IT Would You Rather...
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@scottalanmiller said in IT Would You Rather...:
Work for a company that has loads of money and you can build the most expensive IT environment ever with virtually unlimited resources, or work for a company that is tight on financial resources but is totally dedicated to doing good IT but is simply constrained on funds.
Assuming both were the same working environment, pay, location and such.
I would work for the company tight on funds, but wanting to do good IT. I like those kinds of challenges.
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Why not both? Broader career experience.
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I would prefer work where there are more challenges. Unlimited money just makes it "too easy".
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I'd be fine working with the challenge, but not with cheapness.
If the cause of the not enough money is cheapness, I'd not want to work there.
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I think at this stage it would be the company with more money. I'd get more exposure to the things I want to learn and deal with.
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@DustinB3403 said in IT Would You Rather...:
I'd be fine working with the challenge, but not with cheapness.
If the cause of the not enough money is cheapness, I'd not want to work there.
SO much this. Working for a cheapskate is much different than working for someone who has a real grasp on value. I'd work for the company low on financial resources, as long as management understands the risk involved with being truly "cheap" in regards to IT.
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You didn't say an that the unlimited funds company would make you do bad IT practices.. so ....
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Seeing that I have been working for a company that all they had was a tight budget, I would like to see it on the other side of the fence for a while.
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Is either company hiring janitorial staff? Actively looking
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@wirestyle22 said in IT Would You Rather...:
Is either company hiring janitorial staff? Actively looking
You'd prefer to be a janitor? How messed up is your job?
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I like working in challenging environments, figuring things out due to technical or monetary constraints.
If I can just go to Dell.com or dataonstorage.com, quickly build the biggest and best that will get the job done, hit buy... throw on datacenter, set it up, and be done with it.... well, that's kind of repetitive and boring.
I like being challenged and taking the time to figure it out to best fit the business both technically and within budgets... weighing options, etc... know what I mean. I feel you also learn a lot more doing it that way.
If I want unlimited and everything/anything... that's what labs are for.
Also, I personally won't feel the company is a responsible company if they just do whatever without thought. I wouldn't feel secure there.
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@DustinB3403 said in IT Would You Rather...:
@wirestyle22 said in IT Would You Rather...:
Is either company hiring janitorial staff? Actively looking
You'd prefer to be a janitor? How messed up is your job?
Short answer: IT isn't for me anymore. Not exactly specific to my current job
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@wirestyle22 said in IT Would You Rather...:
@DustinB3403 said in IT Would You Rather...:
@wirestyle22 said in IT Would You Rather...:
Is either company hiring janitorial staff? Actively looking
You'd prefer to be a janitor? How messed up is your job?
Short answer: IT isn't for me anymore. Not exactly specific to my current job
Not to hijack but if I wasn't doing IT I would totally go back to being a forklift operator. Working for the Miller Brewing Company was some of the best years of my life.
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TIGHT
I love working on those places where you have to come up with big solutions for little cost, really shows you how the other side of the world is doing things and short cutting on cost.
Afterwards you can watch everything tumble to the ground ... kidding.
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I'll take the unlimited budget, please. Someone said it makes it too easy. I like easy. Almost feels like cheating? Perfect, I'll take all of that, too. Unlimited money, so that I can set my job up well enough to practically do itself... challenge accepted!!
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@art_of_shred said in IT Would You Rather...:
I'll take the unlimited budget, please. Someone said it makes it too easy. I like easy. Almost feels like cheating? Perfect, I'll take all of that, too. Unlimited money, so that I can set my job up well enough to practically do itself... challenge accepted!!
That was @scottalanmiller who said it would be to easy.
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@DustinB3403 said in IT Would You Rather...:
@art_of_shred said in IT Would You Rather...:
I'll take the unlimited budget, please. Someone said it makes it too easy. I like easy. Almost feels like cheating? Perfect, I'll take all of that, too. Unlimited money, so that I can set my job up well enough to practically do itself... challenge accepted!!
That was @scottalanmiller who said it would be to easy.
If the budget is unlimited I'd just hire @scottalanmiller himself at his highest rate and then get him to do it
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I'm torn, as I have two thoughts:
Unlimited budget means that I can purchase things I've wanted to learn about and grow my skill set in that regard. Toys, toys, TOYS!!!
Budget constraints means that I'd need to flex my muscles in coming up with good solutions that are inexpensive to implement and maintain. This is something I've done my entire career working in the public sector, there's never enough money for anything so thinking outside the box and stretching resources is what I do allll the time.
Given that in both scenarios the positions are the same...this one is tough. If it was unlimited budget but shitty boss, or no budget and great boss...well...I'd go for good management over funds.
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@anthonyh That's probably what makes it easier for me. I don't have the "yay toys" feeling that most people get. So the "challenge of making due" really plays a major role.
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@scottalanmiller I suspect over time it'd get old. I like a challenge just as much as new toys, so if it's all toys and no challenge, that's no fun either.
