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  Anybody ever work at Microsoft? If so, how was it?
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  @scottalanmiller said in Anybody ever work at Microsoft? If so, how was it?: I have a friend that started there recently and really liked it. He's more on the training side of things. But MS is well known for being a good employer. Way better than the companies famous to non-tech people for being good employers. MS is at the top end of the big software makers. Tech companies pretty much have an arms race between each other for hiring and maintaining staff. It's not just in the pay. I have 15 weeks full pay maternity/paternity/adoption leave as an example of a benefit. I have unlimited vacation (I took ~7 weeks off last year including the entire month of June). The biggest dig against Microsoft used to be they used stack ranking but I hear they stopped that. In general with tech the expectation is you deliver results (high expectations) how and when you do it is really up to you.
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  Win 10 1709 Outlook Excel 2016 hang
  outlook excel dash win10 nightmare windows 10 1709 locking up • • Dashrender

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  I have seen weird/slow response with the video/hardware acceleration turned on. Try disabling it.
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  Web Development Company
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  Where Does Intern Level Fall on the Scale?
  intern user power user • • scottalanmiller

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  @wrx7m said in Where Does Intern Level Fall on the Scale?: @scottalanmiller said in Where Does Intern Level Fall on the Scale?: @wrx7m said in Where Does Intern Level Fall on the Scale?: @scottalanmiller said in Where Does Intern Level Fall on the Scale?: @wrcombs said in Where Does Intern Level Fall on the Scale?: What would you consider to be an User? Office user? Power user? i guess I would like to know more about the progression shown. Users would be "anyone". Basic computer literacy. Ability to surf the web, send and receive emails, write office documents, play video games, install software (at home), etc. Office Users would be a step up. They would know the same basic literacy, but also apply that to an office environment adding printers, domain logins, business applications, more "technical" style applications, etc. Power Users would be a step up from that. Maybe knowing how to build computers. How to configure computers and simple network stuff. Using technical or power apps. Edging on being IT, but because it suits their end user needs rather than for the sake of being into IT itself. An Intern should start where these leave off, because they are honestly looking into work in IT and you should research and study before being an intern. You shouldn't not know that you want to be an intern until you are used to that stuff. According to this, over 90% of the people here, are just users. Most barely know anything about using MS Office or something that isn't related to their exact role. If they get stuck in their task sequence they have to start all the way over. Not because the systems prevent them from backtracking, but because they can't think of how to do it without going from step 1 - 10. By "here", you mean your place of work? Yes. LOL Sorry. Not on ML. Lots of people at businesses are not what we'd normally consider computer users. Like obviously they are USING a computer, but not AS a computer. Like I have some users that only scan barcodes. It goes into a computer, but they are really just barcode reader operators.
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  HRU-Tech: credible?
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  @momurda said in HRU-Tech: credible?: @brrabill Yes and Robocop will just shoot any malfunctioning equipment. Robotic voice: Please step away from the server. You have three seconds to comply. *whirring noises, sounds of guns cocking*
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  The Axes of Staffing
  msp itsp outsource employee offshore contractor insource onshore nearshore 1099 fte • • scottalanmiller

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  And this one... https://ntg.co/outsourcing-and-offshoring/
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  The Bad Windows Update Career Dance
  • scottalanmiller

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  Same thing would apply if a person did a bad Linux update and broke a farm of servers. Also I see multiple issues with companies not wanting to update their systems and keeping old systems running which is a far worse thing.
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  When Is It Too Costly for IT to Cover Bench?
  it bench • • scottalanmiller

