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Colonial Air Force posted:Update on my vendor/stalker: Is your sales guy jaegerx? He did make some comment a while ago about transitioning to sales.
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May 15, 2015 22:15
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I like that there's a line on someone's expense report now for two stuffed animals and balloons, purchased for a grown-rear end man.
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Also someone left and their office had a Steelcase Leap. What I'm trying to say is that now my office has a Steelcase Leap.
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Also someone left and their office had a Steelcase Leap. What I'm trying to say is that now my office has a Steelcase Leap. I got one of these from a dude on Craigslist for my home office. Owns 
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May 15, 2015 22:46
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Wait, is Colonial AF a dude or a lady? If I had a vendor send me stuffed animals and balloons I don't know what the hell I would do. My brain really can't comprehend the scenario. Solarwinds once sent me a nice polo shirt, a pen and a mouse pad. That was pretty cool.
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May 15, 2015 23:09
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And is it more okay if they're a dude or a lady? Personally I think it's more okay if it's a dude. If it's a guy, it's goofy and harmless, if it's a girl I think it'd be weird. e: Yeah I hadn't really read the whole story, a little more context makes basically every part of it annoying, I guess I was just responding more to the "gifts from vendor" thing MC Fruit Stripe fucked around with this message at 23:17 on May 15, 2015 |
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May 15, 2015 23:11
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A salesman sending a card mentioning your kids after you told them no would be off putting no matter what. Dude...stop begging, youre making it weird.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:And is it more okay if they're a dude or a lady? Personally I think it's more okay if it's a dude. If it's a guy, it's goofy and harmless, if it's a girl I think it'd be weird. No, neither situation is okay... both situations are super creepy with one having a twist of weird.
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skipdogg posted:Wait, is Colonial AF a dude or a lady? If I had a vendor send me stuffed animals and balloons I don't know what the hell I would do. My brain really can't comprehend the scenario. I'm a dude. So is homeboy. Swag I'd take (CDW and PC Connection both have given me some cool poo poo). Bears and balloons are weird. SaltLick posted:A salesman sending a card mentioning your kids after you told them no would be off putting no matter what. Dude...stop begging, youre making it weird. I know why he mentioned my kids (because he kept calling me at night, and I told him I had to go and put them to bed - I was pissed), but it definitely made it even more creepy to me. The call at 10:30PM was already the final nail in the coffin. The emotional email confirmed that I made the right decision. This guarantees that I will not only never recommend Axcient, I'll actively tell people to avoid them.
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In the greatest moment of irony in the last couple years I just happened to find a job posting for a Virtualization Admin here at my current unit, and funnily enough I just happened to get my VCP5 today and am now qualified (on paper) for the position. I'm going to talk to the team lead about it, and if they let me transfer to the position it would make the third contractor I've worked for here without having moved more than a couple rows of desks. There are three advantages right off the top - 1) I would no longer be working the weekend shift; 2) I would get out of Exchange; 3) It's a long-term contract, as opposed to the 2-1/2 month countdown we've got going on right now. If I can talk $6-12k more out of them then it would make things about perfect.
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Daylen Drazzi posted:In the greatest moment of irony in the last couple years I just happened to find a job posting for a Virtualization Admin here at my current unit, and funnily enough I just happened to get my VCP5 today and am now qualified (on paper) for the position. I'm going to talk to the team lead about it, and if they let me transfer to the position it would make the third contractor I've worked for here without having moved more than a couple rows of desks. There are three advantages right off the top - 1) I would no longer be working the weekend shift; 2) I would get out of Exchange; 3) It's a long-term contract, as opposed to the 2-1/2 month countdown we've got going on right now. If I can talk $6-12k more out of them then it would make things about perfect. Congrats on getting the cert man!
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I could sort of see a stuffed animal if it had a branded T-shirt or something. The kind of thing that says "I went to our room full of swag and grabbed one of the stuffed bears that we give away as prizes at trade shows" And then I'd make sure the note was non-threatening like "Feel free to regift this guy if any of your co-workers or friends have kids that might like him! Let's meet up for lunch in a month to talk about how we can win your business next time you're looking to buy!"
