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System Administrator Study Guide

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A. Read the Chapter titled “Systems Administrator” (in my hard cover copy it starts on page 53, at the beginning of the “Goods and Services” section, but in your edition it may vary) In your own words, what seems to excite Don B. about his work as a systems administrator? Use examples from the text that demonstrate his excitement. Don B. isn't a fan of working for large corporations.He worked in one for nearly 8 months and it just didn’t suit him.In his current job at a University he feels quite happy.He doesn’t feel pressured to come to work on time and feels like he has some sort of freedom.At times he isnt even doing anywork and starts surfing the web.The text states,"'sometimes I come in at eleven twelve maybe even later...'".This quote resembles the freedom and conformity he is allowed to have in his job which makes him happy to work as a system administrator. …show more content…

You can use a quote or paraphrase him as evidence. My idea of why he lost interest in his job are several reasons.One reason is his co-workers. Don B.'s coworkers who have worked there for 15 years get him pretty pissed off.They feel because the same incident occurs a lot of times, then its okay and should be ignored.This makes Don feel dissatisfied with his job .My second reason is the hacker who changed his perspective on computers and networks.This hacker led to him freaking out and costed him a lot of time.He made Don's job 10x times harder than what it was.What made it worse was Don couldn’t stop him so he had to live with it

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