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  @carnival-boy said in When Is It Too Costly for IT to Cover Bench?: £100 per hour may seem expensive, but I couldn't find anyone that would do it cheaper locally. That was often an hour at a time, so represented two hours when you include travel to and from our site (we only paid for time on-site). It does, but I think you are in London so compare to Manhattan and it's still high, but not crazy high. However, in Manhattan we'd never be able to get someone full time for $30K. That shows how different the numbers are. NYC and London are similar in a lot of ways, but your employment costs are half ours, while your hourly on calls are higher.
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  Considering the Issues of Remote IT vs Local On Premises IT
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  @pmoncho said in Considering the Issues of Remote IT vs Local On Premises IT: "Reducing or eliminating commute time makes for far better work conditions for both parties. And can be a huge cost benefit to the employee." I like your possible idea above about maybe a split remote access/onsite FTE for lower salary. Costs would be lower and provide a higher value to both the SMB and the employee. Split removes nearly all of the benefits like the taxes, real estate, locality, etc. It's not a bad thing, but it means that you cripple the remote benefits significantly in most cases. Instead of saving X, you save .1X or something like that. Typically the benefits are already split, the employee spends less to go to work, the company gets more productivity and spends less for them to get the same pay. You don't have to reduce pay to see a wide range of financial and soft benefits to both parties.
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  If not A+, then where should someone start?
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  @jaredbusch said in If not A+, then where should someone start?: @scottalanmiller said in If not A+, then where should someone start?: @irj said in If not A+, then where should someone start?: @flaxking said in If not A+, then where should someone start?: A+ helped me get a $12/hour job 7 years ago. $40K entry helpdesk jobs are out there, but I've mostly just heard about them in unionized jobs, and someone applying internally can cross departments and will automatically get the job instead of you because of seniority. Most of the stuff in my area starts around $20/hr which is over $38k. I live in an area where cost of living and salary is lower than national average. $20/hr is way over that, even just at 40hr weeks. Do 50+ hours and you are making some serious money. $57,200 The official number used by most government agencies is 2087 work hours in a year. So math is your friend. 2087 * $20 = $41,740 2087 * $25 = $52,175 Right. I did it on 50 hours plus overtime rate for ten hours, so 55 * 52 * 20
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  How Much and Long Does the A+ Typically Influence IT Hiring?
  comptia it career a+ • • scottalanmiller

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  @kelly said in How Much and Long Does the A+ Typically Influence IT Hiring?: I realize that recording a video saves you a ton of time in getting out your thoughts, but I'm not going to be able to keep up with your thoughts if this is your new way of posting I’ve told him many times I will not watch videos, but I don’t think he cares but I have no idea what he said in any of them.
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  Discounted Exam Vouchers
  microsoft comptia certifications exam vouchers • • IRJ

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  The site is constantly updated, so these ones will be removed once expired and new ones (that expire soon) will be added.
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  My Son & College
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  @momurda said in My Son & College: @jaredbusch said in My Son & College: @momurda said in My Son & College: Also, your 17 year old will probably change his mind next week. And then again the week after that. And again this afternoon. This is a bunch of shit. No it isnt. I added a conditional probably at the beginning. The vast majority of people at 17 are clueless about what they want for their future, except for some nebulous 'to get a job' type goal that their parents have foisted on them. Just because you swear and berate people on a forum doesnt make you correct. So who is the pot and who is the kettle?
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  Home Lab Ideas from SAMIT Video
  youtube scott alan miller samit it education home lab • • scottalanmiller

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  Bits and Bytes SAMIT Video
  youtube samit it education computer history computer education • • scottalanmiller

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  A classic. These shows are the best.
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  Why Do Recruiters Never Mention the Location of Work?
  • scottalanmiller

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  @momurda said in Why Do Recruiters Never Mention the Location of Work?: They are fake job postings? Do people actually email you job offers every day? Yes, many every day. Yes, many really exists. The one that made me think of this today wrote back and gave me the info them updated their info about me in their system. They apparently have my location recorded from 2007 and were using that as a bad assumption. But that's really problematic because their system records "where I am" and nothing about "where I will consider work."
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  Spot the Fake Job Postings, Labor Day 2017
  it career job hunting fake job name and shame cat fishing cybercoders • • scottalanmiller

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  @travisdh1 Could be Valve with a title like that.
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  Just How Hard is University to Overcome
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  Gamifying Productivity
  productivity gamification mobile app • • Kelly

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  @scottalanmiller said in Gamifying Productivity: https://habitica.com/ Thanks @scottalanmiller. I forgot the link.
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  Survey of Fake Jobs SAMIT Video
  youtube scott alan miller samit video it career job hunting job posting • • scottalanmiller

