Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!
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@pchiodo said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@JaredBusch said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@pchiodo said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
Well... I'm on United, so I guess we'll catch up Friday.... maybe Saturday morning.
I'm on Amtrak. Shall we race?
You, my friend, are at a distinct advantage.
You have apparently never tried to go from Chicago to St Louis on Amtrak.
@scottalanmiller claims that this line is decent, so giving it a go.
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@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
This is vacation?
If I didn't have a training budget, I suppose I'd have to use vacation to attend.
Ooohhh, a training budget. That's a good idea.
Definitely ask for one at your next job. Though, short of $5K+, I don't expect you'll go to much dedicated training, it will be more conferences like SW and MLcon.
I'm budgeted for $2500/yr which includes transportation, hotel and meals. Dedicated Cisco training that it's local, for example, the class will be $3500+. Sure there are less expensive ones, but those seem less common.
I've found a lot of places don't believe in budgets. (I do.)
If we can afford it and its a need, we do it.
This isn't about budgets - this is about your compensation package (I suppose it's still technically about budgets too).
This is like vacation - they must give it to me or they are in breach of the employment contract.
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@JaredBusch said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@scottalanmiller claims that this line is decent, so giving it a go.
Only that stretch of it. East of Utica it gets bad, too.
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@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@scottalanmiller said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
This is vacation?
If I didn't have a training budget, I suppose I'd have to use vacation to attend.
Ooohhh, a training budget. That's a good idea.
Definitely ask for one at your next job. Though, short of $5K+, I don't expect you'll go to much dedicated training, it will be more conferences like SW and MLcon.
I'm budgeted for $2500/yr which includes transportation, hotel and meals. Dedicated Cisco training that it's local, for example, the class will be $3500+. Sure there are less expensive ones, but those seem less common.
I've found a lot of places don't believe in budgets. (I do.)
If we can afford it and its a need, we do it.
I don't believe in budgets, but I do believe that training is an essential cost of supporting any department.
Yeah that's really more I mean about believing in budgets.
I feel like if you give people a budget, they'll spend every penny of it.
Have a non-monetary plan in place, and then purchase as needed/available.
This is supposedly how we do it here - no real budgets... we decide what we need, decide if the business needs to do it.. if so.. it's done.
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@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@scottalanmiller said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
This is vacation?
If I didn't have a training budget, I suppose I'd have to use vacation to attend.
Ooohhh, a training budget. That's a good idea.
Definitely ask for one at your next job. Though, short of $5K+, I don't expect you'll go to much dedicated training, it will be more conferences like SW and MLcon.
I'm budgeted for $2500/yr which includes transportation, hotel and meals. Dedicated Cisco training that it's local, for example, the class will be $3500+. Sure there are less expensive ones, but those seem less common.
I've found a lot of places don't believe in budgets. (I do.)
If we can afford it and its a need, we do it.
I don't believe in budgets, but I do believe that training is an essential cost of supporting any department.
Yeah that's really more I mean about believing in budgets.
I feel like if you give people a budget, they'll spend every penny of it.
Have a non-monetary plan in place, and then purchase as needed/available.
This is supposedly how we do it here - no real budgets... we decide what we need, decide if the business needs to do it.. if so.. it's done.
That's the way that it should be. Buy what you need, don't buy what you don't. Budgets encourage you to spend where there is no need because "there is budget for it."
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@scottalanmiller said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@scottalanmiller said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
This is vacation?
If I didn't have a training budget, I suppose I'd have to use vacation to attend.
Ooohhh, a training budget. That's a good idea.
Definitely ask for one at your next job. Though, short of $5K+, I don't expect you'll go to much dedicated training, it will be more conferences like SW and MLcon.
I'm budgeted for $2500/yr which includes transportation, hotel and meals. Dedicated Cisco training that it's local, for example, the class will be $3500+. Sure there are less expensive ones, but those seem less common.
I've found a lot of places don't believe in budgets. (I do.)
If we can afford it and its a need, we do it.
I don't believe in budgets, but I do believe that training is an essential cost of supporting any department.
Yeah that's really more I mean about believing in budgets.
I feel like if you give people a budget, they'll spend every penny of it.
Have a non-monetary plan in place, and then purchase as needed/available.
This is supposedly how we do it here - no real budgets... we decide what we need, decide if the business needs to do it.. if so.. it's done.
