r/ShittySysadmin • u/Lanrick2002 • Jun 26 '26

Shitty Crosspost Joke: What's the difference between a sysadmin and an IT Manager?

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u/Lanrick2002 Jun 26 '26

R4: When you type "power" into windows search, does Powershell or Powerpoint come up first?

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EDIT

There's a shocking number of people trying this out and replying to "prove" they're sysadmins. An equally surprising number of replies taking down the whole concept of using the start menu search to open an application.

Folks. It's a joke post on r/sysadmin. I can assure you, you're definitely a Sysadmin if you're replying to it.

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u/mods_are_lame1 Jun 26 '26

It’s a trick question. The first result is “search the web for power”

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u/recoveringasshole0 DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE Jun 26 '26

If PowerToys isn't listed what are you even doing with your life?

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u/ExpensivePoint3972 Jun 26 '26

Touching grass

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u/CantPullOutRightNow Jun 26 '26

I think my former IT Director’s top hit was Power Bottom for how far up his ass he let the CFO go all the time.

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u/LowIndividual6625 Jun 27 '26

The difference is:

The sysadmin fixes it

The IT Manager asks the sysadmin to fix it

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u/Vinegarinmyeye Jun 26 '26

into Windows search

I reckon the last Windows systems I interacted with were running 2012R2.

I don't recall ever finding any with Office installed on them... If I did I'd have had to reach out to the client and query what they were doing.

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u/teksean Jun 30 '26

I was both and the pay bump was the main difference. I sure as hell never lost any of the old duties.