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Got on a conference call this morning and the first thing I hear is "Just because he died last week doesn't mean stuff shouldn't get done. There were other people on his team." This was about retiring 2 print servers. gently caress eeeeeeeverything.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:Got on a conference call this morning and the first thing I hear is "Just because he died last week doesn't mean stuff shouldn't get done. There were other people on his team." Jesus.
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Internet Explorer posted:I guess it happens, but don't y'all have calendars? I do, but I just wasn't thinking. I stayed up till like 4:30 AM watching TV and was up at 8 so I wasn't really in a good state of mind. I do like 95% project based work, so it's common for me to go a day or two without talking to anyone on my team as well. I went to IM a buddy and realized everyone was away and then it dawned on me. Sudden Loud Noise posted:Got on a conference call this morning and the first thing I hear is "Just because he died last week doesn't mean stuff shouldn't get done. There were other people on his team." That's just really hosed up.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:Got on a conference call this morning and the first thing I hear is "Just because he died last week doesn't mean stuff shouldn't get done. There were other people on his team." Time to gtfo
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"our primary network engineer doesn't have access to the server room" Because the guy who managed fingerprints retired... 4 years ago.
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Man I was auto-piloting through some troubleshooting and defaulted the management interface I was using. No amount of experience can protect you from dumb poo poo
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Jan 22, 2019 18:47
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Invariably, whenever I do dumb poo poo it's when someone is looking over my shoulder.
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Jan 22, 2019 18:48
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I spent 3 days troubleshooting SCCM when it was the PC that was the problem.
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Jan 22, 2019 18:53
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The Fool posted:Invariably, whenever I do dumb poo poo it's when someone is looking over my shoulder. I tend to forget how to type when someone's watching me type.
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Chunjee posted:"our primary network engineer doesn't have access to the server room" Go over the door via the drop ceiling
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GreenNight posted:I spent 3 days troubleshooting SCCM when it was the PC that was the problem. Change that to "I spent a week on some SCCM issue because the service desk doesn't know how to troubleshoot" and you've described my career lately.
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ElGroucho posted:Change that to "I spent a week on some SCCM issue because the service desk doesn't know how to troubleshoot" and you've described my career lately. I am also the entire service desk.
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GreenNight posted:I am also the entire service desk. goondolences If you're doing SCCM stuff, it's time to  , friendThat poo poo is not easy, and undervalued. One mistake and everyone eats poo poo.
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Jan 22, 2019 20:43
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ElGroucho posted:goondolences We use 5% of it. It manages SCEP and we use it to image computers. That's it.
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GreenNight posted:We use 5% of it. It manages SCEP and we use it to image computers. That's it. Do what I do, use it to check who has Unreal Tournament installed and then make lan games
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ElGroucho posted:Do what I do, use it to check who has Unreal Tournament installed and then make lan games We use PDQ Inventory for all inventory needs. poo poo just works and it's simple.
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This is the last week of having my own desk. Monday starts our "agile" move where the new floor is oversubscribed 3:1. Existence is pain. I feel bad for my boss. 12 years with the company, steller management record, largest and most efficient team. Loses his office and has to sit with the plebs.
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We've had a server that had some funky IP issues yesterday. One of the other tech's worked on it. My backup system still couldn't reach it. It's a remote office. Do some remoting around shenanigans to get into it, run ipconfig/all, realize the subnet mask is set wrong, which would explain why it would be accessible from inside the remote office, but not up here. Open up the ipv4 properties and ... the subnet mask is right there? At about that time I had the genius decision that disabling and re-enabling the interface would probably sync everything up. I realized my mistake the second I hit the disable button. It's been a long week already. (Luckily it was a VM and I don't know why I wasn't just using vcenter to access it the whole time. Everything is fine and only you goons need to know my shame).
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GreenNight posted:We use PDQ Inventory for all inventory needs. poo poo just works and it's simple. We have SCCM and PDQ side by side and for inventory purposes there is no contest which is better in every way.
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Sepist posted:This is the last week of having my own desk. Monday starts our "agile" move where the new floor is oversubscribed 3:1. Existence is pain. If I at the very least didn't have a dedicated desk I wouldn't work there. This is only a thing because people let it be a thing. Refuse to work for places who do this kind of garbage. Its being cheap in ways that often time doesn't save any money.
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Sepist posted:This is the last week of having my own desk. Monday starts our "agile" move where the new floor is oversubscribed 3:1. Existence is pain. How does this even work? Like I get that you have to find a desk that's unused, but 3:1? Or are lots of the staff in and out of the office?
