I'm a Bad Person

[bjarvis]

I've been UNIX primary all of this week so I've barely had enough time to dash downstairs to get a salad for lunch. Today, I've passed the pager to the weekend guys so I'm off the hook.

Since I was in the vicinity for a separate business function, I indulged my sudden craving for a fast greasy McDonald's burger. Fortunately, my inner angel nudged me at the last minute, compelling me to replace my longing for a Big Mac with a mere double cheeseburger. Well, two of them actually. This small substitution hopefully staved off my eventual death-by-artery-clogging by a few hours, but I still feel dirty in a contented, satisfied kind of way.

Comments

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

I started sysadminning in 1999 and I recall that era, although I wasn't primary for anything until just before Y2K. When the other admins quit and I got to do the shutdown/startup. But it wasn't a high-pressure organization. ;-)

Now I'm back in a small shop without most of those amenities you list, but .... once again, luckily ..... it's not high pressure.

I absolutely burned out when I was in a high-pressure shop without good failovers/clustering/etc.