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Judge Schnoopy: Nov 2, 2005; dont even TRY it, pal

I read that whole thing with the assumption that it happened in 2001. Then I looked up and saw you noted this was 2011 and :wtf:

# ? Apr 8, 2016 17:22

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# ? Jun 12, 2024 02:51

DigitalMocking: Jun 8, 2010; Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
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jaegerx posted:

Hmm my resume is up to 4 pages. That's 16 years of experience all IT. I guess I should finally trim off the stuff over 10 years ago.

I used resume to interviews before he sold it. He got 20+ years of experience onto one page.

Honestly, a lot of hiring managers won't bother with a 4 page resume.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 17:27

air-: Sep 24, 2007; Who will win the greatest battle of them all?

I found resumes to interviews worthwhile and felt it paid for itself not only because of a huge immediate improvement, but you can apply the rationale behind the writing to future resumes as well. Well worth having a professional who knows what they're doing rewrite your resume, but not sure who is the go to/trusted writing service these days.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 17:35

GnarlyCharlie4u: Sep 23, 2007; I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof

on the topic of resumes, a friend started a facebook war about this last week.
I basically nuked the thread with this:

quote:

psh.. you plebes still using resumes.
I just hand them a business card with a QR code that brings up an 8.5x11" word cloud.
bonus points to whoever can guess the biggest word in my cloud.

it's cloud, the second biggest word, is word.

Vulture Culture posted:

...AOL...

As we moved out...

but what did you do with all those discs?

# ? Apr 8, 2016 17:49

skipdogg: Nov 29, 2004; Resident SRT-4 Expert

jaegerx posted:

E: I am close to moving to Austin though to experience something of an office life. I do miss free coffee.

Ugh. Don't do it unless you can afford to live in Austin proper. I commute once or twice a week from Schertz to Austin and the traffic is insane. You couldn't pay me to move to Austin.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 18:17

Gucci Loafers: May 20, 2006; Ask yourself, do you really want to talk to pair of really nice gaudy shoes?

skipdogg posted:

Ugh. Don't do it unless you can afford to live in Austin proper. I commute once or twice a week from Schertz to Austin and the traffic is insane. You couldn't pay me to move to Austin.

How much does it cost to live in Austin proper?

# ? Apr 8, 2016 18:38

air-: Sep 24, 2007; Who will win the greatest battle of them all?

Tab8715 posted:

How much does it cost to live in Austin proper?

I'd expect $1100-$1500 a month for 1br within the city center. It's possible to find cheaper places if you're willing to put in effort/get lucky, though in many cases, you risk having a godawful commute.

Run your numbers through this.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 18:54

LochNessMonster: Feb 3, 2005; I need about three fitty

DigitalMocking posted:

I used resume to interviews before he sold it. He got 20+ years of experience onto one page.

Honestly, a lot of hiring managers won't bother with a 4 page resume.

In (some) European countries it's normal to have 2-4 page resume's. I've seen a few while helping HR managers and I've never seen a single page CV ever.

So to the goon who was talking about receiving a 2300 euro offer, check whats normal in your country.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 21:24

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Someone here would definitely not be dismissed or even looked down on for having a 3 or 4 page resume, but might if it's only 1. It varies by job, industry, seniority, location, etc, don't take anything in this thread as a cold hard international rule.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 21:26

MC Fruit Stripe: Nov 26, 2002; around and around we go

CLAM DOWN posted:

Someone here would definitely not be dismissed or even looked down on for having a 3 or 4 page resume, but might if it's only 1. It varies by job, industry, seniority, location, etc, don't take anything in this thread as a cold hard international rule.

Don't show up to an interview bare footed.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 22:40

SettingSun: Aug 10, 2013

So I received a surprise promotion this week. I was a lowly SQL report writer for a medium sized company until the DBA found another job, and now I'm taking over his role- title, raise and all.

I do not feel like I deserved this but I'm going to hold it for all it's worth. He is giving me the rundown on his duties but I am looking for more that I should know. Any suggestions?

I'll be administrating 8 servers, all running SQL 2012. The old DBA is using the Redgate suite for backups and monitoring, if that helps. I know SQL and its tools from a development standpoint, so at least a have a base.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 22:52

MF_James: May 8, 2008; I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

Are they stand-alone servers, clustered or any sort of special setup?

# ? Apr 8, 2016 22:54

SyNack Sassimov: May 4, 2006; Let the robot win.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:

Don't show up to an interview bare footed.

beach lifeguard :colbert:

# ? Apr 8, 2016 22:58

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

Maybe that's because a resume and a CV are different things?

