How do you maintain a healthy work life balance?
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And I am guilty of being behind a screen way too often. I am really blessed and get to work from home and work with my husband and son. But we all tend to be in our own worlds if we aren't careful.
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@Minion-Queen said:
And I am guilty of being behind a screen way too often. I am really blessed and get to work from home and work with my husband and son. But we all tend to be in our own worlds if we aren't careful.
I don't get away from the computer enough.. I have more than enough work in the house to do... But if you dropped me in a dark room with plenty of monitor glow, I'd be just as happy....
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@Minion-Queen said:
And I am guilty of being behind a screen way too often. I am really blessed and get to work from home and work with my husband and son. But we all tend to be in our own worlds if we aren't careful.
aka: she kicks me out of the office and makes me have my own office elsewhere in the house.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@DustinB3403 said:
So everyone knows if you're calling me, it better be important. (or to ask if I want to go out for a beer
)I don't want noise or interruptions unless they are warranted. Can't have "Scott's life stops while he answers the phone before knowing if it matters" going on 24x7. That's untenable. I once got called 34 times on Christmas Eve for something that one email would have fixed instantly.
this sounds like a total failure on your part if you couldn't fix the problem on the first phone call, yet somehow a single email would have fixed the problem instantly.
Also, emails are far more reliable. What happens if you aren't at home? Or your cell phone is broken? I can get emails anywhere. Phones you have to know what number I am at and that it is working.
And sure, email might be a little more reliable - but if you're not home and your cell phone is busted, the email ain't gettin' to ya either - unless you're just weird and carry your 4G enabled iPad just for this reason.
I'm with Dustin. I want phone calls for emergencies. One or two dressing downs because they are calling about non emergent things normally solves at least that person from doing it anymore.
Besides, shouldn't a person like yourself only be getting calls from a 24x7 NOC anyway? Aren't those people trained enough to know when something is emergent enough to call you?
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@DustinB3403 said:
So everyone knows if you're calling me, it better be important. (or to ask if I want to go out for a beer
)I don't want noise or interruptions unless they are warranted. Can't have "Scott's life stops while he answers the phone before knowing if it matters" going on 24x7. That's untenable. I once got called 34 times on Christmas Eve for something that one email would have fixed instantly.
this sounds like a total failure on your part if you couldn't fix the problem on the first phone call, yet somehow a single email would have fixed the problem instantly.
I can't even get the details on the first phone call. It's that I need stuff written down, including authorization. Whether it is working for NTG, a client or on Wall St - I can't do anything that isn't authorized and I need the details in writing. Whether I need an IP address, a host name or just a record of it. Phone calls are sloppy, you rely on things that are very hard to hear and require the person on the receiving end to write things down. What if I am in the car when that call comes in? A single email would get me really far, the call gets me nowhere.
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@Dashrender said:
And sure, email might be a little more reliable - but if you're not home and your cell phone is busted, the email ain't gettin' to ya either - unless you're just weird and carry your 4G enabled iPad just for this reason.
Could easily be carrying my 4G iPad, if my iPhone is broken why would I not carry my iPad? But I can get my email from any computer or iPad or whatever. Your assumption that I would lose email access isn't valid in my real world. I have email access tons of times that I might not have those other things.
Computers aren't phased out of the world yet. They still exist all over.
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@Dashrender said:
Besides, shouldn't a person like yourself only be getting calls from a 24x7 NOC anyway? Aren't those people trained enough to know when something is emergent enough to call you?
As well as trained enough to send me an email with the information that I need before trying to interrupt me so that I don't have to ask for the details in writing as the first thing every time.
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Best tip I ever had from an old sysadmin:
Never spend more on booze than you do on groceries in a week. Try not to spend much less, either.
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@MattSpeller said:
Best tip I ever had from an old sysadmin:
Never spend more on booze than you do on groceries in a week. Try not to spend much less, either.
When I lived in Dallas, we had a $400/wk liquor tab!!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@MattSpeller said:
Best tip I ever had from an old sysadmin:
Never spend more on booze than you do on groceries in a week. Try not to spend much less, either.
When I lived in Dallas, we had a $400/wk liquor tab!!
what would put me in a near comma.
