Same thing would apply if a person did a bad Linux update and broke a farm of servers. Also I see multiple issues with companies not wanting to update their systems and keeping old systems running which is a far worse thing.

@carnival-boy said in When Is It Too Costly for IT to Cover Bench?:

£100 per hour may seem expensive, but I couldn't find anyone that would do it cheaper locally. That was often an hour at a time, so represented two hours when you include travel to and from our site (we only paid for time on-site).

It does, but I think you are in London so compare to Manhattan and it's still high, but not crazy high.

However, in Manhattan we'd never be able to get someone full time for $30K. That shows how different the numbers are. NYC and London are similar in a lot of ways, but your employment costs are half ours, while your hourly on calls are higher.

@pmoncho said in Considering the Issues of Remote IT vs Local On Premises IT:

"Reducing or eliminating commute time makes for far better work conditions for both parties. And can be a huge cost benefit to the employee."

I like your possible idea above about maybe a split remote access/onsite FTE for lower salary. Costs would be lower and provide a higher value to both the SMB and the employee.

Split removes nearly all of the benefits like the taxes, real estate, locality, etc. It's not a bad thing, but it means that you cripple the remote benefits significantly in most cases. Instead of saving X, you save .1X or something like that.

Typically the benefits are already split, the employee spends less to go to work, the company gets more productivity and spends less for them to get the same pay. You don't have to reduce pay to see a wide range of financial and soft benefits to both parties.

@kelly said in How Much and Long Does the A+ Typically Influence IT Hiring?:

I realize that recording a video saves you a ton of time in getting out your thoughts, but I'm not going to be able to keep up with your thoughts if this is your new way of posting 🙂

I’ve told him many times I will not watch videos, but I don’t think he cares but I have no idea what he said in any of them.

The site is constantly updated, so these ones will be removed once expired and new ones (that expire soon) will be added.

@momurda said in My Son & College:

@jaredbusch said in My Son & College:

@momurda said in My Son & College:

Also, your 17 year old will probably change his mind next week. And then again the week after that. And again this afternoon.

This is a bunch of shit.

No it isnt. I added a conditional probably at the beginning. The vast majority of people at 17 are clueless about what they want for their future, except for some nebulous 'to get a job' type goal that their parents have foisted on them.
Just because you swear and berate people on a forum doesnt make you correct.

So who is the pot and who is the kettle?

A classic. These shows are the best.

@momurda said in Why Do Recruiters Never Mention the Location of Work?:

They are fake job postings?
Do people actually email you job offers every day?

Yes, many every day. Yes, many really exists. The one that made me think of this today wrote back and gave me the info them updated their info about me in their system. They apparently have my location recorded from 2007 and were using that as a bad assumption. But that's really problematic because their system records "where I am" and nothing about "where I will consider work."

@travisdh1 Could be Valve with a title like that.

@scottalanmiller said in Gamifying Productivity:

https://habitica.com/

Thanks @scottalanmiller. I forgot the link.

@momurda said in Survey of Fake Jobs SAMIT Video:

Anyway to get it to transcribe these to a document whose text you could put underneath your videos?

Gotta find an easy way to pretty it up. But I know how to get it now, so I can work on that.

@roopankumar said in Career guidance Confused:

@dbeato I need be a System Admin but am going in security so wat can do now

So start working on being a System Administrator and secure all the systems as needed. Focus on securing each OS and then go next to application security with each OS, you might also need to touch the network so knowledge of it would be a plus.

@bbigford said in The Entirely Fake Office SAMIT Video:

@scottalanmiller said in The Entirely Fake Office SAMIT Video:

@bbigford said in The Entirely Fake Office SAMIT Video:

Wow.

Yeah, amazing the lengths that companies will go through.

The fake office in a verified business with the intent of approaching them... I am lost for words on how messed up that is to lure people in as part of the key deliverables & company resume.

Shows how much the clients will potentially pay if the recruiters "own" all viable candidates!

updated.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OmIwV1c2_Lr9N_EUxUe_YEpVrhfaF0V_/view?usp=sharing

@coliver said in Would you apply for this job?:

Looks like they want a generalist.

Either they want a decently senior generalist, or more likely three mid-level specialists.

Just received this spam today, so these people are definitely out there...

" My company provides IT PMO and Project Management Consulting services. We have a proven approach to delivering PMO Startup/Improvement, Project Delivery, Project Management Training, and Project Management Software services nationwide.

Our dedicated SQUAD of experts can lead your high-priority IT Projects allowing you to focus on the core of your business. We have a successful track record of delivering IT Applications, Infrastructure, eCommerce, and Digital projects using Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies.

I would like to speak to you about your current / future IT Projects and PMO needs to see if we can help. Are you the person I should speak with? If not, can you please point me into right direction?"

The non-B&S scenarios seem unreasonable...

The position was open at the start of the interview, but closed during the interview and they felt bad so considered him for a lower position: but didn't mention that this happened and were going to ignore such a huge thing having happened. Physically possible, but completely unreasonable to assume. They did the interview for the L2, but the non-technical person decided to change the tech level without talking to a tech person. Also not reasonable, and possibly still B&S even if this is what happened.

Is there a scenario where someone applies for too senior of a position and could legitimately get offered something more junior? Yes, but it would be discussed, it would be open and honest, and it would happen at a technical level not a recruiter screening. It's insanely unlikely in the real world, but could happen. But it would never happen like this, where it was done by an unqualified person, silently with no one discussing it until called on for it.

@scottalanmiller said in Job Hunting is Like Online Dating SAMIT Video:

I can see a podcast mechanism being very handy. I like podcasts on an old fashioned MP3 player with no Internet myself.

I can offer to make the podcast on this.

@scottalanmiller said in How to Spot Fake Job Postings SAMIT Video:

Youtube Video

Fake job postings are sometimes pretty hard to spot. But there are a lot of signs that can help us identify common fake jobs.

The truth about this had me gut rolling in the car the other day. Great video.