You cannot have a secure system without good system administration. Good system administration is not easy, however. … Rather, it takes great system administration to keep a machine secure, and even good system administration is hard.

Is IT hard being a system administrator?

System administration isn’t easy nor is it for the thin-skinned. It’s for those who want to solve complex problems and improve the computing experience for everyone on their network. It’s a good job and a good career.

Is being a system administrator stressful?

The stresses of the job can and will weigh us down with crushing force. Most sysadmin positions require close attention to multiple systems, while also meeting tight deadlines for implementation, and for many, the ever-present “24/7 on-call” expectation. It is easy to feel the heat from these types of obligations.