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Tab8715 posted:Yes, that could and may be true or it's someone in poor mental health and needs actual attention from a medical professional? Sickening and I pretty much only agree on food, but we kinda also agree on this. Not that that person wasn't in poor mental health and needed attention from a medical profession, but that sometimes pillorying someone who's at the extreme end of a stance can demonstrate principles, like a roundabout way to tell other people in this thread (or reading it) that you shouldn't take abuse from your employer, and that the time you've invested in that relationship isn't wasted if you just walk away (because you still got the work experience), and that even if you think you're irreplaceable (you're not) and the business will collapse without you (it won't), it's still ok to leave. There are too many people in this thread and this industry who are utterly incapable of delegating tasks because they fear that handing away any responsibility means eroding whatever kingdom they've built for themselves, so they end up being the primary guy responsible for... everything. An early warning for people who aren't yet in poor mental health can sometimes be a wake-up call for readers, and establishing normal boundaries is an important part of abuse recovery.
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Sickening posted:It is almost like this person saw a medical professional and also ignored their advice as well to a point. This is exactly what happened, and I have to remind myself these people exist
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Sickening posted:It doesn't and I haven't. No, but DH did exactly that and sure I'm not a recruiter and maybe he has seen a common thread among a certain group but for the most part there's plenty of crazy that goes all around. Gucci Loafers fucked around with this message at 19:48 on May 13, 2015 |
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May 13, 2015 19:40
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evol262 posted:Millennials notwithstanding (since I don't think they're any better/worse than anybody else), all of the threads in SH/SC have some kind of bias where "real life experience" translates to "the man is trying to gently caress you, so gently caress him first", "attachment to your job is being a goon in a well", or "here's how loving important I am, so you should try to follow in my footsteps", despite the fact that almost none of us would act this way in real life. I am not a *nix person so I haven't quite understood when you go into *nix speak, and while there is a definite sharp edge to your personal/career advice, this should be stickied to this and all future incarnations of this thread.
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May 13, 2015 19:42
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rants people go on when they have to justify their decisions is just at odds with our position in the business and how it works.
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Tab8715 posted:When someone expresses their severe professional problems - even excessively - I don't see how you would equate that to a generational issue. It doesn't and I haven't. 
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MJP posted:I am not a *nix person so I haven't quite understood when you go into *nix speak, and while there is a definite sharp edge to your personal/career advice, this should be stickied to this and all future incarnations of this thread. no it shouldn't
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go3 posted:no it shouldn't Believe me, I don't like agreeing with evol either, and I've nodded more at your posts than his, but he strikes a few good points: -It's not easy to just up and tell your employer to gently caress off or to put themselves at risk by doing what is correct to us and to common sense but construed as contrary to what the Powers that Be want. Not everyone has the ability to ride out extended periods of unemployment, even if they meet their state's criteria for claiming unemployment. -There's so many degrees of variation in advising someone's career and there's gotta be a convergence between the hypothetical and just sucking it up and BE THANKFUL FOR ANY JOB IN THIS ECONOMY. True, there's a very real need to leverage your current job to make a vertical move into another job elsewhere, usually not with the same employer, but in the right (very rare, but possible) environment it's entirely possible for an employee to be rewarded by their employer (again, rare) -You can't tell me with a straight face that we all - myself included - have some Internet Tough Guyism in them or their posts at some point in time -It's loving OK to require coddling if you're legit in a poo poo situation like our Aussie comrade, or if you're in a really bag place. I would posit that asking for coddling in SA is the wrong place and this is where healthy interpersonal relationships or enough dollars for hookers comes into play. Again, I'll be honest: I don't like being in Internet Arguments and thus haven't gotten involved, and I consider my point put forth with this post, so as such I haven't really spoken up against evol's past posts, but credit where credit is due, I do agree with his post here. MJP fucked around with this message at 19:55 on May 13, 2015 |
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May 13, 2015 19:53
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Honest Thief posted:So is everyone on even remotely IT related jobs just miserable? Is there such a thing as a 'it gets better' PSA?
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May 13, 2015 20:35
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Tab8715 posted:No, but DH did exactly that and sure I'm not a recruiter and maybe he has seen a common thread among a certain group but for the most part there's plenty of crazy that goes all around. Then why did you say I did? Did you really just edit out your original post and replace it with a reply to a post I made after?
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May 13, 2015 20:39
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I blame Fruit Stripe for all of this
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May 13, 2015 20:41
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It feels like GBS in here all of a sudden
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May 13, 2015 20:46
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Let's all be friends, guys I'm just waiting for that one dude to come back and tell us that he's going to give his employer another 2 months to replace him
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May 13, 2015 20:52
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ElGroucho posted:Let's all be friends, guys He's gotta stay another month to train the guy too. Even if the guy knows more.
