Isaiah Rhodes

@organicladybug428142

Tamworth, Australia Joined Jan 2026

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Isaiah Rhodes

@organicladybug428142 · Jan 12, 2026

Aiden Li

@yellowdog478181 · Jan 12, 2026 9:27 am

Why do system administrator get paid less than software developers ?

I see in my company system administrators seem to me as adults in the room. Without IT most companies cannot function/survive one week, yet companies keep skeleton crew of IT staff and underpay them. On the other hand companies have no problems hiring a new developer each month. Even in meetings developers only seem to know only a small area that too team has 5 developers and a team lead supporting one application, where an IT team of 5-6 people could easily be supporting company of size 200 to 300. In terms of knowledge breadth system administrator easily has level of knowledge as of architect or principal engineer but get paid a fraction of their salary. It seems rather unfair to me how much burden IT carries. System Admin retains more Computer Science Knowledge 10 years into the job than most software developers, who specialize in a narrow domain.
PS: I am not in IT but see IT staff in my company single handedly troubleshooting issues, answering questions from plothera of teams, also dealing with bunch of other problems.

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Isaiah Rhodes

@organicladybug428142 · Jan 11, 2026

Siiri Palo

@angryelephant385921 · Jan 11, 2026 10:05 am

Oh well

If I know you correctly, then…
you did a great job: how could it be otherwise ;P

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