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Everything I Know About Parenting I Learned from System Administrators

Source: Geekdad

Jul 31, 2009

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Today is the 10th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day, a special event that encourages everyone to thank your SysAdmins for all the long hours spent on the front line of technology battles, preventing and/or cleaning up our computer messes. They deserve a little love, at least one day of the year.

While you are contemplating what gift you can give today—here are a few suggestions for proper use SysAdmin’s time—we pause to give thanks for their contributions to parenting, as well. Taking a cue from Iowa State University’s best practices for system administration, here are five strategies employed by System Administrators that can make us better parents.

Have a Backup Plan

Losing files is always a drag, but even the best of Geeks might get a bit sloppy when it comes to implementing an effective backup strategy. Enter the SysAdmin, who is often responsible for maintaining daily copies of data files for everyone in an organization. They do this by coming up with a plan, routine

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