Cronache di Sarvegia

As some of you may know, or may have suspected from my previous post in Italian, today was the (11^th) System Administrator Appreciation Day. But what are you supposed to do on this day? Well, as the web site says:

Friday, July 30, 2010, is the 11th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator something that shows that you truly appreciate their hard work and dedication.

I always date the start of my career at the 1^st of February, 1999. That was the first day with a steady job at CRS4, as a System and Network Administrator. So, it's 11 years that I am working as a Sysadmin: first, as said, at CRS4, then in Tiscali, in Sardegna IT and, finally, here at Opera.

And finally, for the first time in 11 years, someone celebrated the Sysadmin Day, for my colleagues and me. And that was nice

First, we found a nice ticket filed for us, where our colleagues in another office showed their appreciation.

The ticket was filed with the code MOPS-1656, and they've been so nice that they even adapted an existing comic for that:

Then, we were brought in a meeting right before lunch, whose goal was to have us all away from our offices and then go all together in the canteen. When we got in the canteen, we found two "reserved" tables for us, with balloons, candies, and filled with caffeinated beverages.

When we came back to our offices, each one of us found a little candy, and this was mine:

...and, finally... cake! A BIG cake for us!!!

So, to all my Opera colleagues, and for all those that will fill like showing their appreciation in the future, thanks.