Looking Ahead: SysAdmins in 2025

This year has changed the way we work—from our roles and responsibilities to the way we interact and socialize with others. Responsibilities in IT were already shifting with instances of data center/IT role convergence on the rise. The SolarWinds 2020 IT Trends Report: The Universal Language of IT revealed security and application management are more frequently becoming part of day-to-day tasks. However, the pandemic has served to accelerate this shift. In 2020, we’ve been forced to adapt faster than ever before, and the growing remote workforce has complicated—and extended—the roles of IT pros even further.

With SysAdmin Day just around the corner on Friday, July 31, what do you think the SysAdmins will look like in 2025? We want to hear about your experiences over the course of your time as a SysAdmin and in recent months, and your perception of how SysAdmins have been impacted. What do you think the SysAdmin role will look like in the future—will SysAdmins become “Tech Generalists?” Will responsibilities change? If so, how? What do you think the new SysAdmin “normal” will look like, and how should we think about preparing for these changes?  

Share your thoughts by July 29 and we’ll put 250 THWACK points in your account.