A definite trend here....
I USED to be a system administrator. Currently I'm a Headend Engineer for a big cable TV company. I've been in the industry for about 25 years and worked at a number of jobs in it, including sys admin for the first cable company in Texas to have cable modems.
I wish I could get back into the sys admin work. I love me some Linux!
But too many guys in our field are waiting tables.