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Testin da Cable

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Research has proven that IT related people are losing the battle against time. They even no longer have time to think. Here are some tips to help save some time:

Wear a badge at home
The few times you actually get to see your loved ones you keep having to explain who you are. Waste of time that. Wear a badge clearly proclaiming your name and function. My name is Peter. I am your father

Don't sit down
The average IT type spends around 20 hours in meetings per week. You'll save at least an hour per day by removing all tables and chairs from your meetingspace. Remember to rig the firealarm to go off before you do. A sprinkler installation may help too. Whoops! Again! Must be what? the third time this week?

Bilateral wind
Time wasted in private meetings can be cut down by starting each day eating 20 garlic cloves, combined with brown beans and onions. This will also help cut down on hallway-meetings and getting cornered at the coffeemachine. Hey Harry can youPRRRRAAAAPPPPP ... never mind!

Never go to a time-management seminar
The eternal question of God's existance is far less complicated and intriguing than the question why the average seminar takes three days. The average IT type is forced into weeks of catching up after such a massive loss.

Show thyself
Remember to say hello to everyone in the mornings. Hang your coat up and turn your workstation on. Then put up an 'out of office' explaining that you are fixing a mission-critical component and can't be disturbed. Proceed to lock yourself in a server-room for some quality netsurfing/gaming. Do not disturb!

Never answer your email
Answering mail is one of the biggest time-wasters of all. Imagine this: it's 09:30, you are at your workstation and have some mail:
them: we haven't had your reaction to the proposed infrastructure development changes memo we sent you 4 weeks ago.
you: what memo?
them: the one we talked about in yesterdays meeting!
you: I wasn't there because I was fixing a mission-critical component at the time and couldn't be disturbed.
them: see the memo about the meeting!
you: I don't have it in mail.
them: here it is!
you: there is no attachement...
them: sorry! it's in the mail now!
you: have you sent it yet?
them: here it is!
you: I can't seem to open it...can you send it again?
them: yes, here it is!
you: the file seems to be corrupted and virus infected. I'm afraid I'm going to have to take your workstation off the network.

By now it's 11:30 and time for lunch. You haven't managed to get any internet into your tight schedule at all. Never answer your email as you will find that 9 out of 10 times you won't hear anything on the subject again anyway.
 
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GDW

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Heres another time saving tip...

dont post rubbish on forums;)
 
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Will

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Well, I laughed...then I realised I want to work in IT, I don't get to skive enough as it is.
 
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Testin da Cable

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Originally posted by ItchyTrigaFinga
Well, I laughed...then I realised I want to work in IT, I don't get to skive enough as it is.


heheh if only the job were as good as the stories about it :)
mine is though! want to come and work for me? there is a vacancy in the 'bring tdc coffee' dept atm.
 
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Will

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Funnily enough, I probably need a new job in 3 months time anyway, though at the moment I'm doing a nice project that's letting me think for a change. That's why the "Will hates his job" threads have disappeared.

Does getting you coffee pay well? And can I get away with not learning a new language? ;)
 
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~YuckFou~

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working with TDC you would need to know the language of lurve :)
 
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Testin da Cable

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heheh indeed :)

Will, bringing me coffee will earn nothing at all I'm afraid so j00 will have to get a night-job to pay your way. That being as it may, if you like I'll look and see if there are any real vacancies of interest.
 
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Will

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Why not. I do make damn good coffee. It's your loss if I don't get hired. And I can install a game server, which every serious business needs.

I'm sure I have more serious reasons, but *shrugs* I'll save them for when I need them.
 
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~YuckFou~

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One of our clients was "testing" their new server before we implemented, by running UT + mods. My kinda workplace.
 
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Testin da Cable

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So, Mr. uh Finga....can you describe...in your own words...the benefits this company will reap from the sweat of your blood?

I can install gameservers Sir

Really? How....nice


</Agent Smith>

:D
 
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Will

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I'm sure I have other skills...thinking...thinking...I'm sure it'll come to me eventually.
 
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Testin da Cable

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no worries there. I'm sure you're just as qualified to work here at BigCompany as I am :)
 
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Miles_Binck

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Originally posted by Testin da Cable
Show thyself
Remember to say hello to everyone in the mornings. Hang your coat up and turn your workstation on. Then put up an 'out of office' explaining that you are fixing a mission-critical component and can't be disturbed. Proceed to lock yourself in a server-room for some quality netsurfing/gaming. Do not disturb!
Damn it, now my secret is out :mad:
 
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Testin da Cable

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Originally posted by ItchyTrigaFinga
You have no qualifications either?:p


well, as you know I'm a lapsed photographer. other members of my crack squad of admins include a geologist [hons BA], a truck driver, a farming technical specialist [sheepshagger] and a flunked out student [bumboy].

I expect that people with compsci degrees grow up to become camera toting rock biting truck drivin' sheep shagging students really.
 
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Will

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Well, I guess I'm a cross between the sheepshagger and the bumboy, as a failed enviromental chemist.

I seem perfectly qualified.:D
 
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Will

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Sorry Wij, I didn't get that far in the course, I don't know what to do with one of those.

Maybe you could demonstrate?
 
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Testin da Cable

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Originally posted by ItchyTrigaFinga

I seem perfectly qualified.:D

my point being that you don't need a poota degree to become an admin...a good admin even. You just need a shedload of common sense and a willingness to learn.

I've found that my uh, higher edu helps me more with peopleskills and documentation processing than say, debugging a program or dreaming up something new to try out on an unsuspecting network.
 

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