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    • coliverC
      coliver @bigbear
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      @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Reading RHCSA book before teaching today’s saxophone lesson.

      What kind of job are you going for with all the Linux stuff, just curious?

      Even SMB jobs could benefit from Linux skills.

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      • EddieJenningsE
        EddieJennings @bigbear
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        @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        Reading RHCSA book before teaching today’s saxophone lesson.

        What kind of job are you going for with all the Linux stuff, just curious?

        System administrator, but that’s a long way off.

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        • NerdyDadN
          NerdyDad
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          Catching up on emails again. Thanks ML.

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          • bigbearB
            bigbear @EddieJennings
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            @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            Reading RHCSA book before teaching today’s saxophone lesson.

            What kind of job are you going for with all the Linux stuff, just curious?

            System administrator, but that’s a long way off.

            Sounds like you have the drive to get there.

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            • EddieJenningsE
              EddieJennings @bigbear
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              @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              Reading RHCSA book before teaching today’s saxophone lesson.

              What kind of job are you going for with all the Linux stuff, just curious?

              System administrator, but that’s a long way off.

              Sounds like you have the drive to get there.

              I’ve flirted with the thought of developmenr; however, I cannot seem to take the plunge.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @EddieJennings
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                @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                Reading RHCSA book before teaching today’s saxophone lesson.

                What kind of job are you going for with all the Linux stuff, just curious?

                System administrator, but that’s a long way off.

                Sounds like you have the drive to get there.

                I’ve flirted with the thought of developmenr; however, I cannot seem to take the plunge.

                That's a pretty huge change. That's a full career change, as opposed to a role change.

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                • EddieJenningsE
                  EddieJennings @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  Reading RHCSA book before teaching today’s saxophone lesson.

                  What kind of job are you going for with all the Linux stuff, just curious?

                  System administrator, but that’s a long way off.

                  Sounds like you have the drive to get there.

                  I’ve flirted with the thought of developmenr; however, I cannot seem to take the plunge.

                  That's a pretty huge change. That's a full career change, as opposed to a role change.

                  Not as much as leaving teaching :P. It’s the problem of being interested in everything — something I’ve dealt with for the last 35 years. However, I know I don’t have the drive to become good in the dev world.

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                  • bigbearB
                    bigbear @EddieJennings
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                    @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    Reading RHCSA book before teaching today’s saxophone lesson.

                    What kind of job are you going for with all the Linux stuff, just curious?

                    System administrator, but that’s a long way off.

                    Sounds like you have the drive to get there.

                    I’ve flirted with the thought of developmenr; however, I cannot seem to take the plunge.

                    That's a pretty huge change. That's a full career change, as opposed to a role change.

                    Not as much as leaving teaching :P. It’s the problem of being interested in everything — something I’ve dealt with for the last 35 years. However, I know I don’t have the drive to become good in the dev world.

                    I started when I was 8, but have mostly drifted in to sysadmin or telecom/internet. I spent a lot of time in Java, then even more in Ruby, and now that I am working on things again I am having to really get in to Node.js, so at least with sysadmin stuff the knowledge and experience is cumulative as your career grows.

                    You could almost argue that Windows Server knowledge is a 50% toss out everytime a major version is released where Linux is steady. With your teaching experience you could probably land a nice school admin position. I saw a school librarian convert in the matter of 2 years to district admin (small school district). But she actually become a much better admin than the lazy person they fired who had a lifetime of experience.

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                    • EddieJenningsE
                      EddieJennings
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                      Maybe I'm just bitter from UGA's meltdown, but it seems like the vultures have landed on this thread.
                      https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2085471-the-best-low-cost-cloud-based-phone-system
                      Guy hasn't had a chance to even tell us requirements, and [insert vendor here] already has the best possible solution for the requirements that haven't been named.

