Here's to you, full spectrum solo IT warriors

If your week consists of being a solo enterprise IT manager-director-security-helpdesk-admin-network engineer-analyst-programmer-advisor, here's to you!

You fixed a label printer for Nancy again for the 4th time this week. You established a BYOD policy for your company. You drove to a remote site and rebooted a computer when nobody else could be bothered. Provided data analysis for state regulators. Briefed your C-suite and VPs on capabilities, budgetary concerns, and planning for future needs. You educated your coworkers about the challenges of shadow-IT and security concerns in a HIPAA environment. You made a backup. You saved the company millions of dollars by timely patching of a 0-day. You coaxed actual work out of the worst SEO agency in the world. You cleaned the company coffee pot, and changed an electric door latch. You ensured all the lights were still blinking in 3 different data centers. You helped Roger set proper permissions on his OneDrive shares again so the public can't edit company documents. You even managed to keep your focus on task when the janitor was busy slamming every toilet seat in the building. You even managed to find time to answer a question or two for your fellow sysadmins.

Cheers to you, full spectrum solo enterprise IT champions! We do it well, even when nobody understands the full scope of what we do, and most just assume you don't do much at all. Hats off, and I hope you all enjoy a well deserved break this weekend, even though you're probably on call too.