What Are You Doing Right Now
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@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
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@Tim_G said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
IT Specialist/Generalist
What does this even mean? An IT person who specializes in generals?
I take the "/" to mean two separate things:
- IT Specialist
- IT Generalist
In my opinion, IT Generalist is much better, as you'd be experienced and skilled in many IT areas (vs one)... therefore being much more able to innovate. If you specialize in one thing, you're pretty much useless in other areas.
The whole idea of "Jack of all trades. Master of none." is actually false.
Look at Elon Musk... he's considered an "Expert Generalist"... creating 4 multi-billion companies in completely separate fields, before age 45!
I read an article about him, which is where I got this "generalist" info from. I'll see if I can find it and link it. Great article by the way.
Edit: Found the article: https://qz.com/968101/how-elon-musk-learns-faster-and-better-than-everyone-else/
Elon Musk's retention comes to play here hugely. I could read two books a day and not retain 75% of it. Memory is hugely important when attempting to learn anything. It also limits how much of each thing you can learn.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
Don't undervalue yourself. You got time to learn the stuff you want to learn.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
Being a generalist means you can handle the bulk of many issues. Being a specialist (while beneficial for some things) most often isn't wanted.
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
Don't undervalue yourself. You got time to learn the stuff you want to learn.
I do, but that is my future not my present. In the future I will be a Linux System Administrator, completely specialized.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
Don't undervalue yourself. You got time to learn the stuff you want to learn.
I do, but that is my future not my present. In the future I will be a Linux System Administrator, completely specialized.
Don't worry about the future. Worry about the now. You can worry about what is happening then, then. Focus on the now, now.
*head spins*
As long as you are working to improve your skills, you're going in the right direction.
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
Don't undervalue yourself. You got time to learn the stuff you want to learn.
I do, but that is my future not my present. In the future I will be a Linux System Administrator, completely specialized.
Don't worry about the future. Worry about the now. You can worry about what is happening then, then. Focus on the now, now.
*head spins*
As long as you are working to improve your skills, you're going in the right direction.
Reading books will give me the core knowledge, experience will help me to understand the nuances
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
Don't undervalue yourself. You got time to learn the stuff you want to learn.
I do, but that is my future not my present. In the future I will be a Linux System Administrator, completely specialized.
Don't worry about the future. Worry about the now. You can worry about what is happening then, then. Focus on the now, now.
*head spins*
As long as you are working to improve your skills, you're going in the right direction.
^^^ This. Don't get so caught up in the future that you forget to live your life in the present. I promise it's way more fun when you remember to enjoy the now.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
Don't undervalue yourself. You got time to learn the stuff you want to learn.
I do, but that is my future not my present. In the future I will be a Linux System Administrator, completely specialized.
Don't worry about the future. Worry about the now. You can worry about what is happening then, then. Focus on the now, now.
*head spins*
As long as you are working to improve your skills, you're going in the right direction.
^^^ This. Don't get so caught up in the future that you forget to live your life in the present. I promise it's way more fun when you remember to enjoy the now.
It's pretty hard to do that as I'm very unhappy with my current level of knowledge, hence the books. If I reach a point where I feel solid in my knowledge that will change but if I never do I will likely change fields. Giving myself some time to reach these goals or to fail.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
Don't undervalue yourself. You got time to learn the stuff you want to learn.
I do, but that is my future not my present. In the future I will be a Linux System Administrator, completely specialized.
Don't worry about the future. Worry about the now. You can worry about what is happening then, then. Focus on the now, now.
*head spins*
As long as you are working to improve your skills, you're going in the right direction.
^^^ This. Don't get so caught up in the future that you forget to live your life in the present. I promise it's way more fun when you remember to enjoy the now.
It's pretty hard to do that as I'm very unhappy with my current level of knowledge, hence the books. If I reach a point where I feel solid in my knowledge that will change but if I never do I will likely change fields. Giving myself some time to reach these goals or to fail.
But if you obsess on it too much, you;ll be a sad panda by the time you're 40. You don't want to look back and regret not doing this or that because you were too busy studying all the time. Travel, do fun stuff with your lady, eat amazing meals, you'll still have time to learn and you'll have a better balance of life and work.
I'm far behind where others my age are in the field, but I wouldn't trade the path I took to get here for anything.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G I'm a generalist and I'm not worth a lot to any company
Don't undervalue yourself. You got time to learn the stuff you want to learn.
I do, but that is my future not my present. In the future I will be a Linux System Administrator, completely specialized.
Don't worry about the future. Worry about the now. You can worry about what is happening then, then. Focus on the now, now.
*head spins*
As long as you are working to improve your skills, you're going in the right direction.
^^^ This. Don't get so caught up in the future that you forget to live your life in the present. I promise it's way more fun when you remember to enjoy the now.
It's pretty hard to do that as I'm very unhappy with my current level of knowledge, hence the books. If I reach a point where I feel solid in my knowledge that will change but if I never do I will likely change fields. Giving myself some time to reach these goals or to fail.
But if you obsess on it too much, you;ll be a sad panda by the time you're 40. You don't want to look back and regret not doing this or that because you were too busy studying all the time. Travel, do fun stuff with your lady, eat amazing meals, you'll still have time to learn and you'll have a better balance of life and work.
I'm far behind where others my age are in the field, but I wouldn't trade the path I took to get here for anything.
I'm a homebody but I hear what you're saying. I don't overdo it. I'm just motivated to change.
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Lunch seminar with Softchoice.
Understanding IT’s Role in Public Cloud Security | St. Louis
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Reading about how to issue a certificate from my AD CA to my Dokuwiki test.
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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Reading about how to issue a certificate from my AD CA to my Dokuwiki test.
Why do you want to do that?
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@coliver I'd like the site traffic to be secure. I also want to try to use LADPS when authenticating against AD. Since we have a CA in place, I'd like to use it.
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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I'd like the site traffic to be secure. I also want to try to use LADPS when authenticating against AD. Since we have a CA in place, I'd like to use it.
Interesting. Have you taken a look at Let's Encrypt? It would be more reliable then your CA and can be easily automated.
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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I'd like the site traffic to be secure. I also want to try to use LADPS when authenticating against AD. Since we have a CA in place, I'd like to use it.
Why? Sounds like sunk cost. No value to using that.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I'd like the site traffic to be secure. I also want to try to use LADPS when authenticating against AD. Since we have a CA in place, I'd like to use it.
Interesting. Have you taken a look at Let's Encrypt? It would be more reliable then your CA and can be easily automated.
I've considered it, and might end up going that route when my little internal wiki goes into production. This is also a learning exercise for me (using my own CA).
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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I'd like the site traffic to be secure. I also want to try to use LADPS when authenticating against AD. Since we have a CA in place, I'd like to use it.
Interesting. Have you taken a look at Let's Encrypt? It would be more reliable then your CA and can be easily automated.
I've considered it, and might end up going that route when my little internal wiki goes into production. This is also a learning exercise for me (using my own CA).
Wasted time. Why would you ever use your own CA?
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Better to use the effort to learn good prioritization
