SubscribeUse DOS Commands to Look Busy at Work
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Blog |A friend of mine recently told me how he makes it look like he’s really busy doing his server administration duties. His boss is like many managers in the computer industry. They know little about how to do stuff technically. Many have been managers so long that they lack the understanding of the tools that are used to troubleshoot and maintain computers these days. They pretty much just focus their time on managing people and making sure they are doing what they are supposed to be doing.
This is why my friend and any other person working as an administrator can fake it and make it look like they are busy. He uses the NETSTAT command in a DOS window to achieve this. On the right side of his giant screen, he has NETSTAT running all the time. This command provides information about the network connections that are currently being used by the computer.
He goes to a command prompt and types netstat -o 3
This makes the netstat command run every 3 seconds. It generates a nice, busy looking DOS window. Your manager will most likely not understand what’s on the screen, but he will definitely think you have an eye on things whenever he walks by your desk.
Find your own variation on using a method like this to fake working. Use some script that runs commands over and over again. Run software that is very active on the screen. Looking busy is half the workplace battle.
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