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Sysadmin rule: it's 30 seconds or four hours

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They think things are either either unnoticeable or very noticeable. There's no in between. Correct. Correct. Things don't usually take like 10 minutes. 15 minutes. It's either 30 seconds or it's four hours.

Episode 176: Angel Number (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:04:45 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

In sysadmin work, things are either unnoticeable or very noticeable, with no in-between. A maintenance task almost never takes 10 or 15 minutes. It's either 30 seconds or four hours.