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| Time Management for System Administrators | 
| Author: Thomas Limoncelli
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (36 reviews)
Sales Rank: 24118
Format: Illustrated
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 226
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0596007833
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.068
EAN: 9780596007836
ASIN: 0596007833
Publication Date: November 22, 2005
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Fantastic Book! July 24, 2007
I've just finished reading it, and i can tell you it was very helpful. After reading some tips found in the book, i was able to work better and priorize my stuff. Recommended!
Fantastic, Very Informative July 9, 2007
I am a sr. systems/network admin with a lot of priority 1 tasks. I was recently promoted to IT manager, which was great, but doubled my workload. This book has helped me organize and prioritize and give me the ability to perform both managerial and systems/network tasks very efficiently.
The book also stresses the importance of family time and vacations and provides a means to maximize this time while meeting deadlines at work.
I can't say enough about this book! It's a must have for systems administrators.
Must Have! May 27, 2007
If you're a system administrator you need this book. If you're just starting out and frequently frustrated with how the constant interruptions of customers and "fires" keeps you from accomplishing your longer-term projects, you need to go sit down and read this book. If you're an experienced sysadmin who doesn't have that problem, then this is a great book to hand to a more junior sysadmin. If you're a manager of sysadmins, make sure your subordinates have access to this book.
This book does not cover anything about what a system administrator should be doing (Go read The Practice of System and Network Administration for that); this book doesn't cover how (numerous books and it depends on what systems, but UNIX System Administration Handbook (3rd Edition) covers the basics pretty well); what this book covers is how to manage your time effectively so that you can do those things.
Really, the time management techniques discussed in this book should work well for anybody in a job with a mix of long-term projects (need time to concentrate) and frequent interruptions (drop everything and fix this right now), but there's a definitely parts that only make sense for system administrators.
Tom explains WHY, and leads you towards HOW! May 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I attended an eponymous presentation given by the author. Tom is a good presenter and a good writer and the sort of smart-but-easy-going guy you would want to work with. The whole idea of "time management" is especially important for systems administrators, who tend to juggle a lot of things at once while also handling user interruptions, and reporting to diffuse layers of management.
Tom does an excellent job of describing the problems of getting things done and managing customer expectations effectively, and explains various processes that one can adopt to improve on that. He emphasizes that it is a long-term, bit-by-bit process where you give different self-management methodologies a shot, and then as you find things that work, you expand the domain of your self-time-management to be more effective not merely in the field of Systems Administration, but life-in-general.
I myself am still experimenting with various daily regimens and have yet to find a system that works really well for me . . . but if Tom hadn't gotten into my head the importance of time management, I would still be spinning my wheels in ignorance as to how one might go about being more effective.
I dug this book so much that I gave it as a "starting day" gift when we hired our second SysAdmin. Tom was gracious enough to sign that copy--thanks, Tom!
-danny
I'm the CEO of a tech business May 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
and I bought a copy for each of my employees. Some balked that they didn't have time to read it. I made them a bet that reading it would take them about 4 hours, and it would save them AT LEAST 4 hours a week, every week. None have come to collect :)
This book has invaluable tips, tricks and hints, for sys admins, or anyone of a geek flavor, or just anyone comfortable using technology to improve their lives. I learned so much to streamline so many of the things I do. This book changed my life, in a very good way.
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