The follow are notes I have made to myself over the years which I am starting to organize and write out. A lot of work is needed before this page will be ready for prime time.
System administrators are human.
The users are human. The system designers are human. A core part of system administration is learning how to work with other human beings. System administrators are often the human interface between the people who engineer systems, and the people who are using those systems. Sometimes the system administrator are the interface between users and the system themselves.