Career change... to the cloud.
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@travisdh1 said:
@PSX_Defector said:
@ryan_do said:
A few other perks include reimbursement of the cost of your Internet connection
How about paying for my OC3?
A personal OC3? Want to run their backup data center do you?
Be surprised how cheap it can get on contract from some CLECs and even some ILECs.
Last time I spec'd out a pipe from AT&T, with an OC3 to the office and some colo space in a DC near my house, a 100Mbps ethernet loop into the cage would only cost me about $900 a month. Of course, that doesn't include internet access, just a dumb pipe straight to the DC. I would mooch off whatever I could get from there. Even then, if I had to buy access, would probably run me ~$600 to $800 for AT&T.
In certain parts of the country, you can get some serious bandwidth for reasonable prices. With cheap access, I was thinking of running a fax service from the house. Some CLEC was offering $1200 DS3 pipes (45Mbps) with a full PRI a while back. Combine that with some cheap equipment, I would have a reasonable revenue stream for pretty much nothing.
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@aaronstuder - The culture is great. While there are always growing pains as we become a larger company (there were 15 people when I joined) overall it's an amazing place to work. I like to talk a lot about the perks but the people are what makes DO awesome. Before joining DO (and coming from a background that included a lot of freelance work) my personal rule was that I would not work somewhere if I did not report to a VP or higher and had the ability to tell that person when they are wrong. DO has grown a lot but I could sit down with all three co-founders over the course of this week (as could any employee) to talk about whatever I wanted. Generally these discussions are about issues or career development but not always. For most of the history of the company the execs did not have offices, for several months I sat right next to a couple of the co-founders every day. With our growth a couple executives now have offices (glass walled) though one co-founder gave his up to be a dedicated interview room since he wasn't using it much anyway. I'm not sure how clear a picture this gives you but hopefully it helps.
@PSX_Defector - Haha.. technically the internet connection re-imbursement is the remotee equivalent of the transportation benefit given to locals. Those of us in NYC have our monthly subway pass paid for by the company ($117/month) and this same amount is available for remotes to put towards their Internet access.
Since people seem interested I'll add just a bit more about what it's like to work at DO. When I explain it to others I almost always use the phrase "we are spoiled", and we are. Here is a list of some of the company events I've done since moving to NYC:
- Weekend Ski Trip in Vermont
- Tailgated and attended the Giants/Jets game
- Attended a Yankees/Mets game
- Star Wars VII opening night
- Got to attend a screening at the Tribecca film festival
- An octoberfest river cruise up the hudson
- Numerous company parties, dinners, etc (we have a company Thanksgiving dinner every year, an anniversary party, and a holiday party)
- Attended OSCON, the Community Leadership Summit and Scale14x last year
I am sure I am forgetting a few things. Other in-office perks include
- Catered Lunches every day
- Breakfast and Dinner (if you're in early/late enough) via Corporate Seamless account
- Free beverages (including beer & wine for after 5pm)
- A ton of free snacks in the office
And with all that I should also mention that I average 45 hours per week, work/home balance is a big factor here. Technically I could get away with 40 but I like to come in an hour early to have my breakfast and get caught up before the rest of my team gets in at 10am.
Despite DO being a great resume builder, I am so happy here that the only way I plan to leave is to start my own business, I just don't think any other employer could compare.
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@ryan_do Sounds like a great place to work. Might have to toss you guys a resume once I get my full package put together.
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There is more info and some pictures on themuse.
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@PSX_Defector If you want a list of VMware cloud air network companies to apply at I know a few
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@John-Nicholson said:
@PSX_Defector If you want a list of VMware cloud air network companies to apply at I know a few
I'm happy where I'm at, I'm sure I'll be talking with you sometime anyways. I am the guy in Systems now.
And Orrie says hi.
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that place sounds exactly like Drop Box, only a little smaller. I visited Drop Box last year.. glass conference rooms, open floor plan, almost no cubicals, everyone wearing headphones.
free lunch/drinks/snacks everyday... etc.
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@BBigford said:
I've saw a lot of this debate on various forums. "Will on-premise IT support be replaced by MSPs and/or the cloud?" MSPs displacing (not replacing)
I would says that's sensationalized. Sure it will happen at many SMBs but it's not something that is going to happen everywhere. especially not in the Enterprise sector.
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@Dashrender said:
that place sounds exactly like Drop Box, only a little smaller. I visited Drop Box last year.. glass conference rooms, open floor plan, almost no cubicals, everyone wearing headphones.
free lunch/drinks/snacks everyday... etc.
Headphones are the new cubicles.
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@BBigford said:
@Dashrender said:
that place sounds exactly like Drop Box, only a little smaller. I visited Drop Box last year.. glass conference rooms, open floor plan, almost no cubicals, everyone wearing headphones.
free lunch/drinks/snacks everyday... etc.
Headphones are the new cubicles.
Man, yeah - I'm wondering is this dog is just to old for that.
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I am a very happy DO customer
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You guys. The Cloud to Butt plugin makes this thread hysterical.
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@crustachio said:
You guys. The Cloud to Butt plugin makes this thread hysterical.
@MattSpeller is also a fan of this one.
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I think that there is a big missed opportunity in the opposite, a butt to cloud plugin.
Kiss my cloud!
Check on the cloud on her.
And so forth.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I think that there is a big missed opportunity in the opposite, a butt to cloud plugin.
Kiss my cloud!
Check on the cloud on her.
And so forth.
Sounds a bit nebulous.
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@crustachio said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I think that there is a big missed opportunity in the opposite, a butt to cloud plugin.
Kiss my cloud!
Check on the cloud on her.
And so forth.
Sounds a bit nebulous.
You don't like my ideas? You can kiss my fat white cloud.
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See what I did there?
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@Dashrender said:
@BBigford said:
@Dashrender said:
that place sounds exactly like Drop Box, only a little smaller. I visited Drop Box last year.. glass conference rooms, open floor plan, almost no cubicals, everyone wearing headphones.
free lunch/drinks/snacks everyday... etc.
Headphones are the new cubicles.
Man, yeah - I'm wondering is this dog is just to old for that.
I'm happy with having my own office. I don't even like cubicals, I get distracted too much.