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Colonial Air Force posted:He just had this delivered with a 2-card note.
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The interview I was talking about before is going to happen, next tuesday (after memorial day). I'm excited. I did not "apply" for the job but my buddy gave my resume and presumably a recommendation. Sounds like it's mine to lose (not by any means guaranteed, but as long as I'm not terrible it seems like I'll have a good shot). e: it sounds like I'm the only candidate interviewing I like my current employer but am about at my breaking point with help desk (not to mention I'm not learning anything at this point). Ideally I'd have an offer and be able to go to my current job and see if they can match it. This won't happen for a number of reasons, if nothing else than it would be a dick move for my friend who got me the interview. Plus it doesn't sound like a good idea in general. The money and the job (it's a junior sysadmin although I think they have a different title for it) sound good so far, but I really hate the idea of driving to Pittsburgh. myron cope fucked around with this message at 01:02 on May 16, 2015 |
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May 16, 2015 00:16
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Whose day was better than my day?
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Methanar posted:
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So does anyone have any advice on how to interview graduates since as they mostly have nothing relevant on their cv to ask them about
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fluppet posted:So does anyone have any advice on how to interview graduates since as they mostly have nothing relevant on their cv to ask them about See how much they know about how the internet works with "you type in https://www.google.com and press enter, what happens?" Figure out what sort of diagnostic chops they have with "someone reports a thing is giving an error, what can you do to figure it out?" Depends a bit on what's relevant for your day to day stuff. Also ask what side projects they do.
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fluppet posted:So does anyone have any advice on how to interview graduates since as they mostly have nothing relevant on their cv to ask them about
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fluppet posted:So does anyone have any advice on how to interview graduates since as they mostly have nothing relevant on their cv to ask them about I was in an interview at my last job and they were asking the guy how he would go about debugging his home network if he couldn't load a website. He literally said he doesn't know how the internet is connected, his mom set it up. I really wish I wasn't in that room, it was so embarrassing. My manager asked him if his mom was going to help him do his job. We asked about what kind of equipment he was working with at his college and he didn't know what brand network equipment or what type of cables he was plugging into the ports they had them set up.
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JHVH-1 posted:I was in an interview at my last job and they were asking the guy how he would go about debugging his home network if he couldn't load a website. He literally said he doesn't know how the internet is connected, his mom set it up. I really wish I wasn't in that room, it was so embarrassing. My manager asked him if his mom was going to help him do his job. We asked about what kind of equipment he was working with at his college and he didn't know what brand network equipment or what type of cables he was plugging into the ports they had them set up. Sweet Jesus, that's enough cringe to last me the weekend
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I have a few of go-to questions for entry-level to level 2 help desk applicants. I preface them with 'I know this is vague, but I am looking to see how you approach the issue rather than the right answer.' 1) You have a laptop that is not booting to Windows. How would you approach this problem? I am looking for things like 'is the boot order set correctly' because a LOT of people neglect the hardware and go right into Safe Mode to troubleshoot. Also acknowledging that a laptop may have a dead battery and to make sure it has power. 2) You have a networked printer that uses a print server. It is not working for one user in the department. Here I am NOT looking for networking issues to the printer because everyone else can print. This is for checking understanding of basic networking and drivers. 3) A user can't access a file share. Here I am looking for an account being locked out, proper permissions on the share, password issues, network connectivity, and PEBKAC. mayodreams fucked around with this message at 16:10 on May 16, 2015 |
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ElGroucho posted:Sweet Jesus, that's enough cringe to last me the weekend
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JHVH-1 posted:I was in an interview at my last job and they were asking the guy how he would go about debugging his home network if he couldn't load a website. He literally said he doesn't know how the internet is connected, his mom set it up. I really wish I wasn't in that room, it was so embarrassing. My manager asked him if his mom was going to help him do his job. We asked about what kind of equipment he was working with at his college and he didn't know what brand network equipment or what type of cables he was plugging into the ports they had them set up. The guy we interviewed this week was almost this bad
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NZAmoeba posted:
I find the above works quite well. I like to design hypothetical designs on a white board and have them walk me through the underlying technologies and explain to me how they believe it to work, any issues they may see in it etc. To be honest I am not even looking for the right answers, I am more interested in how they come to their answers, the logic they use as they try to walk through it. Normally I am trying to evaluate their thought process more than anything. Dont mind me though, I learned on the job and the above information could be absolutely terrible in the real world for all I know. *edit* I also just really like drawing network diagrams and finding people who are excited about them so there is that.