That's the way that it should be. Buy what you need, don't buy what you don't. Budgets encourage you to spend where there is no need because "there is budget for it."
I do not like budgets either.
I educate my clients that:
- Based on national averages, they should spend somewhere around 3%-6% of revenue on IT.
- Do not set a budget.
- Analyze your processes and plan IT to minimize other expenses.
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@JaredBusch said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@scottalanmiller said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@scottalanmiller said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
This is vacation?
If I didn't have a training budget, I suppose I'd have to use vacation to attend.
Ooohhh, a training budget. That's a good idea.
Definitely ask for one at your next job. Though, short of $5K+, I don't expect you'll go to much dedicated training, it will be more conferences like SW and MLcon.
I'm budgeted for $2500/yr which includes transportation, hotel and meals. Dedicated Cisco training that it's local, for example, the class will be $3500+. Sure there are less expensive ones, but those seem less common.
I've found a lot of places don't believe in budgets. (I do.)
If we can afford it and its a need, we do it.
I don't believe in budgets, but I do believe that training is an essential cost of supporting any department.
Yeah that's really more I mean about believing in budgets.
I feel like if you give people a budget, they'll spend every penny of it.
Have a non-monetary plan in place, and then purchase as needed/available.
This is supposedly how we do it here - no real budgets... we decide what we need, decide if the business needs to do it.. if so.. it's done.
That's the way that it should be. Buy what you need, don't buy what you don't. Budgets encourage you to spend where there is no need because "there is budget for it."
I do not like budgets either.
I educate my clients that:
- Based on national averages, they should spend somewhere around 3%-6% of revenue on IT.
- Do not set a budget.
- Analyze your processes and plan IT to minimize other expenses.
Invest when it makes sense, save when it doesn't.
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@scottalanmiller said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@JaredBusch said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@scottalanmiller said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@scottalanmiller said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@BRRABill said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@Dashrender said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
This is vacation?
If I didn't have a training budget, I suppose I'd have to use vacation to attend.
Ooohhh, a training budget. That's a good idea.
Definitely ask for one at your next job. Though, short of $5K+, I don't expect you'll go to much dedicated training, it will be more conferences like SW and MLcon.
I'm budgeted for $2500/yr which includes transportation, hotel and meals. Dedicated Cisco training that it's local, for example, the class will be $3500+. Sure there are less expensive ones, but those seem less common.
I've found a lot of places don't believe in budgets. (I do.)
If we can afford it and its a need, we do it.
I don't believe in budgets, but I do believe that training is an essential cost of supporting any department.
Yeah that's really more I mean about believing in budgets.
I feel like if you give people a budget, they'll spend every penny of it.
Have a non-monetary plan in place, and then purchase as needed/available.
This is supposedly how we do it here - no real budgets... we decide what we need, decide if the business needs to do it.. if so.. it's done.
That's the way that it should be. Buy what you need, don't buy what you don't. Budgets encourage you to spend where there is no need because "there is budget for it."
I do not like budgets either.
I educate my clients that:
- Based on national averages, they should spend somewhere around 3%-6% of revenue on IT.
- Do not set a budget.
- Analyze your processes and plan IT to minimize other expenses.
Invest when it makes sense, save when it doesn't.
Also good advice, buy high, sell low!
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Preparing with all things Mango :
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@Minion-Queen said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
Preparing with all things Mango
That reminds me, I had this beer on Friday...
https://foundersbrewing.com/backstage-series/mango-magnifico-2016/
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Any good Cigar places in Downtown Rochester?
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@brianlittlejohn said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
Any good Cigar places in Downtown Rochester?
I'm not a smoker but these places have good reviews.
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@DustinB3403 said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
@brianlittlejohn said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
Any good Cigar places in Downtown Rochester?
I'm not a smoker but these places have good reviews.
Im not much of a smoker... just like to have a cigar a couple of times a year.
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Havana Moes is about 10 minutes from the hotel. Down where we will be going to bars.
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It's just about time!!!
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@Minion-Queen said in Brace yourselves MangoCON is COMING!!!!!:
Havana Moes is about 10 minutes from the hotel. Down where we will be going to bars.
Tiki bar?
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Smoke shop
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Are going to bars?
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There is open bar for 2 hours each night (with dinner). After that you are all on your own. But we scoped out a few really nice places down on East Ave.
