Own_Error_007

NX Witness.

My favourite one is getting the call "i haven't received any emails" and then aftet checking everything, going back to them and saying "that's because no one has sent you any emails."

I do the opposite. I tell people openly that if things are quiet, then I'm doing what I'm paid to do. I even said this to me boss and he asked the obvious "why?". As I told him, think of me like a mechanic. If things are running smoothly do you want to see me tinkering with stuff or do you want to set me just making sure the engine is fuelled and the oil is topped up. Or like a foreman running a plant. Do you want to see me running around because stuff is always broken and needs fixing, or do you want me looking for efficiencies, better ways to do things, etc. So in a way as the IT guy, if you see me running around like a mad thing, then I'm not doing my job. If I'm sitting at my desk doing simple stuff or doing planning, then everything is running fine and I'm doing what they pay me to do. After so many decades in IT I have one golden rule, if it works, why fuck around with it? Let the systems do their thing. IT to me is a tool. It's a tool that my colleagues rely on to do their work. I'll spend money and resources so that they can earn the money that allows me to spend that money and expend those resources. It's mutually inclusive. We also often forget that our roles are a cost to the business but a cost that is necessary for the business to function.

Hey that's a me!

Yep. It's turning into a dog's breakfast.

Give it to me.

I watch Time Team.

It's a stood stupid management concept that gets taught in MBA school. "You can't manage what you can't measure". It's taught to people who should never be given people management roles.

Cost.

Managing Director. The guy who owns the business.

I've had my MD ask me is it was possible to "turn off" the CEOs email for the week he was supposed to be on leave. I said I'd look into it but didn't think it was possible. I then had the CEO ask me to **not** turn off his email. Told them both to sort it our amongst themselves. Never heard the request again.

Been using them for a decade and can't think of even one DOA. But I do buy them in ones and twos.

I solely do Lenovo. And have never regretted it.

I couldn't do my job if I didn't have the capacity or the ability to say No. As long as I have a valid reason for it.

That's eligible for the pension in some countries.

Juniper.

Really depends on the industry and the user base. You could lose a headcount but that slack needs to be picked up somehow and overloading those left will just cause turnover. I sole operate for 300 but use outside businesses to pick up that slack and that comes at a cost per month. Less than a body but it adds up quickly. But it suits the business I'm in because of its nature.

6 years till I can say I made a lifelong career in SysAdmin.

I still use AS/400. Yay for QSYSOPR.

I've sat in meetings with vendors who have said "this had turned into a mess" only for me to say "thanks, I designed it all myself so only I suffer the consequences." Joys of solo admin.

Try getting stuck with your own bad decisions.

At least 3. One senior and two juniors.

365 just because of the fact that you have control over it. I've seen Google just disable entire small business accounts for no reason, with no recourse to recover. One day you can login, the next you can't. That's it, end of story.

That's not my experience. We work with a devops team that is mainly US/Australian educated techs. They are good. Like really good.

Put it this way. If you can do your job remotely then some wally in Vietnam can as it just as well for a 10th of the cost.

I've been a Lenovo fan forever. They just work, rarely have issues and the odd times one does, if its out of warranty I can get parts. The last one I had an issue with - a T14 with a dead screen - cost just over a $100 for a new panel and 15min to replace it.

I've blocked it (and Otter.ai) everywhere. Even went into my admin consoles and disabled the ability for anyone to install anything. Of people want it they can ask for it. Have also blocked the whole of .ai TLD from our email just to make sure.

36 years here. Just make it up as you go along.

As an Australian IT dude whenever we talk to a provider we have it written in contacts that our days is not to be stored on the US. We just migrated away from AWS finally and everything we have now it's local. It's a very real threat as anyone who had had a business Google account suddenly get flagged for no reason will know all to well.

Fuck you Read.ai

This +1. My MIS degree got me started.