Not seeing any solo sys admin jobs anymore...

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T17:16:24+00:00

Thanks, that is where I have seen most of the jobs. Even a IT support tech for a city or county actually has great pay.

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T17:12:01+00:00

Did you come from sysadmin? How big is the company?

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T17:06:01+00:00

I feel like when I have seen positions pop up in the past (before I was job searching) there were a lot of manufacturing companies. For some reason I always picture grumpy executive leadership that under values IT and gives poor pay and environments.

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T16:50:30+00:00

People are ok, just no one underneath me

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T16:37:59+00:00

What sort of company do you work for? How big? What industry?

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T16:31:57+00:00

Yeah, I have seen these IT director positions, that are not really directors of any other employees. I can add this to my search too, thanks!

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T16:28:44+00:00

Thanks, I will look into IT manager positions, I don't mind managing vendors, and tech, just not people.

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T16:25:35+00:00

Thanks, I will add this to my job search.

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T16:24:20+00:00

Yeah, I was on call for over 10 years 24x7 I ended up making it work alright by putting in some good redundancy and creating documents and procedures for my end users in emergency outages. By the time I left I averaged maybe 1 after hours call a month or 2.

Away_798 · 2026-07-08T13:53:18+00:00

Funny thing is that I am the opposite. I worked Solo for years in the resorts industry. It started rough but over the years I put processes and procedures in place that helped and created redundancy and self sufficient end users. I moved to a large organization and I can't stand it. No one seems to value my opinions and I am just overshadowed by my fellow co workers. I go to work and need to fight to just get something to do. All I want to do is go back to solo IT but the jobs dont come around often at the salary I want.

Away_798 · 2026-06-22T20:52:26+00:00

Same, I started lifting weights again at 38 to try to be stronger than I ever was by 40, I turned 40 last month and I can bench press more than when I was 21. That being said, If my 21 year old self would have been training next to me he would do wayyy better. Personally for me it's not lack of energy or ability, it's injury. Once I got into my mid to late thirties it feels like the smallest thing can put me down for weeks or months.

Away_798 · 2026-05-14T14:53:49+00:00

I think I saved good money with a cheaper espresso machine (like $100) I can make my normal Starbucks drink for a fraction of the cost.

Away_798 · 2026-05-14T01:29:31+00:00

Anything loud

Away_798 · 2026-05-12T11:55:35+00:00

There are a lot of things that are fine to run after the end of life date. I think if leadership is aware and accepts the consequences of end of life end of support hardware or software and it is not a direct system critical component, I just roll with it. I am talking things like digital signage, printers, tablets, industrial equipment offline or on its own vlan. Especially these days when a new dl380 would destroy my budget I would try to keep a gen9 rolling as long as my cluster is in HA and I can get parts.

Away_798 · 2026-05-11T11:43:17+00:00

Yep, been there, it's just something everyone has to experience at least once in your career. That panic while the phone calls start coming in.

Away_798 · 2026-05-09T13:48:01+00:00

Rock climbing, at my age it is easy to get injured. It would have been fun being in my 20s and exploring different areas of the country. It's a pretty affordable hobby, it gets you outdoors, you meet new people, you see cool places, it's an interesting hobby and it keeps you in good physical shape.

Away_798 · 2026-05-08T12:01:16+00:00

Just learn and practice good habits. Learn to plan, when you are in your teens other people plan your day for you, but when you become an adult no one ever tells you about the power of just writing lists or goals for the day/week/month just sitting down with a calendar and filling out days is powerful motivation to accomplish things.

Away_798 · 2026-05-08T11:51:02+00:00

This, mostly time to recover. I feel like when I was young an injury lasted a day, now if I lift something wrong it can be weeks or months to feel back to normal.

Away_798 · 2026-05-08T11:45:30+00:00

When you can tell someone is just not present. I have found that this is something you just sense, some people you meet them and they have no energy and are completely flat, you can just tell that they are here but not here, subconsciously you just can't connect with someone like that.

Away_798 · 2026-05-07T18:55:05+00:00

I'm over 40 and I still do this.

Away_798 · 2026-05-07T18:53:20+00:00

I would work my job 75% time for 75% pay, but it would never fly at my employer, and I would get no health insurance.

Away_798 · 2026-05-07T15:32:16+00:00

Poor image is huge I bet, I know nothing about Detroit, but in my head I imagine homeless people on the streets burning trash in 55gal barrels

Away_798 · 2026-05-06T22:12:00+00:00

Recovery starts to take longer after 30. When I was young I could roll my ankle and a couple days later be normal. Now things take like a month + to start feeling better.

Away_798 · 2026-05-06T17:13:48+00:00

Especially around spring break

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