It seems that some people may think I have the cushy best job in the world, well a few days a month that may be partially true, but typically it is not the case. Here is a brief run down of my day/night starting yesterday morning.
6:00 AM – Wake up check on the status of all critical servers around 25 of them and check for any critical email requests or issues.
6:45 AM – After biking on my trainer (not everyday but on good days), I check the status of the remaining ~250 servers, make sure they are all happy.
7:45 AM – After getting ready for the day and breakfast, head to the office and help users with misc problems from how to find an email they deleted to build new laptops for new hires.
12:00 PM – Diane comes and lets me know it is lunch time (so I don’t get low at work) she is like my mom away from home great lady.
1:00 PM – Help with problems with employees around the world, email, viruses, install new programs. Work on Network design for new VLAN’s and a separate VPN Network for field users.
5:30 PM – Take a break for dinner and FHE.
7:30 PM – Check on server again to make sure they are all happy, check for any critical email or IM issues.
10:00 PM – Check one last time for any issues on any servers, install new updates on server since I can’t do it during the day.
11:00 PM – Turn out the lights, 5 minutes later get email and IM letting me know that the power is out in town. We have a UPS that will last for 30 Minutes, so I watch hoping that the power is restored before the UPS batteries die.
11:25 PM – Start shutting down critical servers that can’t lose power without causing issues, Qwest lost power so I couldn’t finish (they provide us with our Internet connection no inet, no work from home).
11:45 PM – Get dressed and drive into work to finish shutting down servers, drive around town looking for signs of why the power is out.
12:30 AM – Call Rocky Mountain Power for the 3rd time to see if they have an ETA on the issue, they say by 1AM.
1:00 AM – Call Rocky Mountain Power again – they give me now ETA as they still don’t know why the power is out.
1:45 AM – Drive back to work to wait for power to come back on, have to wait here because the doors will not lock without power.
2:02 AM – Power comes back on, but flickers so it causes some issues with two critical servers normally not an issue but since the UPS batteries are dead they can’t smooth the flickers out.
3:45 AM – Finished getting the remaining critical servers up again, head for home to get some shut eye.
4:20 – Finally go to bed for the night.
6:00 AM – Wake up and get almost all the remaining servers happy again.
8:30 AM – Head back into the office to start it all over again. Send out several emails to warn of Conficker worm that is scheduled to go wild on 4/1/2009.
12:30 PM – Head home for lunch…getting low need sugar.
All in all I still love my job because I love the every changing challenges that I get to face. Tonight I get to face a huge internet worm out break and hope we survive it. It could always be worse.
Comments:
Jodi said…
sounds about right…you forgot to mention breakfast and lunch with the clicking of the keyboard keys. I am glad you found a job that works for you and makes you happy, but sometimes I get jealous of that computer and all the time she gets to spend with you. 🙂
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:47:01 PM
Dad said…
You forgot to mention that dad calls regularly to solve problems on his computer in Portugal. Keep up the good work.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:41:45 PM
John said…
6:50 am John calls on skype to talk about his new application he found. No time to talk. YOu do a great job helping all of us. You are a great little “server” yourself.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:59:17 PM
