As mentioned elsewhere, this is appropriate for anyone doing database administration, because DB writes should always be a trans action.
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Hi I'm trans Peter and came here to explain the joke
It's a pun, cis sounds like sys.
Cis(gender) is the antonym of transgender,
Sysadmin abreviates System Administrator.
Peter out.
Greybeards are an increasingly rare commodity, it seems.
I've been in the industry for 13 years, a technologist using Linux for 19 years - I think I'd count as a greybeard if I hadn't lasered it off as part of my transition lmao
If you don’t mind me asking, how well does that work? I’m very interested in never having to shave again lmao
It hurts and it takes a while (at least on my face), and it costs a fair bit depending on where you're at... but when it finally starts kicking in, I would STILL say it's worth it.
I had Lazer done on face, chest, arms, legs, and genitals. You need to do like 8-12 sessions but I haven't had to shave in years. Though there are like 5 clear hairs now that I pluck.
I feel like greybeards were always people who care little for the standards/expectations of society.
They probably have a lot in common with trans people, who unfortunately are forced to overcome very aggressive and hostile societal standards.
But Greybeards have a lot of luxury relative to trans people. They’ve always gotten to do what they want because of competency as a bargaining chip. Trans people as a group generally don’t have that.
Anyway, I’m rabbit holing. We treat trans people awful and they do nothing to deserve that.
Edit: I don’t mean to say trans people aren’t competent, just that greybeards privilege exists because they’ve passed through a specific niche filter that the general population has not
Indeed.
A Transition Plan suggestion (?):
- Become a Greybeard
- Transition as you prefer
- Use your competency to give trans rights to yourself and peers
- Be happy and Profit!
So, instead of the length of their beard it's the length of their socks we should be considering?
If I even knew how to get into the industry and become an IT, I would have done it a long time ago. But it seems like a weird esoteric cult to get into
IT is what you do when you are good with computers and not so much with people. You get really good at making the magic number boxes work for the MBAs and start explaining RFCs or networking protocols so that they fuck back off upstairs so you can go back to digging through log files and pcaps. It's all just puzzle solving, reading and a crippling fear of social interactions.
honestly, unsure if this is more a cisco or linksys joke at this time.
More like last remaining egg
The others are sis admins
That took way too long to click.
Maybe you should update to a faster system.
As a former sys admin, this clicked immediately for me.
Congrats on the transition