[149949] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: common time-management mistake: rack & stack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Butterworth)
Fri Feb 17 03:18:11 2012
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:17:16 GMT
From: Brandon Butterworth <brandon@rd.bbc.co.uk>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> I have noticed that a lot of very well-paid, sometimes
> well-qualified, networking folks spend some of their time on "rack &
> stack" tasks, which I feel is a very unwise use of time and talent.
It's not a waste, it's therapeutic, breaks the monotony of a desk
job, you get a bit of exercise. Doing something mindless can help
clear your thoughts, engineering yoga.
> Imagine if the CFO of a bank spent a big chunk of his time filling up ATMs.
That'd be a good idea, it's too easy to become remote from reality.
obviously you need the right balance - s/big//
brandon