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  @momurda said in Survey of Fake Jobs SAMIT Video: Anyway to get it to transcribe these to a document whose text you could put underneath your videos? Gotta find an easy way to pretty it up. But I know how to get it now, so I can work on that.
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  Career guidance Confused
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  @roopankumar said in Career guidance Confused: @dbeato I need be a System Admin but am going in security so wat can do now So start working on being a System Administrator and secure all the systems as needed. Focus on securing each OS and then go next to application security with each OS, you might also need to touch the network so knowledge of it would be a plus.
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  The Entirely Fake Office SAMIT Video
  youtube scott alan miller samit job hunting fake job anecdote • • scottalanmiller

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  @bbigford said in The Entirely Fake Office SAMIT Video: @scottalanmiller said in The Entirely Fake Office SAMIT Video: @bbigford said in The Entirely Fake Office SAMIT Video: Wow. Yeah, amazing the lengths that companies will go through. The fake office in a verified business with the intent of approaching them... I am lost for words on how messed up that is to lure people in as part of the key deliverables & company resume. Shows how much the clients will potentially pay if the recruiters "own" all viable candidates!
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  Resume Help
  resume resume review • • Fredtx

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  updated. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OmIwV1c2_Lr9N_EUxUe_YEpVrhfaF0V_/view?usp=sharing
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  Would you apply for this job?
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  @coliver said in Would you apply for this job?: Looks like they want a generalist. Either they want a decently senior generalist, or more likely three mid-level specialists.
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  IT Project Consultant
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  Just received this spam today, so these people are definitely out there... " My company provides IT PMO and Project Management Consulting services. We have a proven approach to delivering PMO Startup/Improvement, Project Delivery, Project Management Training, and Project Management Software services nationwide. Our dedicated SQUAD of experts can lead your high-priority IT Projects allowing you to focus on the core of your business. We have a successful track record of delivering IT Applications, Infrastructure, eCommerce, and Digital projects using Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies. I would like to speak to you about your current / future IT Projects and PMO needs to see if we can help. Are you the person I should speak with? If not, can you please point me into right direction?"
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  Standard recruiting practice?
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  The non-B&S scenarios seem unreasonable... The position was open at the start of the interview, but closed during the interview and they felt bad so considered him for a lower position: but didn't mention that this happened and were going to ignore such a huge thing having happened. Physically possible, but completely unreasonable to assume. They did the interview for the L2, but the non-technical person decided to change the tech level without talking to a tech person. Also not reasonable, and possibly still B&S even if this is what happened. Is there a scenario where someone applies for too senior of a position and could legitimately get offered something more junior? Yes, but it would be discussed, it would be open and honest, and it would happen at a technical level not a recruiter screening. It's insanely unlikely in the real world, but could happen. But it would never happen like this, where it was done by an unqualified person, silently with no one discussing it until called on for it.
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  Nearly All Job Postings Are Fake SAMIT Video
  samit it careers job posting • • scottalanmiller

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  @wrx7m said in Nearly All Job Postings Are Fake SAMIT Video: why does anyone waste time posting the job then? Posting the job? Because there is a ton of value is using fake job postings to harvest data about job seekers. Compare it to SPAM email or fake Tinder profiles - they are snares to trap the gullible or to just collect general data. It's essentially free and zero effort to do, but an incredibly powerful tool for collecting data or more. The issue is actually the opposite than you picture. To you it seems like a waste of time. But in reality, it's worth so much money to have fake job postings that it is amazing any real jobs remain at all.
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  Job Hunting is Like Online Dating SAMIT Video
  youtube scott alan miller samit it career job hunting • • scottalanmiller

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  @scottalanmiller said in Job Hunting is Like Online Dating SAMIT Video: I can see a podcast mechanism being very handy. I like podcasts on an old fashioned MP3 player with no Internet myself. I can offer to make the podcast on this.
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  How to Spot Fake Job Postings SAMIT Video
  youtube scott alan miller samit it career job hunting • • scottalanmiller

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  @scottalanmiller said in How to Spot Fake Job Postings SAMIT Video: Youtube Video Fake job postings are sometimes pretty hard to spot. But there are a lot of signs that can help us identify common fake jobs. The truth about this had me gut rolling in the car the other day. Great video.
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  If you don't question me, you don't respect me
  • scottalanmiller

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