In Australia any lab technician positions 4 year degree and start at AUD$65k, Max out at $80k or so. Equivalent engineering degrees max out at $120k for plebs.

We lost 2 months of local Windows servers in a smash and grab ransomware. we were lucky that our PROD servers were Linux. And this was a place with an active Windows 10 upgrade plan, gateways and air gapping for non-compliant systems. Our luck/planning was the backups system allow for two months of roll back to remove the malware. For the sysadmins, the character limit on the file paths meant we lost a bit of deep dive information 8/10 folders deep. (Over 64 characters or something like that.)

And keep a copy off site

Love is only real if it hurts when you pee.