Writers and tech journalists have predicted for years that the system administrator role is an endangered species, with extinction just around the corner. Are they right?
Spoiler. They’re wrong. I’ve read dozens of articles over the past 10 years that predict everything from the death of the desktop computer to the extinction of my ilk (system administrator). It’s not happening. No amount of artificial intelligence, automation, cloud, or so-called zero administration efforts will ever wipe out our kind. The only thing, perhaps, that can eradicate our Administraticus systemus is multiple Chicxulub-class meteors simultaneously landing on every Amazon data center. And I’m not even sure that would do it.
The reason for my positive outlook for system administrators is simple. You can’t do away with the human element in decision making…
