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Old 09-04-2011
I have more than 15 years into the job now.

I have frustrated myself out a few times sometimes wish I was doing something else somewhere have walked away several times but always find myself coming back to the familiar.

My 2 cents if you want it. switch career if you can or have the passion for something else or else stick it out and get better with your craft it pays pretty well later and allows you to remain employable for a long time, the oldest Unix sysadmin I've seen so far is a 55 year old gentleman.

good luck
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