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Knowledge Transfer is Tiring

August 19, 2008 – 9:24 pm

As I look forward to removing the Senseo coffeemaker and USB lava-lamp from my shabby cubicle a short 2 weeks away, I’m engaged in explaining to a couple of co-workers what I’ve been doing for the last 5 years. The old knowledge transfer, memory dump game.
I’m tweaking scripts, showing them how the Solaris and Red [...]

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First of the Last Times

August 18, 2008 – 7:36 pm

I passed on the stinking on-call pager to the next guy for the last time at this current gig.
While this is always a call for rejoicing, I’m sure there will be a stinking on-call pager at the next job.
-k-

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Intelligence Test

August 17, 2008 – 12:25 pm

A coworker took exception to his colleagues’ hitting “reply all” in response to an emailed request for information that was sent to our group. Our project manager was compiling a list of exactly who had Microsoft Project and Visio on their Winders workstations.
After the second “reply all” to the mail-o-gram, the coworker sent this to [...]

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Had to be Said

August 15, 2008 – 10:48 pm

As I ponder moving on, these words from the General inspire me:

-k-

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Short Timer

August 12, 2008 – 8:45 pm

New horizons beckon, a job offer has been received, and I have accepted.
Particulars to follow, before I get to that What have I done with my life? phase that sets in with every change of jobs.
A relocation is in the offing with the new gig; without giving away too much, we’ll be [...]

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Shortest Trip Ever

July 27, 2008 – 5:00 pm

The previously referenced road trip has been postponed for a week or two. Work related items intervened, and we couldn’t get the hoped for Friday afternoon rolling start.
Our destination hasn’t moved, and it will be there in a weekend or two, at which point we reload and try again.
-k-

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SysAdmin Day, 2008

July 24, 2008 – 8:41 pm

Tomorrow is System Administrator Appreciation Day. Where I work, the other 364 are System Administrator Abuse Days1. The acronym is the same, no matter what day it is, so as not to confuse us. I’m glad they care so much about us.
And the best thing is we get donuts instead of the usual [...]

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Why is it?

June 9, 2008 – 8:02 pm

The stinking on-call pager weighs only 3 ounces or so. Why do I feel 100 pounds lighter when I get shed of it?
-k-

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Two Hours from Freedom

June 9, 2008 – 6:18 am

I’ll be at work then, handing off the stinking on-call pager to the next sad sack sysadmin professional in the barrel rotation.
I think our work group is overstaffed by a huge margin; the silver lining is that there are more candidates for the stinking on-call pager, which limits my exposure.
That’s a Good ThingTM.
-k-

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Oh, Goody

June 1, 2008 – 8:24 pm

My first full week back at work in the crypt of faded dreams begins tomorrow. And, as fate would have it, it’s my week with the stinking on-call pager.
I’m richly blessed.
-k-

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