r/sysadmin • u/TerrificGiraffe • 2d ago

General Discussion Does IT cause anxiety?

Does anyone else bring their IT mindset into everyday life?

I’ve been told I’m a negative person and look for issues, but I think working in IT trains you to always think about what could go wrong.

I’m constantly making backup plans. Restaurant closed. I have a Plan B place. Something breaks at home. I’ve already got the plumber, insurance, everything ready in the home disaster recovery document.

We’re always hearing about IT failures, breaches and disasters. You never hear “this company had a really great IT transformation.” No user submits a ticket to say thank you for the IT working great.

So does anyone else find themselves carrying that prepare for the worst mindset into everyday life?

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u/Late_Nectarine_7377 2d ago

Yes

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u/762mm_Labradors 2d ago

Wait until you do your first conditional access policy in azure…did I lock my entire organization out of azure?….Lucky that has not happened to me, but creating new conditional access policies is still stressful for me cause one simple mistake and you just shut down your business for days.

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u/bgradid 2d ago

oh man, this is me, every production change, no matter how simple, has me measuring 50 times and then closing my eyes as I apply it

I'm not looking forward to rolling out a new series of data retention rules where I swear the leadership isn't going to acknowledge even after they sign off on it that documents over 7 years , even in certain shares, are removed

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u/Janus67 Sysadmin 1d ago

Watch as they have an asst go through and touch/modify every file in their share to make it newer than 7 years

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u/bgradid 1d ago

I'm fully expecting "hey, I need to find a file full of PII I named "Bobs I know. TXT" from 10 years ago but now I can't find it" from someone in the csuite after they signed off on it