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                      • ObsolesceO
                        Obsolesce @EddieJennings
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                        @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        Maybe I'm just bitter from UGA's meltdown, but it seems like the vultures have landed on this thread.
                        https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2085471-the-best-low-cost-cloud-based-phone-system
                        Guy hasn't had a chance to even tell us requirements, and [insert vendor here] already has the best possible solution for the requirements that haven't been named.

                        Yeah that's why I don't even bother reading Vendor comments. The only exception is Kooler from StarWimd he seems to be the only Vendor who actually knows things and not just trying to blindly sell software .

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                        • NerdyDadN
                          NerdyDad @Obsolesce
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                          @tim_g said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          Maybe I'm just bitter from UGA's meltdown, but it seems like the vultures have landed on this thread.
                          https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2085471-the-best-low-cost-cloud-based-phone-system
                          Guy hasn't had a chance to even tell us requirements, and [insert vendor here] already has the best possible solution for the requirements that haven't been named.

                          Yeah that's why I don't even bother reading Vendor comments. The only exception is Kooler from StarWimd he seems to be the only Vendor who actually knows things and not just trying to blindly sell software .

                          Oh, you mean this @KOOLER?

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                          • dbeatoD
                            dbeato @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller Anytime!

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                            • dbeatoD
                              dbeato @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller Good evening to everyone!

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                              • dbeatoD
                                dbeato @NerdyDad
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                                @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                exception is Kooler from StarWimd he seems to be the only Vendor who actually knows things and not just trying to blindly sell software .

                                Oh, you mean this @KOOLER?

                                Yeah 🙂 he is in SW and really posts mostly on storage, virtualization and so foth(Which is the industry Starwinds is involved).

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                                • dbeatoD
                                  dbeato @NerdyDad
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                                  @nerdydad Doing that now!

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                                  • dbeatoD
                                    dbeato
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                                    All moved in the new house, packed the whole truck moved to the new house placed everything and now I am tired but everything is in the placed they belong. Now to rest!

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
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                                      @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @tim_g said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      Maybe I'm just bitter from UGA's meltdown, but it seems like the vultures have landed on this thread.
                                      https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2085471-the-best-low-cost-cloud-based-phone-system
                                      Guy hasn't had a chance to even tell us requirements, and [insert vendor here] already has the best possible solution for the requirements that haven't been named.

                                      Yeah that's why I don't even bother reading Vendor comments. The only exception is Kooler from StarWimd he seems to be the only Vendor who actually knows things and not just trying to blindly sell software .

                                      Oh, you mean this @KOOLER?

                                      One and the same.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @dbeato
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                                        @dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @scottalanmiller Good evening to everyone!

                                        Good evening.

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                                        • bigbearB
                                          bigbear @EddieJennings
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                                          @eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          Maybe I'm just bitter from UGA's meltdown, but it seems like the vultures have landed on this thread.
                                          https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2085471-the-best-low-cost-cloud-based-phone-system
                                          Guy hasn't had a chance to even tell us requirements, and [insert vendor here] already has the best possible solution for the requirements that haven't been named.

                                          Its funny because I was looking into SW marketing options and from what I can tell all you get is the opportunity to SPAM everyone with your wares.

                                          The only thing worth a damn in terms of comments are other people who have used and recommend a product.

                                          I have been looking at out of band options from the normal google/facebook/twitter ads, specifically paid Youtube content creators. Not paid fake referrals but those who have followers and would do a product run down, unbiased, etc.

                                          On a past project I had a Verge/Vox article bring me a few thousand sign-ups. Then a week or so later some Youtube video was posted, had never heard of them, and we had about 10,000 sign ups overnight. The video only had 24,000 views.

                                          Targeting seems to be everything now. But still I am sure vendors make a little bit from hussling like that, otherwise they wouldnt keep coming back.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @bigbear
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                                            @bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            Targeting seems to be everything now. But still I am sure vendors make a little bit from hussling like that, otherwise they wouldnt keep coming back.

                                            That's not actually true. With a lot of marketing, departments are given budgets and have no means to track success. So in many cases, marketing attempts are done without feedback and can actually do negative impact to sales, but no one knows how it happened.

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