# ? Apr 8, 2016 23:26

SettingSun: Aug 10, 2013

MF_James posted:

Are they stand-alone servers, clustered or any sort of special setup?

I haven't learned the specifics, but I'm 90% sure they're all standalone.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 23:54

Jowj: Dec 25, 2010; My favourite player and idol. His battles with his wrists mirror my own battles with the constant disgust I feel towards my zerg bugs.

RE: Austin chat.

Yeah living in the city is an absolute pain in the dick. Live north or south, within city limits, and enjoy cheaper rent. You can get ok 1brs for between 8 and 950, great 1brs for 1100. If you live with roommates you can rent great houses for 500-750 a month, depending on number of roommates.

I'm native and it sucks. If you end up working in the tech corridor along 360/mopac/183 then you could easily live in Pflugerville, RR, or Cedarpark and commute down with a 30 min commute, stretching to 40 in real bad traffic. Until Mopac rebuild is done I definitely wouldn't live south, though. My commute was an hour and a half until my boss relented and I could start coming in at 9:30 instead of 9. Now its just 45 minutes.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 00:15

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

So apparently my retention bonus is contingent upon me staying there for a year, not paid up front. I'm not really trying to leave anyway, but assuming I wanted to, I'm not sure what that does other than provide me additional leverage during salary and bonus negotiations with another prospective company.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 00:55

FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

psydude posted:

So apparently my retention bonus is contingent upon me staying there for a year, not paid up front. I'm not really trying to leave anyway, but assuming I wanted to, I'm not sure what that does other than provide me additional leverage during salary and bonus negotiations with another prospective company.

Don't ever take a counter offer. You were going to leave for a reason, and the company is just buying time to find a replacement.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 00:58

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

ratbert90 posted:

Don't ever take a counter offer. You were going to leave for a reason, and the company is just buying time to find a replacement.

I get that. My point is that I could now add this guaranteed bonus to my total compensation to negotiate with another company.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 01:00

DigitalMocking: Jun 8, 2010; Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
Benjamin Franklin

LochNessMonster posted:

In (some) European countries it's normal to have 2-4 page resume's. I've seen a few while helping HR managers and I've never seen a single page CV ever.

So to the goon who was talking about receiving a 2300 euro offer, check whats normal in your country.

Interesting, I hadn't considered that. I did some hiring in Germany around 2002 and I seem to remember a lot of longer resumes.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 01:12

hihifellow: Jun 17, 2005; seriously where the fuck did this genre come from

Got offered a position on a team of Citrix admins and to work with in-house developers to make scripts that work with their software on the Citrix servers. I'd be doing a lot of scripting with PowerShell, which I love. The formal offer is coming on Monday and I'll learn what the compensation and benefits are then.

I'm gonna turn it down because I don't want to uproot and move to the DC beltway. This is gonna hurt.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 01:35

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

hihifellow posted:

Got offered a position on a team of Citrix admins and to work with in-house developers to make scripts that work with their software on the Citrix servers. I'd be doing a lot of scripting with PowerShell, which I love. The formal offer is coming on Monday and I'll learn what the compensation and benefits are then.

I'm gonna turn it down because I don't want to uproot and move to the DC beltway. This is gonna hurt.

Sounds like a fairly advanced position. Can they not work out something remote with periodic travel, or is it for a government customer that's super scared of VPNs?

# ? Apr 9, 2016 01:47

hihifellow: Jun 17, 2005; seriously where the fuck did this genre come from

I'll find out on monday! It is government, so the outlook isn't good.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 02:57

Toshimo: Aug 23, 2012; He's outta line...

But he's right!

I have been instructed to no longer tell federal employees that TIFF files are "Temporary Image File Format" that will automatically delete themselves in 7 days.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 03:06

mewse: May 2, 2006

Toshimo posted:

I have been instructed to no longer tell federal employees that TIFF files are "Temporary Image File Format" that will automatically delete themselves in 7 days.

They're supposed to rely on Graphical Intermediate Format that loses a quarter of the pixels every few years?

# ? Apr 9, 2016 05:21

Judge Schnoopy: Nov 2, 2005; dont even TRY it, pal

Toshimo posted:

I have been instructed to no longer tell federal employees that TIFF files are "Temporary Image File Format" that will automatically delete themselves in 7 days.

"It's like snapchat for fax!"

# ? Apr 9, 2016 14:57

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

mewse posted:

They're supposed to rely on Graphical Intermediate Format that loses a quarter of the pixels every few years?

