[Simon_ORourke]

It's f*cking hard work, for those in any doubt. It's the most difficult web server config file you've ever to edit at 4am to resolve some production outage, for years, without any hope of let up. Is it rewarding, yes, but it's a duty and there's no backup or timeout, you get to experience this 24/7 for at least a few year while they're young.

[VMG]

counterpoint: it's not

you don't have to sift through some indecipherable mountain of information to find a solution

you just have to provide some basic mammalian service like provide warmth or food in a first world country

it can be stressful but it's actually quite simple

[wat10000]

The early years are a ton of simple work. Later, it becomes incredibly complex and difficult. Try dealing with bad choices, power struggles, figuring out and enforcing rules.... Now try it as a typical techie person who has trouble engaging with things they don’t enjoy and doesn’t understand people.

Sifting through an indecipherable mountain of information is fun. I’ll do it in my spare time. My reaction to some ridiculous bug report is, hell yeah, let’s go.

The hardest stuff in my life has nothing to do with computers and it’s not even remotely close.

[halfcat]

Accurate. There’s this seemingly never ending stream of moments of desperation, where there are no good answers.

But also if you asked me, “what led to most of the goodness in your life?”, I’d answer:

Moments of desperation