JURASSIC PARK was released 30 years ago today. Also, Jurassic Park is a cautionary tale about how you compensate IT staff :P https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/what-is-the-role-of-the-system-administrator/

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@nixCraft TBF the book is a bit more clear than the movie that he wasn't alone, just the main programmer working on the security system and there was other staff who'd already gone to mainland for the storm. If anything though it's a great showing as to why background checks for IT personnel are normally a thing and why personal finances are included in background checks, but Hammond was CHEAP, cutting every corner he could.