What does your day involve as network manager

[mrbios]

I'm not a network manager, I'm a senior tech, but i do the network managers job for less pay (Not bitter at all as you can tell)

 

Depends on the time of year but lately leading up to april this is most of my day:

 

Arrive at 8

Check backups, VMs, SCCM monitoring if i've had deployments or updates the previous night for first part of the day

Sort through emails people send me at night or first thing

bit of budget planning

The odd phonecall to a supplier or prospective supplier about the coming budget and looking for quotes, product ideas (Generally talking SANs here)

Check edugeek

Changing things on the TV system

Sort people who come to the door to give me tasks

The occasional meeting/conversation over coming financial year plans

 

Other than that it's just the usual daily things you get in IT. Occasionally i'll spot something on a forum that'll make me think "ooo that's good, i might look at implementing that" such as direct access which i only recently put in place.

[tommej]

Arrive in the office, sit down and do nothing.

 

This is probably what the world thinks of us - the reality of course is quite different!

 

Yeah you sit down and then delegate! haha

[hardtailstar]

At the moment until 1st April (im changing jobs)Im the only tech at my schools so depending on the day I do this.

 

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

start 8:30

Check emails

Visit staff if needs be for issues

Reply to emails

Update website

Carry on jobs from past few days or start new ones

Field any staff coming up during day

lunch

go to classes to repair/install software/hardware if needed during school lunch

write up any paper work needed

1:30 finish

 

Travel to next school

Check emails/job book one school still has

Work through issues

write up paperwork

4:30/5pm go home

 

Wednesday/Friday

same as above without the visit to a second school

[jmcdermott]

Out of interest, how many hours do they pay you for?

 

No Idea, Don't really care I love the work (most of the time)

[jmcdermott]

Wow, I thought I did too much of the our of hours stuff but logging in first thing in a morning.. Can't you set up email alerts to tell you if there is something wrong which should free up some time in a morning

 

Could do But would rather check myself.

[Boredguy]

Usual day for me is....

amble in at 8, chat with staff for half an hour.

amble into the office and glance at status screen to see if any faults have been logged

check e-mails, check websites, check kettle

potter around until lunch

check kettle

potter around until 4.

 

 

A busy day will involve actually having a support call raised that needs to be dealt with

[AJWhite1970]

06.30 – Alarm call, check emails and system status webpage to make sure not walking in to any issues

 

07:15 – 45 minute drive in

 

08:00 – login to work, setup assemblies, move laptop trolleys as necessary

 

08:15 – Open doors to Open Access rooms and supervise

 

08:45 – Registration. Update twitter feeds, update website as necessary

 

09:00 – Meet with Bursar

 

10:15 – Morning break, a useful slot to work in rooms if they in use during day

 

12:00 – Lunchtime Open Access supervise

 

13:00 – Lunchtime

14:00 - Meet with Site team

14:15 – Afternoon Open Access

 

16:00 – After school Open Access. Setup laptop/projector requirements for evening meetings and evening school.

 

17:00 – Home time

All evening - Check emails etc

 

 

 

These are the regular jobs I do, there is all the other day to day network maintenance jobs, ad-hoc jobs, staff and student issues to fit in plus out refereeing football matches or out with the 1^st XI team some afternoons in random cold and wet corners of the county…

 

Have to say though, been here 6 years and absolutely love my job