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@StrongBad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Hey @mobeen welcome to the community!
Thank you
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Welcome to @matteo-nunziati who joins us from Tuscany!
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@scottalanmiller , all
hello.
I'm an almost 40 yo guy from Italy. Had a career as machine vision consultant, then I've started to work for a SMB (50 people including warehouse) in the glass market.
It's 1 year since I've started the job. In theory the tech office of the company asked for a coder, but it emerged out that they have no IT staff, no IT at all (but a xeon ws running as a server) and I've started scratching my head in order to remove the huge chaos in the company.
Basic knowledge on linux and kvm, mostly a coder in Python and C++. Always struggling with the "IT-is-just-a-cost" and "do-it-ourselves-will-cost-less" mood in a 13.000.000 € revenue company.
Recently I've started reading spiceworks, where I've met some of the guys who also post here (notably SAM). Then started looking at some posts here too!
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Great to have you joining us over here!
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Welcome to @bazani who has just joined us from Brasil!
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Welcome to @alice
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Welcome @ramyarithiga
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Welcome @PSingh
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Welcome @rtfm
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Welcome to all the new folks! So many since I last checked this thread, I hope you can all make it to MangoCon this summer (its a blast!).
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@RojoLoco said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Welcome to all the new folks! So many since I last checked this thread, I hope you can all make it to MangoCon this summer (its a blast!).
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
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@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@RojoLoco said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Welcome to all the new folks! So many since I last checked this thread, I hope you can all make it to MangoCon this summer (its a blast!).
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
I've sworn off Spiceworld for good. It was fun, but I could have just as much fun just hanging out in Austin. MC for the win.
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@RojoLoco said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@RojoLoco said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Welcome to all the new folks! So many since I last checked this thread, I hope you can all make it to MangoCon this summer (its a blast!).
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
I've sworn off Spiceworld for good. It was fun, but I could have just as much fun just hanging out in Austin. MC for the win.
Yeah, the one Spiceworld I got to was nothing but a big party for the most part. The best training session I saw was the security presentation by HP in the main hall that almost nobody attended. Those little camera covers they gave out were great, I should've grabbed more.
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@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@RojoLoco said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Welcome to all the new folks! So many since I last checked this thread, I hope you can all make it to MangoCon this summer (its a blast!).
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
If your boss understands that marketing is SpiceWorld and MangoCon is actually Technical conference where you get to learn about implementing solutions (along with a minor marketing section) he'd likely be more happy to approve it.
SW is about marketing and drinking. MC is about learning and Drinking.
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@DustinB3403 said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@RojoLoco said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Welcome to all the new folks! So many since I last checked this thread, I hope you can all make it to MangoCon this summer (its a blast!).
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
If your boss understands that marketing is SpiceWorld and MangoCon is actually Technical conference where you get to learn about implementing solutions (along with a minor marketing section) he'd likely be more happy to prove it.
SW is about marketing and drinking. MC is about learning and Drinking.
I just found my tag line when talking about the difference between the two.
"SW is about marketing and drinking. MC is about learning and Drinking." @DustinB3403
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@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
What's the reasoning? They have their similarities, but the tech is so much more focused at MC. There are videos for him to watch and compare.
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@scottalanmiller said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
What's the reasoning? They have their similarities, but the tech is so much more focused at MC. There are videos for him to watch and compare.
He went to SW '15, but spent most of the time actually working remotely instead of getting to attend but a few seminars.
I got some things out of SW '15, but feel like it didn't go deep enough for the times allotted for the sessions. That is why I am wanting to go to MC '17. Deeper technical dives instead of high-level flyovers or marketing speals.
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@scottalanmiller said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
What's the reasoning? They have their similarities, but the tech is so much more focused at MC. There are videos for him to watch and compare.
I'm sure that boss type people would view the larger, more established one as "better", even though they don't understand the difference.
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@scottalanmiller said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
What's the reasoning? They have their similarities, but the tech is so much more focused at MC. There are videos for him to watch and compare.
I think the only reason why he wants to go is to see what he missed before it goes under.
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@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@scottalanmiller said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
@NerdyDad said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:
Trying to persuade the boss to forget SpiceWorld and let me go to MangoCon. Its been difficult thus far.
What's the reasoning? They have their similarities, but the tech is so much more focused at MC. There are videos for him to watch and compare.
He went to SW '15, but spent most of the time actually working remotely instead of getting to attend but a few seminars.
I got some things out of SW '15, but feel like it didn't go deep enough for the times allotted for the sessions. That is why I am wanting to go to MC '17. Deeper technical dives instead of high-level flyovers or marketing speals.
Interesting - I though deep dives wasn't something that these cons were for at all - at least according to Scott. i.e. Scott was saying something about how he didn't undestand the point in a deep dive FreePBX track, it would be limited by those who want to attend.
After that discussion, I have a hard time not agreeing with him. Are these conventions training classes or general info passing gatherings? Don't take this as anything against MC or even SW - I'm asking what the real goal is?
