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Will AI replace your job?

Posted by Mr_Dobalina71@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 198 comments

Will AI replace your job?

Posted by Mr_Dobalina71@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 198 comments

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Personally I'm looking into moving from cloud engineering & admin (been doing that for 4 years now, did 6 years of support and some projects before) to architecture. I guess I'm relatively lucky (or maybe unlucky) I know how to get round biz people. Knowing how to listen, acknowledge and translate that into actual valuable and working technology is something that I don't think AI will be able to do too soon.

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Posted by ___LowLifer___@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 794 comments

AI making my job so much harder and fighting every decision I make

Posted by JiggityJoe1@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 368 comments

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I love AI as a toolset as well, same reasons as you. It's great to help me think when I'm stuck. However, because AI does basically what you tell it with enthusiasm (unless you specifically prompt it to do the thing in a more intelligent, concise, critical way) that's often the result you experience. I'm really wandering what kind of disaster or set of disasters needs to happen before people that AI is not THE solution. It's a great tool, very helpful but it's not ducktape, a quick and easy solution to every problem. Including problems which aren't even real as you pointed out.

Apparently british people "raise" tickets instead of creating them

Posted by NegativeAttention@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 323 comments

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I never thought of that. The first enterprise I worked for was UK-based and I thought "raise a ticket" is a common English expression across the industry.

Working alone in IT dept

Posted by CurveKey7852@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 183 comments

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If we talk progress then it depends on how you like to learn. Having other IT people around is really helpful for getting their insight and experience, especially if they're more senior\\experienced than you. If you like being independent and are self-driven then I don't think getting solid experience and progressing your skills would be a problem. Do you ever plan going on a holiday tho? I know a guy who used to be a 1-man army for 2 years in a similar size company and taking some time off was a nightmare. They finally hired me to help him and he was able to take some actual time off lol.

Users asking for admin access

Posted by TechnicalSwitch4073@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 385 comments

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"How do I even begin to convince someone like this the dangers of what they are asking" I wouldn't even entertain that question because it's users irrational behavior that's it. Maybe she's trying to power trip, whatever. If she doesn't care about technology security and compliance and she goes to the CEO, it's the CEO should at this point be fully aware of why what she asks is ridiculous. My answer in such cases is "no" because that's the policy, and since this policy if valid, end of story. If she pesters you still then go to HR. The HR care about keeping the company safe against malicious actions of their employees and that's what I think this user is doing. I remember I once had a user who wanted Steam installed on their company laptop. The cybersec policy clearly stated no gaming software on user laptops (that's what social room has an Xbox for) and I politely and professionally said denied due to company policy, ticket closed. The guy left negative feedback on the ticket and it went to the IT management. Do you think that the IT director ever brought this to me? LOL heck no!!

What is your dress code/attire for work?

Posted by ryanmj26@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 242 comments

Is scripting a mandatory skill for sys admins?

Posted by sunyup@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 490 comments

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Reading and adapting scripts is very much needed. A lot of folks rely on community resources for the big picture. Writing from scratch as if you were a programmer - not so much. Although it can be a strength if you wanna take advantage of IaC as well as advanced automation.

Security team about to implement a 90-day password policy...

Posted by turtles122@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 639 comments

When did people lose the ability to read more than 1 sentence?

Posted by MarkPugnerIII@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 241 comments

Hey my fellow techs. Anyone else just in general, lost your passion for IT?

Posted by SysadminKERBEROS@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 400 comments

Just learned the \\hostname\c$ command and it blew my mind

Posted by Gmoxfad@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 1029 comments

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Did you ever have someone that you consider a mentor?

Posted by Darth_Malgus_1701@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 64 comments

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A bunch of times. It was all about stumbling on right people and being willing to listen. Some of them were my managers, some of them tech people. When those competent people would all leave, I'd eventually switch jobs to somewhere I'd be able to grow.

Would you buy used laptops?

Posted by Ok_Exchange_9646@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 276 comments

Allow employee to choose Mac or Windows devices?

Posted by JiggityJoe1@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 458 comments