What Are You Doing Right Now
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@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
@StrongBad said:
@johnhooks said:
Took my civil service test this morning
What are you looking to do?
I took it to be able to apply for some IT positions. However after seeing the questions I'm concerned about what I would be getting into. This was for PA.
IT jobs that require a civil service exam would worry me. I've never heard of someone being happy with one of those.
Considering the test had questions about Token Rings and frequency modulation I am inclined to agree haha.
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@johnhooks said:
Considering the test had questions about Token Rings and frequency modulation I am inclined to agree haha.
Ding ding ding. If the people creating the test are this out of touch, imagine what the staff that you would be working with would likely be like!!
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@johnhooks said:
Considering the test had questions about Token Rings and frequency modulation I am inclined to agree haha.
@scottalanmiller said:
Ding ding ding. If the people creating the test are this out of touch, imagine what the staff that you would be working with would likely be like!!
But at least he'd be able to have a great laugh until the constant migraine set in...
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Yipee! Phone outage
http://mangolassi.it/topic/6719/voicepulse-outage-nov-6-2015 It's going to be a long afternoon. -
@Minion-Queen Enjoy the silence while you can... lol.
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@dafyre said:
@Minion-Queen Enjoy the silence while you can... lol.
That would be the most unenjoyable silence you can get.
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@Dashrender True, ha ha ha.
In the mean time, I'm going to go hide in PowerShell for a couple of hours until time to go home. If anybody needs me, I'll be looking for my token in the ethernet.
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@dafyre said:
@Dashrender True, ha ha ha.
In the mean time, I'm going to go hide in PowerShell for a couple of hours until time to go home. If anybody needs me, I'll be looking for my token in the ethernet.
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We are doing nothing.... since the phones are down.
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When I worked for IBM they were actually on Token Ring, and not even the modern stuff with RJ45 connectors. So embarrassing.
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@scottalanmiller said:
When I worked for IBM they were actually on Token Ring, and not even the modern stuff with RJ45 connectors. So embarrassing.
My first network was the 75 ohm coax cable that was ethernet... but it was the 10meg stuff that had the 10-base T connectors and always had to have the computers at both ends with the caps on that completed the circuit.
The first network I ever touched, was for my highschool. We pulled out the old 10-base T stuff, and put in shiney new Cat 5. (this was in 1997).
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller said:
When I worked for IBM they were actually on Token Ring, and not even the modern stuff with RJ45 connectors. So embarrassing.
My first network was the 75 ohm coax cable that was ethernet... but it was the 10meg stuff that had the 10-base T connectors and always had to have the computers at both ends with the caps on that completed the circuit.
The first network I ever touched, was for my highschool. We pulled out the old 10-base T stuff, and put in shiney new Cat 5. (this was in 1997).
Ha 10base-T was another couple questions on the test.
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@johnhooks O.o You should run from that job. Run away.... far, far away... Unless they offer you a large amount of money, lol.
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@dafyre said:
@johnhooks O.o You should run from that job. Run away.... far, far away... Unless they offer you a large amount of money, lol.
Ha that's the sad part. It's not even a job offer. It's just the test to be able to apply for jobs with the state.
They wonder why they have no money and no talent.
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In my college days (circa 1993-1994) I spent a whole summer rewiring token ring connectors. My fingers were never so sore.
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@BRRABill A couple of years ago, we did a full network overhaul... the full-time staff, and student workers spent every spare moment for about 3 months making patch cables, lol.
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@dafyre said:
@johnhooks O.o You should run from that job. Run away.... far, far away... Unless they offer you a large amount of money, lol.
Jobs like that and lots of money never go together.
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@johnhooks said:
@dafyre said:
@johnhooks O.o You should run from that job. Run away.... far, far away... Unless they offer you a large amount of money, lol.
Ha that's the sad part. It's not even a job offer. It's just the test to be able to apply for jobs with the state.
They wonder why they have no money and no talent.
Before I got into IT when I worked the overnight on a desk at a midline hotel I had a couple guys from the state approach me since I had an MCSE and try to get me to apply for a job with the state. I laughed when I learned what they earned being already employed and one of them was a manager. I was like "I wouldn't even accept your job right now and I'm working in a hotel!"
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@dafyre said:
@BRRABill A couple of years ago, we did a full network overhaul... the full-time staff, and student workers spent every spare moment for about 3 months making patch cables, lol.
That basically what I did the entire summer as a student worker. Bleh.
Met my wife that summer though, so ... all good.
