What All Network Administrators Know

agplt

Yeah maybe it's nonsense to write but i just wanted to share a little piece of this free e-book which i found don't know where, it made me lough so much. It's funny but so true !

"A Crashed server sometimes brings a network administrator closer to God, his or her fellow workers and the unemployment line. And in a single point of light (pixilated light) when you discover that your backups haven't run for over two months, a cold perspiration blankets your feverous body while your knees weaken and the contents of your stomach climb to the top of your reflux valve. This is it; your mission critical server crashed and you don't have a backup. So what do you do next? You do what every network administrator does when this happens; you calmly walk into your office, throw up in your trashcan and slowly begin gathering up your personal items while waiting for someone from Human Resources to bring you a box..."

joshmadakor

Lol what the hell? Well wouldn't that suck.

agplt

As an admin you shouldn't go this way as story goes. But i liked how writer recounted it. If someone is interested you can read it here, it's only 26 pages it won't take a lot of time

http://www.thenetworkadministrator.com/What%20All%20Network%20Administrators%20Know.pdf

forkvoid

I own his other book, Hacking the IT Cube. It's pretty good. Amazon.com: Hacking the IT Cube: The Information Technology Department Survival Guide (9780974463025): Douglas Chick: Books

Also, that PDF is only a sample of his book by the same name.

Both are great reads for anyone jumping into IT.