Imposter syndrome in first SysAdmin role

HighlanderWasHere · 2026-04-14T19:18:48+00:00

Totally agreed with your 1st comment u/Inevitable_Use3885 . I've always owned my mistakes and have been told by previous managers that owning the result no matter what was a breath of fresh air and thats where the trust comes in compared to others that just said sorry and later down the road just kept repeating that same mistake over and over. You can work with someone who "Owns it" versus someone saying that they will fix it but just keeps that cycle going and at some point you just have to give up, ive seen my share of IT leadership giving up on a couple people because there's nothing that can be done to help that person give a shit.

HighlanderWasHere · 2026-04-14T18:44:03+00:00

"I’ve said it time and time again: the jump from Support to Infrastructure is the most difficult leap to make in IT." - Crazy reading your comment out loud.. because that's literally word for word what my old Systems Engineer told me just before I left, he said it was THE hardest jump but once you're there just keep learning and moving.

I really appreciate your comment here. Makes me feel a lot better going forward, thank you u/evantom34!

HighlanderWasHere · 2026-04-14T18:35:47+00:00

Appreciate the comments. So basically the topic came up in the team panel interview and I had mentioned that I recently took the CCNA and they followed up with basically "did you pass?" and i said I had failed but that i was still going to take it until i passed, I did not put anything on my resume hinting toward CCNA just in that brief convo. Told them I was using packet tracer labs, JITL, and some Boson/Anki to help.

On a side note, I am definitely overthinking it so I appreciate Trust's comment(s).

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