Solve it like an admin. Why it's important to ask 'why'?

In today's episode, we dive into the admin world in the Reaktor
context. For that, we invited Robin Laurén, a full-stack admin,
who's been with Reaktor for over nine years. We talk about what
qualities make a great sysadmin and why empathy and people skills
are as necessary as tech skills. We touch upon the topics of data
security and mobile device management (MDM). Finally, Robin
shares some fascinating stories from his years of experience
working in IT. 


Guest
Robin Laurén is a full-stack admin who’s been delivering hugs to
users, workstations, servers, and networks since 2001. Robin
aspires to provide usable and honest security. His main objective
is to enable people to do their best work. Outside of work, Robin
is interested in singing, theatre, IoT and home automation,
photography, radio, and video production.

Hosts 
Anna Fröblom is a great programmer, problem-solver, hobby
photographer, lego enthusiast, and simply a nice person.

Esko Lahti is an engineer who now works in the company that got
him into Clojure. Now, his party trick at meetups is to
rapid-fire through an extensive list of parentheses jokes.



References


Robin’s ex-boss: José Ramos-Horta (then foreign minister, now
president, of Timor-Leste)


Robin’s theatre gigs: 


Fallåker (soon playing Panik på kliniken - it runs in the
family)

Finns (now playing Pinocchio )



Robin’s blog, Learning in public
Robin’s dog Kelvin


About Reaktor


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