Big Phoenix
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What do you do?
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
2 weeks in, apparently i can't get acrobat pro so I can only export my drawing comments as .xfdf bullshit so instead of automatically generating a whole comment report they want me to just type it in to their fancy word word doc template with " sheet number" and "comment" already typed in, to save me time. May asplode
Cad
scientia potentia est
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Well, and i can't install shit on this pc. I'll get it set up at the house and do it. The template is so simple i don't thin I'll have a problem meshing it. It's just...one guy said when I mentioned generating the report that "per our standards, it must be typed in".
Call centers aren't going to let you telecommute because they knowingly hire anyone they can find who can master the skill of picking up a phone. Of course they aren't going to let them work from home where they can't hawk them.
Crone
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I got the job! Was only 1 technical screen and another shorter get to know you interview that was pretty casual.
I'll be w2 through the staffing agency, and apparently no chance of going permanent. They just keep the contract rolling every year.
I'll be working for Dell, at Boeing sites as a Network Tech 2. I'm excited to start getting professional experience in the Cisco networking world.
I'll be w2 through the staffing agency, and apparently no chance of going permanent. They just keep the contract rolling every year.
I'll be working for Dell, at Boeing sites as a Network Tech 2. I'm excited to start getting professional experience in the Cisco networking world.
Noodleface
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Noodleface
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Looks like EMC is beginning its $250 million cuts (including massive layoffs) this year. I think I made the right choice.. I hope anyways
Crone
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Appreciate the kind words! It's pretty exciting to finally be getting into my career. I hope it sticks!
When I'm doing all those port changes chaos, I'll make sure to think of how jealous you are Chaos. lol
Looks like I'll be either 2nd or 3rd shift, so should be a lot of implementation, and not so much break/fix!
AladainAF
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Congrats!!
I worked for Dell for 8 years when I was in Round Rock. It's a great place overall. Obviously not as good as the mid-90s, but they've had their shit together much better since going private again. Good luck with it.
FWIW: My job at Dell was also "no chance of going perm", but it did. You never know.
Palum
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Learn everything, don't stagnate. Excel at all costs and for the love of god be sociable, network with everyone (har har) when work allows it and just be a paragon of professionalism so no ill words can assail your character in the eyes of your bosses.
If you can be a not-socially-awkward IT professional or engineer, the world is your oyster.
Palum
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Old dude will be new exec VP, they would have chosen you but you left.
J/K you made the right call. You can always return and get more out of it in a while if that's your wish.
Noodleface
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I wouldn't be surprised if they let go of old guy. He was close to retirement and practically useless.Old dude will be new exec VP, they would have chosen you but you left.
J/K you made the right call. You can always return and get more out of it in a while if that's your wish.
Also now's a great time to be IT working for Dell, they're acquiring a $65 billion company mid year.
ismaris
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So I'm wanting to discuss where I am in my career, and solicit some advise.
Been working as an infrastructure admin for about 4 years on various *Nix systems, first in healthcare and now in education. Two months ago, I accepted a position wherein I am supposed to bring my employer into PCI DSS compliance. I am not loving it. I think part of the problem is that, coming from a highly technical work history, I just don't feel productive in the same way every day. I am trying to move these compliance projects forward, which is good experience as it is different, project-management type work, but I am not solving concrete, technical problems everyday like I am used to. I find much of my day is spent allaying the fears of high-level members in my organization, who honestly don't really contribute anything to progress, but just want to have their noses in something that their own bosses know is 'important' (Funny how I never was pestered by these people when migrating critical systems across firewall zones, or some other technical work). I feel like I need to alter the direction of my career.
In the past, I have thought about becoming a contractor, or starting a cloud services LLC, but I am somewhat risk-averse, and if I did make a change to be more 'solo', I would like it to be done as safely as possible. Essentially, my goals for this move would be to achieve more independence and more money, while also maintaining as much of the comforts of my current life as possible (I work from home fulltime currently, which is the chief benefit I would like to keep). My question is, given the goal of striking out to be a contractor, what would be a good first step? Should I go through a contracting agency?
Been working as an infrastructure admin for about 4 years on various *Nix systems, first in healthcare and now in education. Two months ago, I accepted a position wherein I am supposed to bring my employer into PCI DSS compliance. I am not loving it. I think part of the problem is that, coming from a highly technical work history, I just don't feel productive in the same way every day. I am trying to move these compliance projects forward, which is good experience as it is different, project-management type work, but I am not solving concrete, technical problems everyday like I am used to. I find much of my day is spent allaying the fears of high-level members in my organization, who honestly don't really contribute anything to progress, but just want to have their noses in something that their own bosses know is 'important' (Funny how I never was pestered by these people when migrating critical systems across firewall zones, or some other technical work). I feel like I need to alter the direction of my career.
In the past, I have thought about becoming a contractor, or starting a cloud services LLC, but I am somewhat risk-averse, and if I did make a change to be more 'solo', I would like it to be done as safely as possible. Essentially, my goals for this move would be to achieve more independence and more money, while also maintaining as much of the comforts of my current life as possible (I work from home fulltime currently, which is the chief benefit I would like to keep). My question is, given the goal of striking out to be a contractor, what would be a good first step? Should I go through a contracting agency?
Crone
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I really do feel that I have this capability. For a while I was hoping to get into big data because it seemed they needed an IT nerd that had business social skills to be able to communicate those numbers in a way that made sense.
Csnt wait to just start learning so much!