What Are You Doing Right Now
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@scottalanmiller If this job was easy they would have hired someone else
Jokes aside, at least I've learned a lot
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@MattSpeller said:
@coliver At a guess, 200ish
Edit: I know what you're thinking heheh. Problem is they're not owned by the company I work for - they're shared. To upgrade I'd need buy in (and $$$$) from all stake holders.
Wow... I didn't realize that, that is nuts. So you work for one company but share/support the network infrastructure with another?
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@MattSpeller said:
@coliver yeah all PoE. Had my eye on some ubiquity stuff recently, but reality is it'll be next year at the earliest to get that done.
Ubiquity has some really nice stuff. I standardized on the new Netgear models (which work fantastically) prior to their release or I would have totally bought them.
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Ubiquiti looks really good. Netgear is still what we use almost everywhere too.
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I have not gotten to see those new Ubiquiti switches in action, has anyone had a chance to play with them?
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@StrongBad said:
I have not gotten to see those new Ubiquiti switches in action, has anyone had a chance to play with them?
Also curious to know more
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Firing up the hot tub here right now. Perfect weather for it! First a classic movie and Chinese food (It's a Gilmore GIrls themed movie night) and then hot tub.
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Got a new job today! My Staples schedule will be adjusted after next week. First day is March 3!
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@thanksaj congrats!!!!!!
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@thanksaj said:
Got a new job today! My Staples schedule will be adjusted after next week. First day is March 3!
Wait, what?
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Congrats!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
Got a new job today! My Staples schedule will be adjusted after next week. First day is March 3!
Wait, what?
The company that was running my background check finally finished it and extended me an offer, which I signed and got back to them tonight!
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Is this the networking work?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Is this the networking work?
It's basically an MSP dedicated to nothing but Cisco. We have clients that I won't mention the names on here, as I'm not sure if I can, but let's just say major government entities. They also developed their own monitoring application similar to Spiceworks but it's only for Cisco devices. I've been told it's quite robust and good.
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Cool, well good luck. Are you sticking with Staples part time too?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Cool, well good luck. Are you sticking with Staples part time too?
Yup. Schedule is gonna be Tues-Sat 7a-4p to start at ShoreGroup and I'm gonna work Staples on Mondays and in the evenings.
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Starting pay at ShoreGroup is $10/hour for my position but assuming I get brought on after six months, I go up to $15/hour.
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50%, that is quite an increase!
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@scottalanmiller said:
50%, that is quite an increase!
Yup. They also pay for your testing. I've been told they give you vouchers the first couple times you take a Cisco cert, like the CCNA or CCNP, and then after that you have to pay for it but they reimburse you, pass or fail. That was something I've never heard of another company doing. A lot will cover the cost two, or maybe three times, but after that you have to pay for it yourself.
Also, I've been told each cert you get is an ~5K/year pay increase.
