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

      When you talk to your friend about the job, just tell him you want to do the I.T. aspect of it too and make sure and explain what that is. Most people in no technical roles won't understand what I.T. is. So be descriptive in what you tell him. Examples are like deciding on what to buy or the direction the bar should go in the I.T. aspect. Things like that.

      For sure. Use this time to explain that you are excited about a chance to...

      1. Be valued for working hard and caring.
      2. Work at a place you actually want to see succeed.
      3. Do the work that he needs you to do.
      4. Bring more value than he's anticipating because you are going to do the IT as well and handle an aspect of the business for him that he's probably not thought about (or much) and that this is important to you because you don't want to totally give up the tech side of things. So it's a favour for BOTH of you.
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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        It also shows that you want to be comprehensively valuable and involved in the business, not just showing up to do the one thing he needs. And it's a bar, so it's IT that you know specifically - POS systems mostly.

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        • jmooreJ
          jmoore @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          Scott did hotel work but was a manager there. That is the key. Managers often have the chance to decide what aspect of the business they want to specialize in. He specialized in I.T. You will probably have a similar opportunity.

          Actually we were barred from doing any IT or touching the computers at all. The hotel owners totally feared that we knew about computers and thought we were hackers. I used my hotel management time to study though, and the flexibility to take contracting jobs, and the hotel income to found my own company (maybe you've heard of it), and to make connections (my big initial customers were hotel guests and it was one of them that offered me my first executive position.)

          His situation is likely better, I worked in hotels in the IT dark ages when computers were green screens and people didn't know what the Internet was and were terrified of everything.

          Oh haha my mistake, I misdunderstood. Your hotel boss watched "Wargames" too many times?

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            Been on the phone. Hanging out with the dog. About to do some video editing.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Finally getting around to making coffee.

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              • travisdh1T
                travisdh1
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                #@%%%%$ VLANs! Someone made a different VLAN just for the WiFi on their main network and didn't add it to all the switches. VLANs still suck people.

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                  thecreaitvone91 @travisdh1
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                  @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  #@%%%%$ VLANs! Someone made a different VLAN just for the WiFi on their main network and didn't add it to all the switches. VLANs still suck people.

                  This is why you use Ansible Playbooks

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                  • dbeatoD
                    dbeato @travisdh1
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                    @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    #@%%%%$ VLANs! Someone made a different VLAN just for the WiFi on their main network and didn't add it to all the switches. VLANs still suck people.

                    Yeah 🙂

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                    • travisdh1T
                      travisdh1 @thecreaitvone91
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                      @thecreaitvone91 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      #@%%%%$ VLANs! Someone made a different VLAN just for the WiFi on their main network and didn't add it to all the switches. VLANs still suck people.

                      This is why you use Ansible Playbooks

                      I wish. Salt, Ansible, anything to make managing our clients stuff easier.

                      Wouldn't have helped with whoever the crazy was that set this up. The more I dig in, the worse it gets. No trunks anywhere, VLAN for the WiFi tagged to every port on the TOR switch, no other switches with VLAN configured.

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                      • WrCombsW
                        WrCombs
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                        Why is apartment hunting so difficult?

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

                          Why is apartment hunting so difficult?

                          Looking for a new apartment closer to the bar? 😉

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                          • WrCombsW
                            WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            Why is apartment hunting so difficult?

                            Looking for a new apartment closer to the bar? 😉

                            haha something like that.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              Why is apartment hunting so difficult?

                              Looking for a new apartment closer to the bar? 😉

                              LOL

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                Just posted my latest travel video! Whoo hoo.

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                                • jt1001001J
                                  jt1001001
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                                  Around here plenty of apartments are right above the bar.

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                                  • siringoS
                                    siringo
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                                    welcome to a cold clear sunny tuesday morning.
                                    late start, coffee #2 coming up next.

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                                    • EddieJenningsE
                                      EddieJennings
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                                      MeshCentral = armed and operational (except Let's Encrypt, which I'll deal with tomorrow). Time for sleep 😄

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                                      • jt1001001J
                                        jt1001001
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                                        More layoffs at my company today; who knows I may be one of them ugh

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                                        • black3dynamiteB
                                          black3dynamite @EddieJennings
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                                          @EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          MeshCentral = armed and operational (except Let's Encrypt, which I'll deal with tomorrow). Time for sleep 😄

                                          Did you use the sample-config-advanced.json or sample-config.json file for your config.json?

                                          The sample-config.json provides a bare minimal settings while the sample-config-advanced.json provides you the complete set of options to choose from.

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                                          • wirestyle22W
                                            wirestyle22 @jt1001001
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                                            @jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            More layoffs at my company today; who knows I may be one of them ugh

                                            Hopefully not man. It's tough out there right now

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