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Chickenwalker posted:I'm working as a catch-all post-production support guy. We maintain all the edits, media servers, A/V equipment, client PCs and keep the network going. I work 60 hours a week and get paid less than $40k a year. How badly am I being screwed? That's pretty much market rate for people who can't do arithmetic  Dilbert As gently caress posted:I have lots of money; who cares? Prove it
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skooky posted:Yep, that's about what I expected for +71 posts Hey, at least like 10 of them were "Oh a bunch of posts, of course its DAF" posts.
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Chickenwalker posted:$31,680 is less than $40,000. What's the going rate for people without reading comprehension? I've been in this situation before. You need to stand up for yourself and tell your boss that you need the proper equipment to do your job.
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Chickenwalker posted:$31,680 is less than $40,000. What's the going rate for people without reading comprehension? You're asking if you're getting screwed while providing cursory info at best, don't expect me not to be a smartass
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Chickenwalker posted:I work in NYC. We don't edit but we maintain all the Avid PCs/Macs and troubleshoot if there are any problems with projects or media, which there are almost constantly. It's not an exclusively client support role though, because we manage the network and storage too. I'm planning on getting some certifications to see if I can get a little more authority and pay but I don't know. I have a film school background not CS, and even though I know my poo poo I don't know if I could get anyplace else to give me the time of day without meeting the typical prerequisites. And this job is slowly killing my prospects of getting an actual production position, even if it is a stable paycheck. The guys that fix laptops for the apple store make $50-60k at least. Just see if they have any openings. I have a friend who started selling iPods and then moved his way up to genius and now he's working on a more corporate position for the retail division. Working at the NYC locations might be harder, but if you live in some place like NJ there are a bunch of stores. It might be a slower progression but at least the money is better and they do things like fly you out to California for training.
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In the downtime over the last couple of days, I have built two computers from spare chassises and parts that were lying around. One Dell Precision T5500 with dual Xeon E5520 CPUs, Nvidia Quadro FX3800, 9*4GB ECC 1066MHz DDR3 and two Intel 530 SSDs in RAID 0 on a Dell PERC H310 card. One with an Intel i7 860 CPU, 2*4GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, an Asus motherboard, an Asus Xonar SD PCI sound card, Nvidia 275GTX and a Chieftec 600W PSU in a Cooler Master Tower with a multiple memory card reader in the 3,5" floppy bay. I am now ready for anything that late 2009 can throw at me.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Don't ever let a potential future employer know that you're only making $11. Holy poo poo, this. If a future employer (should be when not if) asks how much you're getting paid or were getting paid, say industry standard.
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bobmarleysghost posted:Holy poo poo, this. If a future employer (should be when not if) asks how much you're getting paid or were getting paid, say industry standard. I'm pretty sure in general the correct answer whenever a potential employer asks that question is "none of your loving business", but that's the next best thing -- never give a number. Also goddamn DAF.
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movax posted:
Best thread title ever. Thank you. Dark Helmut fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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Nov 28, 2014 19:52
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I kind of want to change it again: Working in IT 3.0: Family can wait, watching Episode VII trailer on repeat can not I'm at full chub after watching it.(derail for the rest of this page I guess)
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The important thing to remember is that you can't take your family to the grave.
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Misogynist posted:The important thing to remember is that you can't take your family to the grave. Chris Benoit would disagree. DAF, don't become Chris Benoit.
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Misogynist posted:The important thing to remember is that you can't take your family to the grave. You can if your family name is Benjamin.
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I have a visual image of DAF. A goon's goon. I wonder how right I am.
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Join the LinkedIn goon group and you'll no longer have to wonder.
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TWBalls posted:Join the LinkedIn goon group and you'll no longer have to wonder. Is this actually a thing? Is any connection to SA on LinkedIn a good thing in any way?
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Is any connection to SA on LinkedIn a good thing in any way? No.
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Is this actually a thing? Is any connection to SA on LinkedIn a good thing in any way? For when the forums are down 
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What, you mean a connection with a website that once told a victim of miscarriage that her "womb is making heaven too loving crowded" might not be a benefit to gainful employment?
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Is this actually a thing? Is any connection to SA on LinkedIn a good thing in any way? You just made an amazing point. That being said it was interesting to see that someone looks exactly as I pictured.
