It’s your day, how are you going to celebrate? Yes, if you’re a System Administrator you should take a bow because today is System Administrator Appreciation Day! You could convince the users you support to take you out to lunch. You could drop broad hints that flowers and candy are always appreciated. Or you could spend a little time thinking about what it takes to be a great SysAdmin. Are you there? How are you going to stay current? How are you going to get even better?
Today, I’m writing my commitments (goals) for our new fiscal year at Microsoft and these are the things I’m thinking about. How am I going to have more of an impact? How am I going to be more efficient and make my budget go farther? How am I going to grow my skills so that I stay relevant? It’s a lot to think about, but kind of exciting when you sit down and spend the time to map out a plan and figure out how to integrate new practices into your duties.
As Ken mentioned in a previous post, we recently had a reorganization in Microsoft Learning and so I’m taking over event planning from Deborah Grauer. Those are some pretty big shoes to fill. I can’t hope to be as good as she was my first year doing this, but here’s what I do bring to the table: fresh eyes. I can look at our event plans and bring new ideas and new energy. I know that’s not a lot to hang my hat on, but I also have a secret weapon. You.
If you attended TechEd this year or are planning to attend in the future, let me know what you’d like to see from Microsoft Learning. If you’ve attended one of our webcasts, tell me what you liked and didn’t like. If you haven’t attended a webcast, why not? They’re free. Are you looking for a particular topic? Here’s your chance to influence the planning process. I’m listening.