As a sysadmin, I concur. Though the Neo panel in the bottom right should have also been another middle finger. If not that, then the Curb Your Enthusiasm meme where he's like "Fuck you, and I'll see you tomorrow" lol.

[–] nick@midwest.social 43 points 8 months ago (5 children)

A fellow sysadmin, I thought we went extinct. I had to pivot to “infrastructure engineer” but it’s basically the same thing nowadays.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 55 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Job titles in IT don’t mean anything these days.

In particular, the term “engineer” has been butchered beyond recognition.

[–] nick@midwest.social 28 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Wait so you’re telling me I’m NOT an engineer?

Agreed. I usually say developer because I view engineers as people who do actual engineering. I’m more of a plumber who fits pipes (pieces of software) together.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Digital archaelogist here.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Warm greetings to you from the Customer Success Evangelist.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like an actual job title, that works alongside a React Ninja. What do you do, exactly?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Oh, that isn't my actual title, I just wanted to mix together a pair of the more ridiculous trends.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 7 points 8 months ago

My first job was as an “engineer”.

I spent most my time resetting passwords and setting up Outlook…

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait so you’re telling me I’m NOT an engineer?

Are you licensed by the state? There's your answer!

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

These days it's more "do you have an engineering degree from an accredited University."

The vast majority of engineering diplomas are not in licensed areas.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Iirc it’s full blown illegal to call yourself an engineer in Canada unless you’re a licensed engineer. Meaning that if you marketed yourself as a software engineer without an engineering license, you could technically get in trouble. Not that I think they really enforce that for “Software Engineer”.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm an analyst. I've never analyzed anything.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm an architect, I've never designed a house.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not quite extinct, but endangered.

Thankfully there's been a recent trend of companies pulling back out of the cloud because reality set in and they're neither saving money nor getting a better experience than they had with their on-prem solutions.

So, if that trend holds, we'll hopefully go from endangered to merely threatened.

[–] nick@midwest.social 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Keep up the good fight my friend. We shall rise again.

[–] far_university1990@feddit.de 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Rise again you shall, from the ash of the burning sky.

[–] blackluster117@possumpat.io 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Didn't you guys morph into DevOps?

[–] tquid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

DevOps on the resume, Sysadmin in my heart forever.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

My title has changed so many times, Sysadmin is so much easier and to the point.

[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

My position is still called sysadmin shrugs

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I have two weeks left as a sysadmin and I'm transitioning to development. My experiences in sysadmin are a big reason I got in the door with little coding experience. A lot of devs don't have an in depth knowledge about computers outside of programming, and knowing that extra stuff can certainly raise the ceiling.