Twenty five+ years ago as I filmed the video the image above came from I was already an experienced system administrator. I was around 17 years old, I had a couple of jobs, and I had had a few before that. I was blissfully unaware of the way of things, and ready to embrace the new world that tech was bringing. While stories of computer security were my gateway to the network closet lifestyle, I was way more interested in why the server backup was creating packet storms that took everything down at zero dark thirty every other night.
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