@DustinB3403 said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:

@scottalanmiller said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:

@Dashrender said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:

@dave247 said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:

@scottalanmiller said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:

@dave247 said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:

@Dashrender said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:

@dave247 said in Why Job Titles Matter, and Don't.:

I'm actually dealing with this right now. I was asked by my boss to come up with a better job title for myself since I am basically a system administrator, network administrator, server administrator, IT manager, among other things.

I think job titles are a good thing simply as a starting point descriptor of what a person's job role is. It shouldn't determine pay as much as all the line items that are listed in your actual job description.

That said, I've landed on IT Administrator since it seems to encompass everything and sounds better than "IT Generalist".

Are you actually a manager? as in you have direct reports that you manage?

What kind of reports are you referring to? I manage various things in IT, like some reports, vendors, some credit card statements & things..

Direct report = employee that reports directly to you that you can hire and fire.

oh no, I can not fire anyone. However, I have indirectly caused people to get fired, but that's another story..

OK - then like me, you're not an IT manager, because neither of us manages people for IT. At least that's my POV.

I choose IT Admin as my title as well - also didn't like the sound of IT Generalist - most people say - WTF is a generalist?

A Generalist means you cover all the bases. What the heck is an Admin?

An admin isn't forced to use the plunger.

Or catch bugs.

@JaredBusch said in question on veeam backup:

The OS doens't matter to Veeam beyond being Windows.

That's a good piece of knowledge.

@travisdh1 said in So I built: Pi-hole:

@BRRABill said in So I built: Pi-hole:

Where is @scottalanmiller to chime in that isn't the purpose of DNS?

Careful, sounds like he's already infected you!

Yes but I can't yell at people as good as him.

Where is @scottalanmiller to chime in that isn't the purpose of DNS?

@scottalanmiller said in Server Setup for Legal Firm:

@hari said in Server Setup for Legal Firm:

Server Brand, Family Model and Server OS (security has to be top notch no opensource please )?

This is a conflict in two ways.

First: Never apply arbitrary rules when they aren't in line with your goals, this is illogical.
Second: Open source is specifically vastly better specifically for security. I think you worded this incorrectly. If security was your goal, it is closed source you'd be wary to use, not open.

Do you have a macro to respond to stuff like this, or do you type it up each time?

I've often wondered about my phone.

I need my Hay Day activity to be discrete.

@scottalanmiller said in Traffic statistics for self-hosted WordPress:

Check out Matomo

I've also never been a huge GA fan.

Will check this out.

But I mean you can start with one user (or a few) to see if it fits the bill.

Also, depending on what it is, you could just share the stuff out.

@guyinpv said in I have to change cloud drive service yet again:

Our account level of O365 doesn't include Sharepoint, just 1TB of OneDrive space.

What are you on the "Business" plan?

Maybe it's worth upgrading someone to the $4 a month more plan and getting a sharepoint site.

Just think of what a different discussion this would be if MS just allowed you to spin up a free AD server, that just had AD, like Hyper-V Server.