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I work in cybersecurity now, though I spent about 15 years in Systems Administration. I credit my career to my father buying a computer and letting me tinker with it. There were two factors that taught me a ton about computers:
Nothing teaches how to work on computers quite like working on a computer. And much of that "working" is actually figuring out how to un-fuck the computer you just fucked up.
The last part is a gem I will forever love.
Nothing quite like the oh fuck.
The job equivalent for the customer is us saying "That's unusual" :)