I love this analogy. SysAdmins need to have an special mindset that is diametrically opposite than these of the developers.
Developers want features and shiny things and following new trends and unicorns.
SysAdmins want 99.999%, and dependability and knowing that all the backups are running on time and writings contingency plans detailing how many minutes it will take to put a new infrastructure online in the event a fire occurring in the main data-center while the backup data-center is flooded because of a typhoon.
Developers want features and shiny things and following new trends and unicorns.
SysAdmins want 99.999%, and dependability and knowing that all the backups are running on time and writings contingency plans detailing how many minutes it will take to put a new infrastructure online in the event a fire occurring in the main data-center while the backup data-center is flooded because of a typhoon.