[tastybites]

The whole SaaS model just shifts the sysadmins around to where they are more efficiently utilized. They're not disappearing.

[mediaman]

But part of being more "efficiently utilized" is improving labor productivity, which all else being equal reduces the demand for sysadmin labor.

Although it might make for a more interesting sysadmin job for those that remain.

[ciaogiorno]

It's not a zero sum game. There's no point in keeping around jobs are unnecessary.

[tastybites]

> which all else being equal

All else is not equal. The economy, and especially the tech sector, will grow.