Time Management for System Administrators - O’Reilly

Time is a precious commodity, especially if you’re a system
administrator. No other job pulls people in so many directions at once.
Users interrupt you constantly with requests, preventing you from
getting anything done. Your managers want you to get long-term projects
done but flood you with requests for quick-fixes that prevent you from
ever getting to those long-term projects. But the pressure is on you to
produce and it only increases with time. What do you do?

The answer is time management. And not just any time management theory–you want Time Management for System Administrators,
to be exact. With keen insights into the challenges you face as a sys
admin, bestselling author Thomas Limoncelli has put together a
collection of tips and techniques that will help you cultivate the time
management skills you need to flourish as a system administrator.

Time Management for System Administrators
understands that an Sys Admin often has competing goals: the concurrent
responsibilities of working on large projects and taking care of a
user’s needs. That’s why it focuses on strategies that help you work
through daily tasks, yet still allow you to handle critical situations
that inevitably arise.

Among other skills, you’ll learn how to:

• Manage interruptions
• Eliminate timewasters
• Keep an effective calendar
• Develop routines for things that occur regularly
• Use your brain only for what you’re currently working on
• Prioritize based on customer expectations
• Document and automate processes for faster execution

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