I've had to work out of a feeling of responsibility a good number of times. Since I used to handle Databases, any issues will greatly affect a large number of people. I have worked in the Telecom industry, and supported Medical databases, so a lot of it are critical. There were times when some of the applications I was handling encountered problems, and I had to connect remotely even while I was on vacation, or on sick leave. Not helping is out of the question, since not only will it affect a lot of customers, but it will also be a burden to the team. We usually have each other's backs, and sometimes that includes working when you shouldn't be.
One of the good things about technology is we can work with it pretty much anywhere; that's also one of the downsides as it tends to follow us on vacation. Lol.
I am not in IT so don't have the same issues as you in respect of critical support for databases but, like you, technology means that no matter where I am I'm reachable and that often means I have to work. I try not to though and in this case I mention, if I wasn't home sick on those two days I'd have been out doing things and not able to work. Oh well, it wasn't the end of the world.
Yeah, technology can bring both convenience and hassle at the same time, depending on how you look at it. I do hope you are fully recovered from your sickness.
Not even close to recovered unfortunately, but the fever is gone. That's something at least. (Been setting up a new laptop...so I have a headache instead of a fever!)
Setting it up can be half the fun; as long the OS has already been installed. If not, then it is troublesome.
It was all pre-installed. I had to get my own personal stuff across and used an external drive for that, and did some different things as far as browsers go, got the virus protection and file-shredding thing set and it's good to go. It was annoying at times but not a bad process. I have yet to get all my crypto stuff back up and running but much of that is already done.