Johnny has been on vacation this week ( I hope he is having a good time, because he will never get to go on another one ever again, he does too much around here)  and I have been covering much of his responbilities.  Configuring SQL Server instances, fixing failed jobs, answering support questions, etc, etc.    I will be honest, I do not much of this work any more.  While some of it is tedious, I am getting the chance to remember why I like being a DBA so much.  It is the daily problem solving.  Some jobs you can work on one problem for years, while that is fine for some, I prefer many small victories.  A problem arises and I can fix it move on to another problem.   

When I worked at a big corporation, problems rarely happened.  Which is a good thing, but it is boring.  Now I work for a hosting company and I have the chance to work with a lot on database novices and new DBAs.  Everyday I am challenged to fix something that has gone wrong for someone else.  Personally,  I get a lot of satisfaction of teaching others new things about database and solving their problems.