@scottalanmiller said in The Difference Between IT and Bench Work SAMIT Video:

@flaxking said in The Difference Between IT and Bench Work SAMIT Video:

@scottalanmiller It is interesting that bench/IT cross discipline experience is so common, but it often happens from convenience/budget constraint or ignorance. (though sometimes it happens as a hobby) And thus being cross trained won't help you that much in advancing your career.

However IT/Dev cross discipline is super useful and there is an ongoing spike in demand for it. As well as being well paying. But Bench/IT is more common. That might be changing though. With the cloud providing another layer of abstraction from the hardware, and with learning Powershell scripting meaning you're starting to cross into Dev.

My personal belief is that DevOps is not the future of systems administration, only a stepping stone along the path. System admins aren't attempting to do something bespoke or unique, like developers are, so the use of development methodologies doesn't make sense abstractly within IT circles. Right now, a lack of advanced tooling for what admins need creates a need for DevOps, but only to fill an existing gap - one that I know of at least one company working to fill. Once the power of Devops exists without the need for developer knowledge or experience, I think that we will rapidly see that category disappear again.

I think you're probably right, when we're talking about interdisciplinary IT/Dev skills and the misnamed 'DevOps Engineer' role. Eventually that will be automated and abstracted away. At which point mixing IT and Dev will as inherently valuable as mixing any other discipline with Dev, and it would make more sense to be talking about the value of Bench/Dev vs. IT/Dev.

However the 'power of DevOps' is a whole other can of worms.

This is totally a coincidence that this was the next one up in the queue to post here. But talk about perfect timing! This came up at least three times today alone.

@coliver said in What Net Neutrality Means to You SAMIT Video:

@scottalanmiller said in What Net Neutrality Means to You SAMIT Video:

@wirestyle22 said in What Net Neutrality Means to You SAMIT Video:

BREAKING: Senator Chuck Schumer says there will be a Senate Vote to overturn the FCC's ruling on Net Neutrality -- Only a simple majority will be required to overturn the ruling.

Sadly, he needs a majority but the R have the majority and don't want to vote against the companies that have them in their pockets. And there is no point to doing so as this was Trump's boi in the FCC and Trump has veto. So while CHuck is doing a good thing, it won't make any difference.

It's posturing. Seems more like he knows it won't work and is just prepping for 2018 at this point.

He and Booker are top considerations for president so, very likely.

@scottalanmiller Thanks man!!! Review time.

@flaxking said in Always Study for the Future SAMIT Video:

When I was deciding when if I was going to do Server 2012 or 2016 certifications, I went with 2012, and I'm glad I did because it was still a year from that point that the Server 2016 exams came out, and I was already certified.

Maybe I should have worded it "study for the farthest future that there is a test for" 🙂

Cisco is the king of Vlans

@scottalanmiller said in All SMB IT Are Generalists SAMIT Video:

@jaredbusch said in All SMB IT Are Generalists SAMIT Video:

@scottalanmiller said in All SMB IT Are Generalists SAMIT Video:

@jaredbusch said in All SMB IT Are Generalists SAMIT Video:

it is about time you got your editor to fix the preload image..

It's kinda random.

No, it is not. It never has been. It is only random when you have an editor that cannot read. Which is obviously an issue in and of itself.

There is a big old button there to put one of your choice on there.
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That's not the editor that picks that, that's the poster. And that is manually chosen every time, but only from the three choices, need to have someone make a title pic otherwise. Maybe just need to do that.

You are correct that I simply assumed the editor would post it to your channel for you. Seems silly to have to send it back and forth.

@coliver said in Comparing Colocation and On Premises Infrastructure SAMIT Video:

First one of these I've listened to/watched. I kind of wish you would do an audio version of these with an RSS feed so my podcast app could download them. Shouldn't be too hard other then the hosting aspect of it.

I converted to MP3 you can get it from my Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/s/60qefvg632nnc5c/Comparing Colocation and On Premises Infrastructure.mp3?dl=0

This is the kind of thing I did in the last 12 months on purpose, in all the places where I knew my "boss" (partner with more stock) would read it.

Then I would be like "Hey you see that guy online who just shit crapped all over our company".

edit: I've exceeded my forum limit today for swearing. We're wearwolves not swearwolves..

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Isn't that what they say in Texas...the more bigger, the more better...(sarcasm emoji)

@biglittle said in The Basics of VoIP SAMIT Video:

Just realized today when routing a ticket that our VOIP is pbx based? No idea what any of this means, but excited to learn

Essentially all business VoIP uses a PBX. There can be exceptions, but it’s mostly theoretical.

@scottalanmiller said in Do You Need Two AD Domain Controllers? SAMIT Video:

@dave247 said in Do You Need Two AD Domain Controllers? SAMIT Video:

.... haven't had the chance to dig in as I am a freaking "IT generalist" where I work.

Youtube Video

I have a video for everything these days.

yep I just watched that one.. guess I can't call myself a Systems Administrator anymore 😢 (jk I totally am)

It's not that college is always bad, it just comes with negatives that have to be weighed against the positives. The standard approach is to assume that instead of going to college (whether at 18 or mid-career) is to assume that the person will do absolutely nothing productive with their free time, accept the same stagnation and all other negatives that come with the educational process, and that they will then compete toe to toe after the one has completed college and the other has just waited for them to finish.

But in the real world, someone ambitious enough to have gone to college for career reasons is also ambitious enough to work harder at their jobs, done a side job, gotten certs, learned on their own, moved on to another job, or so forth. Those are the more realistic actions of the other person that had the option of college. So when making the comparison, you have to look at those opportunities and look at the opportunities from the degree process and weight them in that fashion.