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I should actually be working 8h a day, but most of it is spend not working. If I'm honest I'm probably working more like 3h a day even though I enjoy my job.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

IT in a building with less than 100 computers. If nothing is broken, I have nothing to. I have gone up to a week without anyone having anything to do other than create a few new accounts. 10/10 get paid to show up and know where the stash of new mice are.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Sometimes the job is just to be there, and to be the guy that knows what to do when things go wrong.

It's not like firefighters are just running from one fire to the next.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A big part of my job is administrating a herd of VMs, license and relay servers, SQL servers, web apps and android devices. If I have nothing to do, then it means Im doing my job properly. I do try to spend at least half my free time developing work-adjacent skills from online resources and bantering with chatgpt, tho.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do try to spend at least half my free time developing work-adjacent skills

Is Factorio a work related skill?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

definitely

the factory must grow