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They did it on the estimate that on any given day 66% of enterprise services is not in the office based on historical trends. When it gets filled... I have no idea. We are converging 3 floors onto one but all the floors are the same square footage so I'm expecting a disaster on Monday
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lol, good luck with that
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Sepist I didn’t know you were @SwiftOnSecurity https://twitter.com/swiftonsecurity/status/1087831546986446849?s=21
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^^^ Tweet deleted already, what was it?Sepist posted:Man I was auto-piloting through some troubleshooting and defaulted the management interface I was using. No amount of experience can protect you from dumb poo poo siggy2021 posted:(Luckily it was a VM and I don't know why I wasn't just using vcenter to access it the whole time. Everything is fine and only you goons need to know my shame). Everyone knows this shame. "Probably some weird glitch, I'll just shut/no shut this interface and see if it clea-- Connection to important.host.lmao closed. SON OF A BITCH". Or firewall rules. Or sshd config. etc. I am so glad my current job has solid OOB access to absolutely everything that's in a remote location 
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Yay for having a manager who actually follows through on my career goals. I'm our primary JAMF admin and I do alot of stuff in SCCM but I want to move even more to the administration side and so I get to roll the next SCCM and clients update. I know that sounds weird to be excited about but I want to be well rounded in both environments.
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silicone thrills posted:Yay for having a manager who actually follows through on my career goals. Oh man, this is going to be a fun post to quote in the future. (Only joking, SCCM upgrades (can) go fine.)
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:Oh man, this is going to be a fun post to quote in the future. 1810 doesn't look awful.
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WOW A LOT OF VERY HAPPY EMPLOYEES HAVE SURE DECIDED THAT THEY SUDDENLY NEEDED TO GIVE OUR COMPANY A FIVE STAR REVIEW OVER THE HOLIDAYS ON GLASSDOOR!!! LIKE... SOMETIMES FIFTEEN IN A SINGLE DAY!!!
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Sepist posted:They did it on the estimate that on any given day 66% of enterprise services is not in the office based on historical trends. When it gets filled... I have no idea. I would just take that as a sign it's time to WFH
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AlternateAccount posted:WOW A LOT OF VERY HAPPY EMPLOYEES HAVE SURE DECIDED THAT THEY SUDDENLY NEEDED TO GIVE OUR COMPANY A FIVE STAR REVIEW OVER THE HOLIDAYS ON GLASSDOOR!!! LIKE... SOMETIMES FIFTEEN IN A SINGLE DAY!!!
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Sepist posted:This is the last week of having my own desk. Monday starts our "agile" move where the new floor is oversubscribed 3:1. Existence is pain. Yeah, this is nothing but a cheapskate move. Docjowles posted:^^^ Tweet deleted already, what was it? https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1087832293266333696
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skipdogg posted:I would just take that as a sign it's time to WFH The FTEs have lofty WFH privileges but as a consultant I'm limited to once per week unless I'm sick What was the tweet?
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Sepist posted:They did it on the estimate that on any given day 66% of enterprise services is not in the office based on historical trends. When it gets filled... I have no idea. Wait... did they just look at average, or did they look at peak? Because if they just looked at average... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
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Well, after the initial application and follow-up questions I have a phone interview for a job doing ERP system stuff tomorrow, hopefully this pans out. It's a shorter commute (20-25 minutes rather than 35) in the direction back towards where I used to live, so if I get this job I have to decide if I want to keep living here or move again in June. Not counting my chickens before they hatch, but it's something I really have to think about.
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Sepist posted:The FTEs have lofty WFH privileges but as a consultant I'm limited to once per week unless I'm sick Talk about second class citizen. This is why I never did contract work of any kind.
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Thanatosian posted:Probably because of that huge holiday bonus and bunch of free time off they gave you, right? Thanatosian posted:Probably because of that huge holiday bonus and bunch of free time off they gave you, right? Nah. Some bonuses were tied to Glassdoor scores and they can’t get them to move up the old fashioned way by, you know, not sucking.
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AlternateAccount posted:Nah. Some bonuses were tied to Glassdoor scores and they can’t get them to move up the old fashioned way by, you know, not sucking. Holy gently caress, I want to email our board of directors. I need to figure out a way to make an anonymous suggestion. My team is fantastic, my direct managers are amazing, but a lot of departments where I work are a shitshow, and senior management is a dumpster fire, which translates to a 1.9 star rating on Glassdoor (every area except senior management is 2.0-2.6). I would love to see C-level bonuses partially based on that.
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Previous goon in the well, assisted massively by those in this thread. I received lots of whipping about "Imposter syndrome" etc etc. I started a new role early 2016 as a regular sysadmin, I wanted a step back to something far less stressful than what I had been doing. Three years later and I have now been placed in charge of an entire business unit and officially progressed to the executive leadership team. My technical career for the most part is...effectively over. Or so sayeth the CEO at any rate. Apparently my biggest strength over the last two years was the bigger picture business planning and execution, work that was apparently hampered by my need to "keep my head in the grass despite having trained excellent staff capable of doing that work moving forward" and as such they want my entire focus to be on the business side. I will be continuing to focus during my own time on my technical ability and growth as I always like having options but I must say, it has been an interesting ride. Not once in my entire life did I ever entertain nor attempt to reach this kind of position. It never even crossed my mind and I did nothing specific to pursue it, it has just kind of occurred. Had I not exited my wild goon in the well ride, I would quite likely have just offered myself instead. So you know, thanks and what not. To other goons in the well who may still be fluffing around, pay attention to the advice. It can be hard to see but things do get better.
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