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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:My IT department generates revenue by reselling or internal services to other departments inside the company.
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adorai posted:and now you compete with other outside entities. I hope your service is better/faster/cheaper. You're right and it's terrible. Luckily I'm not in that part of IT.
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Nov 26, 2014 06:12
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So what's everybody's work load on pre-t-day? I don't even know why I came in today. Should have "worked from home". At least traffic wasn't bad.
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Nov 26, 2014 14:31
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Putting new policies into production and slowly chiseling away at my project to unfuck the monstrosity that is our development network.
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Nov 26, 2014 14:37
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:So what's everybody's work load on pre-t-day?
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Nov 26, 2014 14:49
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Nov 26, 2014 14:53
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:So what's everybody's work load on pre-t-day? This is the last day of the month, so everyone's flipping out about metrics and pushing code to production. Boss has said we will NOT be working over the holiday. Four day weekend, yall. 
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Nov 26, 2014 14:57
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:So what's everybody's work load on pre-t-day? I took the day off so I could spend it doing some job searching. Leadership decided to announce a couple weeks ago that weekend shift will be combined into a single shift covering 8pm-8am starting a week from Saturday. Normally not worth looking for a new job, but leadership also decided that we would then switch shifts every 3 months with our counterparts at another base. It's going to gently caress me up sleep-wise since it takes a couple months for my body to adjust, and just when it does I'll be switching back - permanent jet-lag. I'll be on my 5th or 6th shift change (which was directed by leadership, and not voluntary) in 8 months, and frankly it's no longer something I'm willing to put up with. Time to get the hell out.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:00
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:So what's everybody's work load on pre-t-day? Moving 14 people to random empty desks throughout the building so that the furniture installers can get work done next week.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:02
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:So what's everybody's work load on pre-t-day? I have to set up a couple of new hires, because someone thought the day after Thanksgiving weekend would be the best day to bring in some users.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:07
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:So what's everybody's work load on pre-t-day? Sitting at my desk pretending to care about everyone's urgent issues while I wait for my background check to finish for my new job.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:28
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Patiently waiting for my new HTPC PC Parts, they'll be at work soon. 
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Nov 26, 2014 15:43
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Daylen Drazzi posted:I took the day off so I could spend it doing some job searching. Leadership decided to announce a couple weeks ago that weekend shift will be combined into a single shift covering 8pm-8am starting a week from Saturday. Normally not worth looking for a new job, but leadership also decided that we would then switch shifts every 3 months with our counterparts at another base. It's going to gently caress me up sleep-wise since it takes a couple months for my body to adjust, and just when it does I'll be switching back - permanent jet-lag. I'll be on my 5th or 6th shift change (which was directed by leadership, and not voluntary) in 8 months, and frankly it's no longer something I'm willing to put up with. Time to get the hell out. gently caress that, dude. This is why I also wanted to GTFO of that type of work (military contractor). Sacred Cow posted:Sitting at my desk pretending to care about everyone's urgent issues while I wait for my background check to finish for my new job. Hell yeah. Movin on up.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:49
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ElGroucho posted:I have to set up a couple of new hires, because someone thought the day after Thanksgiving weekend would be the best day to bring in some users. I have 12, count 'em, 12 new users Monday and I'm the only guy who sets anyone up.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:54
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Whoa, just got an email from the online Stanly vSphere 5.5 course. Almost forgot I was on that waiting list. Classes starts in january. Cool. Anybody here participate in that class?
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Nov 26, 2014 16:30
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I'm lining up everything I need to lay off our junior sys-admin on Monday, first thing  Was told 10 days ago, I opted to do it after Thanksgiving. Guy is not going to see it coming, and while I don't expect him to go apeshit, he's got all the keys to the kingdom... as such, Monday will involve updating passwords everywhere.
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Nov 26, 2014 16:45
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Whoa, just got an email from the online Stanly vSphere 5.5 course. Almost forgot I was on that waiting list. Classes starts in january. Cool. Are you sure it's 5.5? I just took the course this semester and I thought it was 5.1? Or at least that's what the VMware course books said... It's not bad but a little rough around the edges. The remote labs are neat just be careful as all the labs build upon each other. If you miss something in lab 3 and something doesn't work in lab 5 and you cant figure out why you're going to have to backtrack which can be painful. I think the instructions aren't exactly consistent either, it'll say at certain points to login into xyz server with password or a few labs down the road with password123... At one point I assigned the wrong lun to a VMFS, had to carefully move everything off (VMs, VM templates) then rebuild it.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:01
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Just completely blew a phone screen that I wasn't prepared for.  I'm too honest for my own good sometimes.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:06
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Alfajor posted:I'm lining up everything I need to lay off our junior sys-admin on Monday, first thing What did he do? Or is this just belt-tightening BS? I came into the office, reviewed my 401k witholding options (moved it up to 8+4% match because when I elected a year ago I thought 6+3 was the max, whoops), chatted with one of my offshore guys who is getting married next week, and then decided to "work" from home since the weather is wretched and I live 5 minutes away.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:12
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I dunno what "pre-t-day" is but today I am working on Powershell scripts! It's a pretty rad language.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:12
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Nov 26, 2014 17:17
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Tab8715 posted:Are you sure it's 5.5? I just took the course this semester and I thought it was 5.1? Or at least that's what the VMware course books said... Yeah it's definitely 5.5 Do you feel like the class prepared you for the exam? Did you do any particular studying on the side?
