Which one would you choose? I know everyone's opinion here is you don't need one, but my company is paying for me to get a security cert of my choice and to go to a 5 day class.
http://www.nhorlando.com/training-and-certifications/technical-courses/information-security
When I hear IT Pro, I think level one desktop tech. Desktop techs like to tell everyone they work in IT and they are a professional.
AMD's best processor series ever. I had quite a few Athlon XP PCs back in the day.
@art_of_shred said in Blog Posts and Preferred Length:
@IRJ said in Blog Posts and Preferred Length:
@NetworkNerd said in Blog Posts and Preferred Length:
For those who blog, what criteria do you use to determine if your blog should be one giant post versus smaller, bite-sized posts? I have an idea in mind for my next blog post, but putting it out there as one post would make it pretty massive. I was just curious about guidelines others use to determine appropriate length so as not to overwhelm the readers with too much content in one post.
Any feedback is much appreciated.
Most readers have a one or two minute attention span UNLESS they are specifically googling the issue.
TL;DR.
I read through your blog and it was easy to follow. I didn't watch the video, but I feel like I could follow the text well enough that I could go through the install.
No degree here. I think at this point, there isn't much an incentive for me to get one.
@dafyre I was told that we would like to hire internally for that position. We would look to hire someone with training to do it. Then I got told to find out about the ethical hacker course. Now I'm approved for the training
I was talking with one of the top posters on SW, a really good and knowledgeable guy, one day. I was surprised to find out how little he was making at his job, while we was literally solving problem after problem each day for others.
I am not talking about @scottalanmiller , but somebody else that posts alot like he does. It was really shocking to me.
Which leads me to another question, are IT pros at fault for low wages?
I use updraft plus. It is free for the functionality you need. It backs up themes, media, plugins, db, etc. You can just chose one, two, or all of them to back up. It saves them to zip files. When restoring on the other installation you will need to install Updraft Plus then upload the zip files.
One of the cool things about Updraft Plus is the fact that you can automatically create backups to your Google Drive and you can select how many backups you want to keep. All of that is included in the free version.
Even if you keep everything up to date, and patch zero days within 4 hours of release all it takes is one human error to take down your entire network.
You are also assuming all IT employees use best practice which is wrong. Especially in SMB when management doesn't allow best practices. Not all breaches are the popular ones in the news.
@BRRABill said in Export WordPress Theme:
I have to change our theme soon. The theme maker (WooThemes) no longer supports it.
Anyone have a theme place they really like?
I use Envato Market.
@Breffni-Potter said in Introducing SAM on IT on YouTube:
Reccomended viewing when I paused the video:
As a suggestion, give good keywords/descriptions to the videos. You can optimise youtube search same way you optimise a blog post. You want to end up on a recommended viewing list for IT guys too, rather than blues fans.
In addition, You can autopost new blog entries whenever you upload a youtube video.
https://ifttt.com/applets/xNyHz8gp-publish-your-new-videos-as-wordpress-posts
I do all that with my firestick already. I sideloaded a NES and SNES emulator and copied all the roms over. They work great with the FireTV game controller.
That all being said, Scott's view on company not providing a laptop is extremely unusual in US. I've never come across a position like that.
Although, @scottalanmiller and I would never work the same type of jobs. I prefer to be an employee of a company vs being consultant or contractor. I have my reasons for it, and @scottalanmiller and others on here have their reasons why they like consulting.
I would never consider or accept a job where I had to provide my own computer. I also, think it's ludicrous to be an IT employee and not have your own personal computer. It just shows that computers aren't really part of your passion. If I worked first mate on a fishing boat, I don't need a fishing rod for my job. But if I didn't have one at home, that would be an extremely weird situation. It's not something I'd ever ask in an interview because I could just tell by talking to someone of they are passionate about IT (or fishing). I would never have to even ask them if they had a computer (or fishing rod). As @scottalanmiller mentioned, they would be extremely lucky to make it to first interview, and would never make it to second.
@RamblingBiped said in Resume Feedback:
I'm currently working on a degree in Software Development, should I put the unfinished degree on my resume as well?
Are you months or years away from it? If you are in year 1 of 4 then it really doesn't say much, but if you are 6 months away from graduating that says a different story.
@Carnival-Boy said in [SAMIT: Should You Provide Equipment for Work from Home
But look, we're getting in ad hominem replies now. I don't see the relevance. I get that this is primarily a forum for US MSPs and I'm a European ERP specialist, but I'm just offering my perspective. But when it gets to the level of replies (IRJ, not you) that say I'm not really IT, or that I don't need any training because I can fall back on Microsoft, or I don't have the commitment of "real" IT people then it's getting pointless.
It's ok for us to hear your perspective, but not mine?
Salary (incentives) and taxes are much different different in US and Europe. I mean that's just fact. There's pros and cons to both. In the US, alot of times its a struggle to get past that first level for many people. People get abused and bullied into lower salaries and insane workloads. It happens every day in the US and the percentage of workers that get stuck in that is higher than you think. You need both technical and soft skills to get out of it. Even then it really is a grind, and external factors surely can make it feel impossible to beat.
You've made it clear the type of work you do, my definition of it may differ from others.
It's a simple process, but I figured I would put it here in case it helps anyone out.
http://joelradon.com/how-to-make-a-domain-user-a-sysadmin-on-sql-server/
@scottalanmiller I wouldn't call this slow at all
It would be a nightmare to do this on a medium to large size network without WSUS control. It is a good command for updating a pc here or there.