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Chickenwalker posted:I'm working as a catch-all post-production support guy. We maintain all the edits, media servers, A/V equipment, client PCs and keep the network going. I work 60 hours a week and get paid less than $40k a year. How badly am I being screwed? At best, totally screwed. At worst, getting rammed bone-dry with no safe word by a partner with a cigar-burn fetish. As a sweeping generalization I'd say if your NYC-based employer is paying you less than $40K for your NYC-based system/network/storage tech role, your only hope for getting a sane wage is to jump ship. Getting some certs and using that to negotiate a raise is a good idea in theory, but no matter what you tell them you'll just end up negotiating from an $11/hr base.
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hihifellow posted:What, you mean a connection with a website that once told a victim of miscarriage that her "womb is making heaven too loving crowded" might not be a benefit to gainful employment? You can selectively hide your group memberships. That said, the SA LinkedIn group is effectively dead. The last thread is from two months ago and is literally DAF offering to buy people poo poo if they start making good posts 
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Nov 29, 2014 05:13
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So what are you going to do about it?
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Docjowles posted:The last thread is from two months ago and is literally DAF offering to buy people poo poo if they start making good posts Dilbert As gently caress posted:I have lots of money; who cares?
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movax posted:I'm pretty sure in general the correct answer whenever a potential employer asks that question is "none of your loving business", but that's the next best thing -- never give a number. SH/SC taught me alot and made me understand the value of money means a lot... Caring about poo poo means less that actually caring about yourself. I am making money and take control of your life. I use to think the working in IT threads meant something, as I've seen just make as much money as you can and live live as you want regardless of what people think of you! Just get money, seize the day, and ask the future of "who the hell do you think I am?" Fight for tomorrow or die trying. Yes this is how IT works also who ever bought me this title; I probably make more money then you so HHAHAHHAHHAH Dilbert As FUCK fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Nov 29, 2014 |
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Nov 29, 2014 09:28
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Shut the gently caress up DAF
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ugh can we just ban him from sh/sc already? Who's dick do I have to suck to get this done?
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jaegerx posted:ugh can we just ban him from sh/sc already? Who's dick do I have to suck to get this done? nah I probably won't post here anymore so don't worry about it; I have no reason to post here so just forget it... Lurking from now on. I like to lurk but KC green, moot, garry, etc; were right when you do 12$/oz because people want to talk to you who cares? I won my battles; and I did what I needed. If I post after this post in this thread: permaban me really do not care (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Dilbert As gently caress posted:SH/SC taught me alot and made me understand the value of money means a lot... B-b-but it's still not Saturday night...
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Dilbert As gently caress posted:nah I probably won't post here anymore so don't worry about it; I have no reason to post here so just forget it... Lurking from now on. Saved
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jaegerx posted:Saved Mods, please do the needful next time.
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dogstile posted:please do the needful Trigger warning that poo poo.
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It's one thing to be a full-on sperg when you're hiding behind a username. It's a completely different thing when you can be identified personally and professionally on LinkedIn. Yikes. I know that psydude met up with him once out in Virginia or something. Was he that bad in person?
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Dilbert As gently caress posted:
That may be true, but at the same time you are the only one I ever see posting to this thread regularly asking people to meet up with you when you're in their town or vice versa and how you will buy them drinks and what not; basically begging someone to be your friend, even offering to buy their friendship with food and alcohol.... so in the greater scheme of things, it probably comes out in a wash. I'd probably even say they were even a bit ahead of you. But its all a moot point now isn't it since you just toxxed yourself?
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I don't know if this is a bullshit chatbox thread or actually useful for advice, but I'll try anyway. I already have a bachelor's degree in a technical field and am currently working for a computer infrastructure company after having to switch fields. It turns out I really enjoy what I'm doing and am considering going back to school for a second Bachelor's (or more?) in IT, specifically systems or network engineering. I am also considering programming though I have zero background in that beyond some HTML 15 years ago. This may be broad and I know I will have to discuss my specifics with potential schools, but what would I need to look at when choosing an education path towards higher-level IT stuff coming from a background with essentially no engineering or computer classes? What should I look for in terms of online classes to actually learn anything?
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Dilbert As gently caress posted:SH/SC taught me alot and made me understand the value of money means a lot... I love me some aspergers. I want to shake the hand of the person that bought you the title because I got beat to the punch. Working in IT, thinking making slightly over 100k is a lot when living on the east coast! Come on CF/DAF, keep on drunk posting for us so we can all learn the mighty art of IT
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