If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!

R3dPand4

Thanks @scottalanmiller , @QuixoticJeremy , and @dafyre ! Happy to be here! I work for a group who's slowly but surely moving into the official MSP space as an Enterprise Support Tech. I'm looking to move into the Engineering space in the near future as I'm currently working towards my MCSE. Looking forward to speaking with and hopefully meeting some of you soon!

mlnews

Welcome @Pravin

scottalanmiller

Hey @Pravin

Pravin

Hey hello, I'm Pravin Windows admin, being Linux, being Unreasonable

scottalanmiller

Welcome @treed360

worden2

Hello: I'm an educator in an IT school in Indiana and am looking to connect and learn from in-the-field professionals so that I'm staying current and engaged in my field outside of the "Ivory Tower". I've watched Scott Alan Miller's presentations on our LANless future and the definition of IT and based on those two videos feel this is a community I'd like to be part of.

mlnews

Welcome to the community @worden2

scottalanmiller

@worden2 said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

Hello: I'm an educator in an IT school in Indiana and am looking to connect and learn from in-the-field professionals so that I'm staying current and engaged in my field outside of the "Ivory Tower". I've watched Scott Alan Miller's presentations on our LANless future and the definition of IT and based on those two videos feel this is a community I'd like to be part of.

Awesome, welcome! Glad to have you here.

travisdh1

@worden2 said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

Hello: I'm an educator in an IT school in Indiana and am looking to connect and learn from in-the-field professionals so that I'm staying current and engaged in my field outside of the "Ivory Tower". I've watched Scott Alan Miller's presentations on our LANless future and the definition of IT and based on those two videos feel this is a community I'd like to be part of.

Welcome. Wish we'd get many more educators to participate here!

QuixoticJeremy

@worden2 said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

Hello: I'm an educator in an IT school in Indiana and am looking to connect and learn from in-the-field professionals so that I'm staying current and engaged in my field outside of the "Ivory Tower". I've watched Scott Alan Miller's presentations on our LANless future and the definition of IT and based on those two videos feel this is a community I'd like to be part of.

Kudos to you for doing this! The amount of teachers that I ran into when I went through college that were great teachers and people but were far behind in terms of what they were teaching was almost every teacher I had. It is difficult to stay current when you aren't working in the field regularly. Welcome to the community @worden2 I hope you enjoy it here!

worden2

@quixoticjeremy said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

@worden2 said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

Hello: I'm an educator in an IT school in Indiana and am looking to connect and learn from in-the-field professionals so that I'm staying current and engaged in my field outside of the "Ivory Tower". I've watched Scott Alan Miller's presentations on our LANless future and the definition of IT and based on those two videos feel this is a community I'd like to be part of.

Kudos to you for doing this! The amount of teachers that I ran into when I went through college that were great teachers and people but were far behind in terms of what they were teaching was almost every teacher I had. It is difficult to stay current when you aren't working in the field regularly. Welcome to the community @worden2 I hope you enjoy it here!

I'll be the first to admit that academic institutions turn like oil tankers in a sea of icebergs, but given that we're in IT as it is our School is definitely aware of the need to stay current (no pun intended with the tanker comment btw). It's a catch-22 though since it is really hard to find "time away" from my job. Teaching is a full time job, without question, so with the IT component adding that much more it can be tough. Just trying to keep up with industry certs for instance... whew.