Beth Peterka
Title: Systems Administrator
Duties: Virus management, web page construction, Windows 2000
training, and PC troubleshooting. Trouble-shooting involves addressing
a range of problems—from a mouse that won't work to a computer that
won't boot.
Favorite Part of Job: "I love the variety. And you couldn't ask
for a better group of people in the [Research Computing] department."
Challenges: "You can never know everything about a computer situation.
Sometimes problems that at first appear to be simple escalate into something
big."
Background: B.A. in literature, B.S. in cell biology, premed
courses at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Finishing an
M.S. in computer science, also at UCSD. "I was going to be a doctor, but
after seeing what doctors do up close during a job at the UC Medical Center,
I decided to go in a different direction. I'm a computer doctor now. It
works for me."
Greatest Accomplishment: Finishing school. "I can go home and
open up any book I want!"
Extracurriculars: Cooking (especially lasagna, rack of lamb,
and "anything with chicken"), running competitively, softball as a member
of the TSRI Softball League.
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