@elena you’re more of a SysAdmin than 90% of those sloppy DevOps I regularly have to deal with meet. Being a SysAdmin is about knowing and dealing with the system parts of computer science. You can have various levels of success at it. But if you understand and endorse the "There Is No Cloud" meme, you can label yourself a SysAdmin.

@elena you are absolutely a system admin - you've earned that title and have the scars to show for it. Loud and Proud!

@elena you have systems. You admin them. Congratulations, you’re a sysadmin!

@elena
Being Dutch and being blunt: H*ll yes!
You are. Period.

@elena Go on. If you need an official blessing by a (former) sysadmin, here it is.

In recognition of merit, hereby I anoint you as a sysadmin.

Congratulations, shaking hands, hugs. Good luck 💜

PS. Squeee 🥰

@elena Talk about gender stereotypes...

There are plenty of dudes who'd barely qualify and happily slap it on a t-shirt. Here you are, a woman, very clearly qualified and yet you aren't sure...

You earned the t-shirt. 😀

@elena administrated systems ✅ -> sysadmin.

I think a "sysadmin" or a "totally not a sysadmin" with fake glasses and moustache would be wonderful!

I think the cybersecurity people will love a "securing cyber..." or a "../" shirt

@elena
I have not been following you that long, but from what I have read from you so far I would say you have all rights to call yourself sysadmin.
Of course there are the more experienced, but from my perspective you can file yourself easily among the ranks of those who even earn a living as sysadmin (German bluntness over here)

@elena I've been following your selfhosting adventures for awhile (thanks for all the work you've put into your content) and I will definitely say you are a sysadmin!

@elena claim that title there are undoubtedly so many dudes calling them that who have only ever configured some dns setting on their wordpress page

@elena A sysadmin is someone who has done admin on a system. That’s you! 😎

(I have similar conversations in the running community: a runner is someone who runs. The unspoken part: they’re a runner, regardless of the apparel they wear, the shoes they run in, and most importantly, the pace they run)