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Nov 26, 2014 17:31
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CLAM DOWN posted:I dunno what "pre-t-day" is but today I am working on Powershell scripts! It's a pretty rad language. It's thanksgiving in America soon
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Nov 26, 2014 17:36
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:So what's everybody's work load on pre-t-day?  Doing that, and handling misc chores that have no chance of breaking production. Adding or fixing monitoring for things that have been bugging me. Cleaning up documentation
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Nov 26, 2014 17:37
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Working from home crew represent. My plan supposed to be finishing up some database changes I was working on yesterday and writing up a spec for some new functionality in one of our tools. Instead I spent the last hour fixing a bunch of servers in our nonprod environment that some chucklefuck broke.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:54
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One (out of two) of the other guys I work closely with has a meeting from 1-2. I'm just chillin here until his meeting is over.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:07
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Is it just me or are all USB Flash Drives not created equally?
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Nov 26, 2014 18:09
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Had to drive out of town, but it was a simple "Confirm this is busted" job, and I enjoy driving in the snow.  Tab8715 posted:Is it just me or are all USB Flash Drives not created equally? Well, no, not any more than all hard drives are created equally.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:11
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Today and Friday are paid holidays, 5 day weekend-- hell yes. Christmas time is even better, I think I get nearly two weeks off, and I only have to use one vacation day.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:20
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In I get a lot of "day afters" off for these upcoming holidays (plus the holiday themselves) but I'm also on call on New Years Eve, which might suck.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:25
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Yeah it's definitely 5.5 To me the class felt like a rubber stamp, I learned virtually nothing, and while I haven't taken the test yet, the studying I Have done shows me that the class tought me basically nothing. Fine with me because I took the class to get the rubber stamp, but if you really want to be taught the material I don't think it's going to be what you're looking for.
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FISHMANPET posted:To me the class felt like a rubber stamp, I learned virtually nothing, and while I haven't taken the test yet, the studying I Have done shows me that the class tought me basically nothing. Basically this. Also dont but the book that they recommend. Go with the Scott Lowe book instead if you want to eventually sit for the exam.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:38
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No pre-sales today, no post sales today, so I'm sitting at home playing Far Cry 4 and getting an early start on my long weekend.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:39
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Nov 26, 2014 18:41
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NippleFloss posted:No pre-sales today, no post sales today, so I'm sitting at home playing Far Cry 4 and getting an early start on my long weekend. I was just goofing off till our eastern european developers started filling up their build server. Now I have to figure out a way to clear space or plan to upgrade storage later. Boo.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:42
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Yeah it's definitely 5.5 Where do you see it's 5.5? I feel cheated As another poster said it's a little rubber-stampish but going through the labs it was okay. You will without a doubt have to study on your own time because there's no way you're going to remember everything just by going through it once. There a few things the instructor doesn't exactly go into much detail on but this is becoming a little nitpicky. VMware does recommend you have some prior experience too. On another note, two of my co-workers shelled out 3.5k for an official VCP physical 1-week classroom halfway across the country and felt that it was good but in no way prepared them for exam or real-world scenarios. YMMV.
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mewse posted:It's thanksgiving in America soon Ahhh, hope you guys actually get a holiday and don't have to be on call 
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Tab8715 posted:On another note, two of my co-workers shelled out 3.5k for an official VCP physical 1-week classroom halfway across the country and felt that it was good but in no way prepared them for exam or real-world scenarios. YMMV. None of the courses that will qualify you for the exam will prepare you for the exam. They all follow the same blueprint.
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FISHMANPET posted:To me the class felt like a rubber stamp, I learned virtually nothing, and while I haven't taken the test yet, the studying I Have done shows me that the class tought me basically nothing. That's cool. I've been studying for it and working in my own labs a bit here and there, will definitely ramp it up now. I'm basically doing it for the rubber stamp too just so I can take the exam. BaseballPCHiker posted:Basically this. Also dont but the book that they recommend. Go with the Scott Lowe book instead if you want to eventually sit for the exam. Assuming you mean this one? http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-VMware-vSphere-Scott-Lowe/dp/1118661141 Tab8715 posted:Where do you see it's 5.5? I feel cheated That's a bummer man. I got on the waiting list for this one back in May/June almost. I have a friend who paid the 3500, but I didn't feel like doing that. I guess the waiting paid off.
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Cool, Bamboo has a bug that they fixed in version 5.7 where deployed artifacts don't actually get removed when the expired artifacts cleanup runs. That explains why the drat server has 100GB+ of old garbage that keeps growing. Now if only the server can go till after the holiday without filling up.
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