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fluppet posted:So does anyone have any advice on how to interview graduates since as they mostly have nothing relevant on their cv to ask them about I did an interview where the guy gave me a laptop and told me resolve why; a. The Internet doesn't work on it b. Why aren't certain characters of the keyboard aren't working properly He also prefaced it by saying if I don't get to a point where I need admin credentials the test is an instant fail. It was pretty much a test to find out how you work and what you know, the following gave points; - Ethernet cable definitely plugged in - Trying to resolve an address like google.com with a browser (failed) - Ping said address (failed) - Check network adapter settings (I think the IP and DNS settings were garbage, set it to DHCP and it reconnected) - Try browser and ping again - Check system locale (Set to US) - Check language/keyboard settings (Set UK as default and remove US layout) Running a Tracert would've been a bonus, I was supposed to ask for the static IP to use but the guy was satisfied by this point.
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insidius posted:I find the above works quite well. I like to design hypothetical designs on a white board and have them walk me through the underlying I did an interview last week where I just let a candidate ask me questions for 45 minutes. That was fun, because I tend to micromanage things early on and over-control before I really get a sense for how someone works, so that's definitely one way to practice letting go.
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You were supposed to ask him for a static IP for use on a laptop? Really? e: It looks like you started from the bottom (physical layer) and worked your way up. In my opinion that would be pretty much perfect - if I confirm the cable is actually plugged in my next question is usually "do i have an ip address?", so you pulled up the adapter config and noticed that no, the settings are garbage and then you set it to DHCP, got an ip address, and then it worked. Seems perfect to me. Pinging or tracerouting would also clue you into the fact that you might not have a valid configuration for the adapter, but "i can't ping google" doesn't immediately mean "i need to ask someone for a static IP address". 12 rats tied together fucked around with this message at 19:37 on May 16, 2015 |
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My favorite scenario for when I get to In that scenario, you get the standard printer troubleshooting, get to play-act the impatient executive during their troubleshooting thought process to see how they react to stress, and you get the rare outside-the-box thinker who realizes you could print to another network printer to get the guy out the door and worry about the printer later.
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How many people say: drive out to Kinko's?
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print it out and fedex that poo poo asap
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Quit your job, jump on linkedin
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MrMoo posted:How many people say: drive out to Kinko's? Would hire on site if they answered this.
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ElGroucho posted:Quit your job, jump on linkedin If SH/SC ever got a subtitle the way FYAD and BYOB have, this should be it.
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MrMoo posted:How many people say: drive out to Kinko's? I've gotten a few responses like this, usually from people who haven't worked in larger companies that have literal tons of printers laying around. If the exec was in the field this would be an obvious/viable answer, but the VP IT gets a frowny face when techs advise higher-ups at HQ to bypass IT infrastructure and go third party. And then people get fired. Plus, Kinko's doesn't exist anymore, I don't think.  Edit: VV 
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OAquinas posted:Plus, Kinko's doesn't exist anymore, I don't think.
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Reiz posted:You were supposed to ask him for a static IP for use on a laptop? Really? I forget what the guy said precisely; but it basically boiled down that using DHCP is a good shout to get things moving, but afterwards I was supposed to check with him (Being the IT Manager) to use the proper network settings. It was essentially a philosophy thing about sloppiness I guess; rather than just making something work then dump it, resolve the issue and ensure it properly lines up with company infrastructure so that there's less of a chance of more problems in the future. I actually got then declined that job; between a very minor pay bump and solid experience/leadership, I got my contract renegotiated for a much greater pay bump and the experience of control over everything with no leadership.
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OAquinas posted:t the VP IT gets a frowny face when techs advise higher-ups at HQ to bypass IT infrastructure and go third party. I'm surprised Fedex didn't go with a hybrid managed print service managing in house print services and the off-site print shop they do now. It follows the outsource-everything model some companies love.
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