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 almost eight 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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