For long-term stuff you really want to use the Permanent Duplicate Format

# ? Apr 9, 2016 15:28

H110Hawk: Dec 28, 2006

Datacenter porn? We have 4 new colo cages going in simultaneously. Here are some build progress pics:

Initial space and power is laid out under the tiles. Ladder racking is installed. This site uses rack-supported ladders, so until our racks are there we have uprights in place. Note the tape on the floor which I assume is where racks go.

Then we drop in a network rack, cable, and activate every possible rack position. Just like our offices. (Different site, same template because templates r gud.) Labels redacted for reasons. Suffice to say they look like "XXAA-A" through "XXAD-F" or similar. Depends on row count and racks per row. Everything is alphabetical from whatever the most permanent thing blocking our expansion is such as a wall. Yellow copper is out of band switch uplink, red copper is console on our data switch. MGMT on the data switch is plugged into the OOB switch.

Next steps are putting in the 2 bootstrap servers which function as DHCP, DNS, PXE, and package repositories. Once that is up and running N fully populated racks of servers come in and are hooked up to the existing infrastructure by remote hands. If we've done our jobs opening the ticket to "receive delivery, roll into place, connect power and network, energize" is all they need assuming they know the alphabet. A fully labeled map is provided for them just in case.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 17:11

Super Slash: Feb 20, 2006; You rang ?

MC Fruit Stripe posted:

Don't show up to an interview bare footed.

We have a legend of a self-employed consultant working for us. This dude is like in his 70's and was sent to a client site to conduct some kind of health & safety analysis, he shown up wearing flip flops and a pair of shorts, I think he also rocked up on his new motorcycle and promptly crashed it afterwards.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 19:29

1000101: May 14, 2003; BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY FRUITCAKE!

H110Hawk posted:

Datacenter porn? We have 4 new colo cages going in simultaneously. Here are some build progress pics:

Initial space and power is laid out under the tiles. Ladder racking is installed. This site uses rack-supported ladders, so until our racks are there we have uprights in place. Note the tape on the floor which I assume is where racks go.
...

Next steps are putting in the 2 bootstrap servers which function as DHCP, DNS, PXE, and package repositories. Once that is up and running N fully populated racks of servers come in and are hooked up to the existing infrastructure by remote hands. If we've done our jobs opening the ticket to "receive delivery, roll into place, connect power and network, energize" is all they need assuming they know the alphabet. A fully labeled map is provided for them just in case.

Is that 3rd QFX just a spare in case one of the other switches dies? Also, are you doing virtual chassis?

# ? Apr 9, 2016 20:22

H110Hawk: Dec 28, 2006

1000101 posted:

Is that 3rd QFX just a spare in case one of the other switches dies? Also, are you doing virtual chassis?

Long story where we are doing this in two stages due to reasons where this room will first augment the room down the hall, then be its own standalone cluster. L3-CLOS, no more VC. I don't know if all of the fiber work is done yet either.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 20:26

BornAPoorBlkChild: Sep 24, 2012

http://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp03/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=ATLGA&cws=1&rid=2105

some retard HR from City of Atlanta posted:

Security Engineer

Location: City Of Atlanta
Divisions: DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Description

Salary: $58,800.00-$98,000.00

The Department of Information Technology (DIT) is seeking highly motivated candidates for the role of the Security Engineer for the City of Atlanta reporting directly to the Information Security manager (ISM). The Security Engineer is responsible for implementation and administration of network security hardware and software, enforcing the network security policy and complying with requirements of external security audits and recommendations. Other responsibilities include:

Analyze, troubleshoot, and investigate security-related, information systems� anomalies based on security platform reporting, network traffic, log files, host-based and automated security alerts. Maintain, configure, and analyze network and host-based security platforms:

�Vulnerability scanning systems and tools
�Network-based Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)
�Application Security Firewall (F5)
�Network Access Control (ISE & ACS)
�Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
�Anti-virus and anti-spyware console (MS Endpoint Protection & Fireeye)
�Firewall and network access controls lists
�Web and E-mail proxy and filtering systems ( Websense)
�Physical access control systems (Door Badge)
�BIT 9 Security Control systems
�Netmotion VPN System Access
�Cisco VPN System Access

Evaluate systems using vulnerability scanners and manual techniques to verify system security settings and configurations.

Provide reoccurring reports for network and host-based security solutions.

Maintain and update relevant system and process documentation and develop ad-hoc reports as needed.

Assist the development of security tool requirements, trials, and evaluations, as well as security operations procedures and processes.

