What Are You Doing Right Now
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Just played through Space Quest 2 with the kids.
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yawn
Finished LOST: Episode No place like Home part 3
Now going to bed..I've done enough of IT for one day.
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Currently assisting the ISP providing installing their equipment
Day 3 of busy days -
Getting moving again, only had a couple hours of sleep and have to head back down the strip to the conference in an hour.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Getting moving again, only had a couple hours of sleep and have to head back down the strip to the conference in an hour.
Boy, what time does your conference start? isn't it 5:45?
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@Minion-Queen said:
Getting moving again, only had a couple hours of sleep and have to head back down the strip to the conference in an hour.
That's an early conference. You are three hours behind us here.
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Lots and lots of manual system updates. Talk about a boring morning.
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That sounds like all kinds of exciting.
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At work. Took a call earlier about a system that was running its updater, and saying it successfully completed, but not actually updating. Really weird...
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Are you getting real call volume now? They keeping you busy?
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Things are winding down here. Many people are visiting one of Veeam's data centers. So just relaxing for now and catching up on emails.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Are you getting real call volume now? They keeping you busy?
My product doesn't have huge call volume. I think I'm number one or two priority in the queue, and I've had one call today. I didn't take a call yesterday until the middle of the afternoon. It's kinda nice actually.
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@ajstringham do you have things to do with the rest of your time?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham do you have things to do with the rest of your time?
I post on SW, here and some on the Plantronics Sounding Boards.
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@scottalanmiller but nothing assigned to me, no.
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That's kinda cool. Maybe a good time to study for a cert. But posting is definitely good.
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's kinda cool. Maybe a good time to study for a cert. But posting is definitely good.
Yeah, most people here support 2 or 3 products. That means they have various priorities in multiple queues. I support one product, and it's a lesser-volume product. Thankfully, it's also one of the more stable products. It's bloated and needlessly complicated, but it's stable compared to some of the other products I could have supported. I would love to be studying for a cert, but aren't really sure which one to go for right now.
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That's where having a career roadmap is a good idea. What certs do you have now? If you don't have it, the obvious starting point is the Network+ from CompTIA as it gives such a good, general overview of things that everyone in IT should probably know.
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's where having a career roadmap is a good idea. What certs do you have now? If you don't have it, the obvious starting point is the Network+ from CompTIA as it gives such a good, general overview of things that everyone in IT should probably know.
I got my A+ in November 2010, Network+ December 2010, and Security+ December 2010. I've thought about going for my MCSE, but don't feel like I am in a position where I'm ready to get it. Would Linux+ or Server+ be worth going for?
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Honestly I liked the Server+ when I did it. It's around the same level as the Network+. Kind of like the A+ but for IT rather than bench work. Relatively basic and relatively rare to find people with it in the field. It was good when I took it but it was also brand new (I had the first one that I ever heard of, same for the Network+ - I took both nearly the day that they released.) It adds beef to your resume and would not hurt to learn the material. Definitely a good stepping stone but it won't do a lot on its own either.
The Linux+ was pretty bad when I took it and got me nowhere and taught me nothing, but I have heard that they are partnering with the LPI and that the test has improved some since then.
