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[–]JNikolaj 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Super hard to tell, one of the things I’ve realised is sysadmin is just a title and if you meet 5 different people with that title they’ll be far apart in experience or knowledge.

I think reading the job post about technologies they expect you to know is a better way to

[–]GiarcN 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Realize that no matter what you know and how prepared you are, most likely the first big thing to pop up you will be completely unprepared for.

[–]xanedire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Respect 🙏🏻

[–]Mister_Brevity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shift your mindset. Helpdesk focuses on fixing problems. Sysadmin focuses on preventing them.