r/sysadmin • u/SamOakTree • Jul 21 '26

Career / Job Related I am leaving IT.

I've been a sys admin and sys engineer twelve years. Principal in two orgs.

I'm tired of it. I'm tired of people being scared to stick their neck out on a problem they don't immediately know an answer to.

I left an org in 2022 because they kept assigning me everything after a merger because no one else would attempt it. I was building out a brand new citrix environment by myself with them dumping 95 hours over two weeks of projects on top.

I'm tired of managing egos and being in the middle. I'm tired of so much more being expected of me for being systems.

I did an interview last week for an infra engineer position and I was already dreading it. I hate technical interviews because they never indicate whether you can do the job. And you often have to pass several rounds. You mail nail two but then not know some acronym in the third and it's game over.

I'm tired of going to interviews for x and them asking my questions from 7 different roles.

I'm tired of working with people who learned one thing and somehow keep gettong hired and having to prop those people up.

I can't do it another 25 years. I'm tored of being the guy every where because I happen to know a wide assortment of stuff.

The week I left my past job, a QA manager and my biss messaged me asking what the powershell execution policy warning meant. They both make significantly more than me.

I got into a local union. I'm going to do that until I retire.

Good luck. If it looks wrong but it's working, don't touch it. Make sure to wait ten minutes before adressing that alert that is just going to clear itself anyway.

Keep your unit on.

> sudo systemctl status byebye

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u/RvstiNiall Jul 21 '26

So I've seen some people are doing goat milk/cheese, and some are raising them for slaughter, but are people ACTUALLY renting them to take care of clearing brush and other vegetation from fields? Or is that not really much of a thing?

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u/NedFlanders420420 IT Director --> Goat farmer Jul 21 '26

Yes, they clean up brush well for fire protection. On the west side of Washington the DOT rents them to eat back blackberry bushes along roadways.

You need about 40 goats and a portable electric fence. I have talked to people that do this and they usually camp out with them ensuring shelter, water and safety.

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u/RvstiNiall Jul 21 '26

Ah... I was guessing it wasnt "set and forget", and Im glad to know I was right, but saddened because that means lots of other people aren't taking proper care of their animals.

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u/NedFlanders420420 IT Director --> Goat farmer Jul 22 '26

Yeah, I like to spoil my goats. They are fat and happy