Bummer: Sun Cutting 5000 Jobs
Being a UNIX admin is cool. You're an expert in a valuable technical niche that's highly in demand. You don't compete with college grads for jobs because they don't teach enterprise UNIX in colleges.
So the bottom line is you're highly paid and in demand… until shit like this happens. When Sun lays off people it sucks because no hot-shot UNIX admin wants to compete with hundreds of laid off Sun Unix admins for jobs.
Unfortunately those are the breaks when you make your living working for other people. Market forces and Sun layoffs can jeopardize your livelihood. What's a nerd to do?