Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos graduated with a BS in Computer Science and works as a Systems Administrator for an Australian telecommunications company. A typical day involves technical support, provisioning new servers and services, monitoring infrastructure, and research projects. As a SysAd, it is important to be trustworthy, reliable, responsive, document everything, backup regularly, automate repetitive tasks, and continuously learn. The career offers challenges, opportunities to learn, feeling of purpose when issues are resolved, and potential for travel and compensation.

1. Systems Administrator as a Career Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos [email_address] http://matt.baluyos.net

2. Who am I?

5. Now on to the good stuff…

6. A day in the life of a SysAd…

9. SysAd Survival Guide

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18. So, what’s so cool about being a SysAd?