Provide off-hours support on an infrequent, but as needed basis.

Provide security analysis to identify threats and vulnerabilities.

Work trouble tickets in ticketing system.

Education and Experience:

�Bachelor�s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (equivalent professional experience may be considered for substitution for the required degree on an exception basis).
�Candidate must have one or more of the following certifications:
�Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
�Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA)
�Certified Cisco Network Associate Security (CCNA/Security)

Preferred Education and Experience:

�5-10 years of experience in private sector corporate security or related public sector organization.
�Knowledge, Skills & Abilities.

This is a partial listing of necessary knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the job successfully. It is not an exhaustive list:

�Ability to set the tone for the organization and motivate management and team.
�Understanding of information security regulations, including Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), ISO 27001, COBIT and ITIL.
�Technical knowledge and experience working with the latest information security technologies and tools, including both commercially available, Government supplied, and custom developed.
�Maintaining security, for assessing and evaluating security, and for doing security incident forensic work. Knowledge of vendors and their products including: The Apache Software Foundation, ArcSight, Bit9, Cisco, FireEye, Net Motion, RSA Security (EMC), Websense, Symantec, and Tripwire.
�Experience with Government agencies, particularly the Department of Defense (DoD) on information security matters. Experience with Government Classified systems and the associated security requirements.
�Updates job knowledge by tracking and understanding emerging security practices and standards; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

EVERY. loving. TIME

# ? Apr 10, 2016 04:14

Judge Schnoopy: Nov 2, 2005; dont even TRY it, pal

Race Realists posted:

http://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp03/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=ATLGA&cws=1&rid=2105

EVERY. loving. TIME

This is a lot of words and since I don't apply for these types of jobs yet, I'm not sure the point you're making. Can you point out what I should be looking for as the 'retard HR' mistake?

# ? Apr 10, 2016 04:23

Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

Race Realists posted:

http://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp03/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=ATLGA&cws=1&rid=2105

EVERY. loving. TIME

Pay range seems a bit low on the high end for the experience they're looking for (and super low on the low end), and there's a mix of engineering and ops roles, but depending on the size that might not be red-flag. I guess I'm not seeing what you are. I'm sure it's something I'll slap my head on, but I'm just not seeing it.

# ? Apr 10, 2016 04:29

jaegerx: Sep 10, 2012; Maybe this post will get me on your ignore list!

Sounds like cissp role.

The average salary for a female CISSP falls between $73,627 and $111,638, while the average male salary is between $78,788 and $119,184. The CISSP is a foundational certification for those seeking a higher level security profession as well as one of the most highly sought after certs in the IT industry.

So yeah low I guess.

jaegerx fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Apr 10, 2016

# ? Apr 10, 2016 04:58

CrazyLittle: Sep 11, 2001; Clapping Larry

For a laundry list of requirements that long, at that pay range, you're probably going to need three people to fill that space they're trying to stretch onto one person.

# ? Apr 10, 2016 05:45

SyNack Sassimov: May 4, 2006; Let the robot win.
��--Captain James T. Vader

CrazyLittle posted:

For a laundry list of requirements that long, at that pay range, you're probably going to need three people to fill that space they're trying to stretch onto one person.

Interesting - I would have thought that it's an adequate pay range for Atlanta, but then again I have absolutely no idea on pay ranges other than the Bay Area so I just assume that $50k for that position is fine in every other area of the country because presumably their houses only cost $300K etc.

# ? Apr 10, 2016 05:58

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

CrazyLittle posted:

For a laundry list of requirements that long, at that pay range, you're probably going to need three people to fill that space they're trying to stretch onto one person.

No, no you see on a normal day they will not have anything, or very little, to do at all, so they only need to pay one person to cover those things :pseudo:

# ? Apr 10, 2016 06:05

jaegerx: Sep 10, 2012; Maybe this post will get me on your ignore list!

It's a mile wide position that specializes in security. Cissp.

I don't get this thread. Being a mile wide is actually good now. You can specialize in the weirdest techs available but with how IT is changing every year you're just loving yourself.

Is everyone in this thread employees at a local MSP or something?

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adorai: Nov 2, 2002; 10/27/04 Never forget; Grimey Drawer

jaegerx posted:

Being a mile wide is actually good now.

It was never not good to be a mile wide. Once upon a time it was common to be a mile wide and an inch deep, or a mile deep and an inch wide. Now you need to be a mile wide and a mile deep, at least at some point. I am "specialized" in many things and that is how I have stayed relevant.

# ? Apr 10, 2016 06:41

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