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May 13, 2015 20:55
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I hope he's at the beach drinking a cold one instead of posting in this thread.
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May 13, 2015 21:06
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ElGroucho posted:Let's all be friends, guys We all know that there is no replacement.
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The Fool posted:We all know that there is no replacement. I'm pretty sure that he's actually the CEO and he's just bipolar and he's just having a conversation with his subconscious.
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:I blame Fruit Stripe for all of this Fine, I think it was Happyfish, is everyone happy? Now stop tearing each other apart, oh my god MC Fruit Stripe fucked around with this message at 22:11 on May 13, 2015 |
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May 13, 2015 22:04
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I hope he's at the beach drinking a cold one instead of posting in this thread. He's Aussie so he's probably putting shrimps on barbies
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MJP posted:He's Aussie so he's probably putting shrimps on barbies Sausage sizzle
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Hanging out with Cheech Marin High fivin' a wallaby
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Wearing a cork hat.
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In other news: gently caress printers. One user's solution to not having a second network drop for the printer was to go out and purchase a wireless home router. I felt bad for the guy when I explained to him why it wouldn't work. He really wanted to help.   Snippet of the 1993 IT strategy guide for the guy who wanted it. It had lots of talk of Novell/IBM and cost justification. I also learned today that our only domain controller is from 2003. With no redundancy Related to my printer issues today  http://i.imgur.com/k9kV3HX.jpg ayy
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Being literally everywhere in Europe.
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Methanar posted:gently caress printers. One user's solution to not having a second network drop for the printer was to go out and purchase a wireless home router. I felt bad for the guy when I explained to him why it wouldn't work. He really wanted to help.
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Honestly that's what I tried to do, but he bought total garbage from dlink and I couldn't even put it into a switch-like mode. So until I can get a proper 2 port switch or something for him he's just going to have to be patient. I'm so remote ordering one would take 4+ weeks and nobody here sells them off the shelf.
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Methanar posted:
Holy poo poo, VAX!  Also: 1993 and they're still talking about mini vs. microcomputers.
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Methanar posted:Honestly that's what I tried to do, but he bought total garbage from dlink and I couldn't even put it into a switch-like mode. So until I can get a proper 2 port switch or something for him he's just going to have to be patient. You're over thinking it. "Switch mode"on any consumer router is "turn off dhcp and don't use the wan port" Even such places as office max carry non terrible 5 port gigabit switches for very little money. 2 port switches are a dumb idea.
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Dick Trauma posted:Holy poo poo, VAX! '93 would have been near-peak for the RS6K / AS400 minis.
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The Fool posted:Even such places as office max carry non terrible 5 port gigabit switches for very little money. The only thing within 150km is a single Source and they don't stock switches. quote:don't use the wan port" I'm retarded. This is so obvious.
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Methanar posted:The only thing within 150km is a single Source and they don't stock switches. It's rare to find someone that works in a more rural location than I do.
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Methanar posted:I'm retarded. This is so obvious. This is going to keep happening for the foreseeable future. When it stops happening is probably a good time to start looking for a new job, also.
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I wouldn't even use a dumb 5-port switch. Get an ethernet run to your real switches. Dealing with dying consumer dumb switches is a pain in the rear end.
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Methanar posted:I'm retarded. This is so obvious. Good news! I've found the rogue DHCP server you're going to notice next week.
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I had my phone screen with Netflix today and the company sounds completely awesome, and I'm super into the position they are targeting me for. So much so that it's pretty much a dream job.  But, and I knew this going in, holy gently caress are houses loving expensive in the valley. But the property taxes are still like half of what they are in Chicago.
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Internet Explorer posted:I wouldn't even use a dumb 5-port switch. Get an ethernet run to your real switches. Dealing with dying consumer dumb switches is a pain in the rear end. It's also a major security risk because now anyone can plug anything into the extra ports and there's no reliable way to stop them. And no, MAC security is not reliable .
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mayodreams posted:I had my phone screen with Netflix today and the company sounds completely awesome, and I'm super into the position they are targeting me for. So much so that it's pretty much a dream job. Out of sheer curiosity where exactly are you looking?
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psydude posted:It's also a major security risk because now anyone can plug anything into the extra ports and there's no reliable way to stop them. And no, MAC security is not reliable . All valid concerns, but sometimes there aren't other options.
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Methanar posted:For real though, is this normal or...
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