Maybe it wasn't his idea to hire you. Or, perhaps, he just needed someone to handle the tedious parts of the role.
I worked for a micro-manager for a while who was otherwise a really cool person, and I was always happy when multiple problems arose simultaneously... *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Joseph Heaton <jhea...@dfg.ca.gov> wrote: > I remember my second IT job, I was hired as the Network Administrator for > this small company. My boss, the CIO, was also one of the co-founders. > Whenever something came up, as I'm headed to the server room, to start > troubleshooting, I would find him there already, at the console, poking > around, clicking stuff. Was one of the major irritants I had at that place. > My thought was, "Why did you hire me, if you're not going to trust me to > take care of the system?" > > >>> Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> 9/23/2010 3:29 AM >>> > Agreed. Making random changes to servers based on "gut feelings" what are > bad, isn't my idea of a desirable troubleshooting strategy. > > Gather facts > Isolate Issue > Identify Root Cause > Implement Fix > > Cheers > Ken > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, 23 September 2010 6:13 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus > has affected PGP already) > > Another aspect of troubleshooting is the ability to keep track of what are > actual facts, and what are as-yet-untested-assumptions. > > This includes knowing how to classify information that has been given you > by the end user. > > ASB (My XeeSM Profile)<http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> > Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:42 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com > <mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com>> wrote: > It's not what you Google, it's how you Google it. Even when interviewing > now I tend to try and look for people who can work problems out rather than > people who can simply rhyme off lists of stuff - and I'm always keen on > people who check the obvious things first. (Think "how would you > troubleshoot a GPO that's failing to apply" rather than "name the FSMO > roles".) There's an art to troubleshooting technical issues that's sometimes > hard to define. It's probably the old "clean minds and scruffy minds" thing. > Scruffy minds move in unexpected directions and try things that wouldn't > necessarily make sense. I can remember fixing some random server hang just > by stopping a service I didn't like the look of. It's only afterwards that > we realised that particular app was opening loads of ports and generally > monopolising the system. I didn't really know what I was looking for, until > I found it. > On 23 September 2010 00:31, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto: > jonathan.l...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Sometimes I wonder if I'm just a good googler... Seems like 90% of my > issues have been tackled (and documented!) by someone else. > > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:17 PM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org<mailto: > david....@nwea.org>> wrote: > The place with the ad you mean? I don't remember, but here's one in NY that > is not completely different: > http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=1007553 > > I do think I am generaly kick-ass, just don't call me an expert at > anything. My specialty is the near-vertical leanning curve that is needed on > an occcasional basis. I get stuff like this almost every month: > Q. "Hey Dave, is this possible?" > -or- > "Hey this infrastructure piece is down and the guy who usually manages it > is out and there's no documentation, can you make it work?" > > In both cases: > A. "No clue..I mean in theory it is somehow possible" <run off> <back in > 45 minutes> "yeah we can do it, here's a script/tool/some other clever > capability". > > The answer of course sometimes comes from this list, or Exchange list, or > Michael B. Smith. > > Ok I'm not kick ass at all, but I know how to contact a LOT of guys who > are... > > Dave "my expertise is knowing experts and how to contact them" Lum > ________________________________ > From: Steven M. Caesare [scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com > >] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:46 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already > Hehe.. type of org? > > -sc > > From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org<mailto:david....@nwea.org>] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already > > That reminds me, I was looking at job openings and once place had the job > description on their website "looking for someone who is kick ass at finding > technical solutions...". Being an informalish kind of guy, I was tempted to > apply just based on that kind of verbiage. > > Still like %dayjob% enough to not apply though... > > Dave > > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com<mailto: > scaes...@caesare.com>] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already > > I'm using that on my next technical evaluation summary. > > -sc > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
