since 20 years ago.
Twen, ty, ye, ars… FML.
On site technician, dispatcher, on site technician, macgyver, sysadmin, sysadmin, jack of all trades, sre, sre.
20 years, 6 months, 15 days. To do, 21 years, 5 months, 16 days.
Would we keep it up? The IA, the pace, the ageism…
Nich or generalist?
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Why do you do things?
Today I had a conversation about Marlow’s piramid -a structure of your needs and fulfillments, from food and ceiling to self improvement- about your will to do your job. Some stated that doing it as best as you can is accepting the root of capitalism and to be a piece of the machine of productivity menials. Others said that they would do their best (at least from a will perspective, not directly functional).
Food? Check
Safety? Lucky, first world brat
Love? Jackpot, by chance
Esteeem? Lol
Self-actualisation
I like the flow, I love the thrill. P1, shit is on fire, one of three is down, two is showing signs, three alone will not handle. Some scream -inside… loud, but mute-, some are frightened, some just see, silent, in the back, like a cuckhold with a notebook.
Cold sweat in your back, df, free, journalctl, the oom is there, awx-manage, the monitoring shows the drop. 80% less. It’s clear, it’s dead… You did not notice, but the t shirt is soggy, and there are 24 people in the call. systemctl, receptorctl, umm.. a cut with the other output would provide nicer visibility, let’s try this thing, oh, it works. Nice. It died. Ok, let’s turn on, why not? Eh!, RCA! Thank you Jiminy, cp logs, turn it up. It works. Yep, expected. Easy. It was only reading. They say something in the headphones, I don’t listen, I can’t. «It works!».
A «great», in the call, «Good job». The digital slap in the back. Bye, bye, thank you, see you, bye. More tones than ever, leave.
Ok, RCA, cp from the notes, format here and there, check. And back to the flow… Let’s focus in th… Teams call… Shit is on fire…
«You shouldn’t give your best»
Ok, lmgtfy.
Sorry… So… Why do you do things?
Daniel Caine Orchestra – The A-Team
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