The IT Guy Show
Navigating Technology and Careers
Displaying all 3 Episode of The IT Guy Show with the tag “sysadmin”.
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Episode 16: When the Layoff Comes
October 21st, 2025 | 35 mins 28 secs
burnout, careeradvice, careertransition, devrel, eric the it guy, itguyeric, jobloss, jobsearch, layoff, mentalhealth, networking, opensource, remotework, resiliencemindset, resume, survivingalayoff, sysadmin, techcareer, techlayoffs, techpodcast
Getting laid off is hard. It can shake your confidence, your routines, and your sense of direction. But it doesn’t have to define you.
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Episode 14: Life as a SysAdmin with Nate Lager
September 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 14 mins
automation, careerstories, devops, eric the it guy, infrastructure, infrastructureascode, itguyeric, linux, nate lager, oncalllife, opensource, redhat, sres, sysadmin, sysadminlife, systemadministration, techcareer, techcommunity, technerds, techpodcast
The role of the system administrator has changed a lot in the last couple decades, but some of us are still proudly flying the flag.
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Episode 13: How I Became a SysAdmin
September 9th, 2025 | 32 mins 1 sec
bash, careerpath, devops, eric the it guy, homelab, howigotstarted, infrastructure, itcareer, itguyeric, itlife, itpodcast, linux, opensource, serveradmin, sysadmin, systemadministrator, techcareers, techcommunity, techjourney, techstory
Before DevOps, SRE, and the cloud were all the rage, there were sysadmins—tech generalists who kept the lights on, often with duct tape, bash scripts, and caffine.