Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Being a System Admin, I Learned from Superman

“A few days ago, a copy of Action Comics No. 1 sold for about
$1.5 million. What makes a 72-year old comic worth seven figures?
More importantly, what can system administrators learn from a guy
who’s been wearing tights and a cape for more than seventy
years?

“It’s easy to mock Superman, but few characters have had as much
cultural impact as Superman. If you doubt the cultural impact of
Superman over other superheroes, consider that the Man of Steel has
an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, while Batman and others
do not. Not to mention more than seven decades of comics, radio
series, books, films, and TV shows.

“In all that mythos, some things have remained constant and the
core character has remained largely unchanged. Supes is the
archetypical modern superhero, and even though Clark Kent isn’t
part of the Daily Planet admin staff, our hero has a lot of lessons
for the system admin set.”

Complete Story