As a UNIX systems administrator, my primary job is to do as little work as possible. My day is supposed to be filled with looking for ways to reduce my workload; anything I could conceivably do twice should be looked at as something that could have a script written to perform the work the second and future times. When I’m done eliminating future work or reacting to issues, that’s when I read digg, read news, check out new technology, or wander around the office looking for things to do.

I’m a bit surprised at how locked down the place is here; it’s like what I have wanted for years in a properly secure facility with space dedicated to the project team that is accessible only by the project team via proximity cards. If someone isn’t working for that client, then they can’t come into the area. The network security is also sounding good, with a fully separate LAN that doesn’t allow your average workstation to run security holes like Microsoft Outlook or even to access the company intranet. Scary in that it sounds like I’ll have to work all the time; seriously, how did people work before they had Internet access at the workstation?

Anyhow, that’s likely the last you’ll hear about the job here, as I don’t talk about that sort of thing. That is, unless I hear of a job opening that I might know someone out there would be good at; key fields seem to include DBAs, UNIX administrators, SRM people, OOP programmers (C++ and FLEX seem to be big), .NET programmers, etc.