Probably not a lot of content tonight. I'm just too pooped to pop.
Last night, after BooBoo was in bed, I logged into work to do some stuff that needed to be done during off hours. I thought it would take two or three hours. Due to bad planning, oversimplification of what had to be done on my part, and things taking a lot longer to do than I expected, it took six and a half hours. After three hours of sleep, it was time to get up and do it all over again.
Then I tried to fix a simple problem on one of our servers this afternoon, and correcting some file system issues turned into "oh crap, I better make a backup before this gets worse".
I'm tired, played out, and mind fried. I'm not going to say that all of this wasn't fun though. I didn't get into system administration and IT in general because I like creating project plans. When things don't go exactly as planned, but don't fall completely into the crapper, this job is fun.
But always remember Rule # 1 - Always have a backup copy before you start changing stuff. Otherwise something that's fun and exciting can turn into a career limiting event.
4 comments:
Good words.
I recently added you to my blog roll, BTW. Will read each of your new posts that come up.
Thanks North. I put you on the blogroll too.
Thanks, man. That is like love... without all the bad stuff.
:-P
Yep, Rule #1 DOES tend to keep the O.M.G. blood pressure down... :-)
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