VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only
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Assuming a company of 100 employees, a VP of Ops would be expected to have generally 50-80 of those employees. IT would have like, you know, one. So it is lost in the noise.
Looking at this as an IT position makes it look ridiculously small. But looking at it as the overseer of both Ops and IT as the title says, it makes way more sense.
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@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
Assuming a company of 100 employees, a VP of Ops would be expected to have generally 50-80 of those employees. IT would have like, you know, one. So it is lost in the noise.
Looking at this as an IT position makes it look ridiculously small. But looking at it as the overseer of both Ops and IT as the title says, it makes way more sense.
It's an ISP, so hopefully they have more than 1 IT person.
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@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
Assuming a company of 100 employees, a VP of Ops would be expected to have generally 50-80 of those employees. IT would have like, you know, one. So it is lost in the noise.
Looking at this as an IT position makes it look ridiculously small. But looking at it as the overseer of both Ops and IT as the title says, it makes way more sense.
It's an ISP, so hopefully they have more than 1 IT person.
Many don't. Small regional ISPs often have only one or even zero. We do consulting for several ISPs, some have their own IT and some do not. And we work with others that we know had zero people of an L2 level, but did have call center level people (the kind you'd outsource if you knew how.) Getting real IT support inside a small ISP is actually, I think, relatively rare.
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@manxam said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller : It's also in a town of 3300 people and 3 hours away from a major city so I'd assume cost-of-living will be relatively low.
I'd assume the opposite. Cost of every day things will probably be more. At least that's how it tended to work in the US when I was driving truck. Having to ship everything that far is going to cost.
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@travisdh1 said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@manxam said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller : It's also in a town of 3300 people and 3 hours away from a major city so I'd assume cost-of-living will be relatively low.
I'd assume the opposite. Cost of every day things will probably be more. At least that's how it tended to work in the US when I was driving truck. Having to ship everything that far is going to cost.
That's not really the case outside of Puerto Rico. Remember that most stuff comes from Walmart or Amazon and their prices are flat by region. Fuel doesn't really vary between city and country like that, either. But local produce is way cheaper, as is housing, and local labour costs. So if I am buying socks, or a stereo, or gas, or lunch I'm going to be equal. But if paying for my housing or plumbing services, it'll be cheaper.
Some cities, like NYC, get a few rare things dirt cheap that you'd never expect. But on average, they cost a little more. Not as much more as people often think, but more.
One obvious exception tends to be ISP services. Rural ISPs tend to be double or more the cost of metro ones.
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@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@travisdh1 said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@manxam said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller : It's also in a town of 3300 people and 3 hours away from a major city so I'd assume cost-of-living will be relatively low.
I'd assume the opposite. Cost of every day things will probably be more. At least that's how it tended to work in the US when I was driving truck. Having to ship everything that far is going to cost.
That's not really the case outside of Puerto Rico. Remember that most stuff comes from Walmart or Amazon and their prices are flat by region. Fuel doesn't really vary between city and country like that, either. But local produce is way cheaper, as is housing, and local labour costs. So if I am buying socks, or a stereo, or gas, or lunch I'm going to be equal. But if paying for my housing or plumbing services, it'll be cheaper.
Some cities, like NYC, get a few rare things dirt cheap that you'd never expect. But on average, they cost a little more. Not as much more as people often think, but more.
One obvious exception tends to be ISP services. Rural ISPs tend to be double or more the cost of metro ones.
Gas and groceries are more expensive. Local produce is only available a couple months, and isn't cheaper than imported. Oil company presence inflates the price of many services.
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
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@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
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@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
I haven't touched a car in 7 months lol.
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@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
We don't live in the towns where we work.
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@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
No public transport. Shitty / sketchy taxi service. Winter
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@Obsolesce said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
I haven't touched a car in 7 months lol.
I can make due without one here in the suburbs. Only have one now, but when this one is too old, I'm going to attempt going carless.
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@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
We don't live in the towns where we work.
I get that, but that would only make me require one, not two.
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@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
We don't live in the towns where we work.
I get that, but that would only make me require one, not two.
One for self, one for SO?
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@notverypunny said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
We don't live in the towns where we work.
I get that, but that would only make me require one, not two.
One for self, one for SO?
Oh okay, talking about other family members.
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@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
While it would be likely possible to do a single vehicle between my wife and I - it would DRASTICALLY cramp our lifestyles waiting on the other to be done with work, etc.
And there are simply days/times when that simple wouldn't work. Both of our jobs require us to travel between different campus, sometimes without notice.
Oh, and we live in a city - but the idea of going to zero is unthinkable! sure we could uber everywhere, but the delay in getting a vehicle out to my house would be a huge PITA and time waster. Sure I could schedule one for the daily commute to work and back.. but lunches are nearly random for me (And I almost always go out for lunch - need the break away from this place), then the need to drive to another location on a moments notice - again waiting on an uber would be - extremely - frowned upon by my office, to say the least.
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@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@notverypunny said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
We don't live in the towns where we work.
I get that, but that would only make me require one, not two.
One for self, one for SO?
Oh okay, talking about other family members.
Why would you assume he was talking about 2 cars for himself? Sure there are people who have two vehicles for a single person - say a car and a truck, or a car and a motorcycle, or a car and a sport(y) car that they only drive for fun, etc... But almost no one talks about those things in context like this.
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@Dashrender said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
While it would be likely possible to do a single vehicle between my wife and I - it would DRASTICALLY cramp our lifestyles waiting on the other to be done with work, etc.
I'm convinced that with the way that we work and where we live (Dallas), that with Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, car rentals, etc. that we could drop to zero cars and be around break even now on cost and effort. Would take a bit to adjust to how to do things, but pretty doable I think.
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@Dashrender said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
While it would be likely possible to do a single vehicle between my wife and I - it would DRASTICALLY cramp our lifestyles waiting on the other to be done with work, etc.
And there are simply days/times when that simple wouldn't work. Both of our jobs require us to travel between different campus, sometimes without notice.
Oh, and we live in a city - but the idea of going to zero is unthinkable! sure we could uber everywhere, but the delay in getting a vehicle out to my house would be a huge PITA and time waster. Sure I could schedule one for the daily commute to work and back.. but lunches are nearly random for me (And I almost always go out for lunch - need the break away from this place), then the need to drive to another location on a moments notice - again waiting on an uber would be - extremely - frowned upon by my office, to say the least.
Why are you limited to only Uber with no consideration for public transit such as bus and train?
Everything we need is either 5-15 minute walk or bike ride away. We use the bus as well. Hell, I use the bus to save a 10 minute walk to the train station in the mornings or if it's raining. Train for anything longer distance. We'd rent a car for anything outside of this.
Grocery shopping is more frequent, but you get used to it.
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@travisdh1 said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@manxam said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller : It's also in a town of 3300 people and 3 hours away from a major city so I'd assume cost-of-living will be relatively low.
I'd assume the opposite. Cost of every day things will probably be more. At least that's how it tended to work in the US when I was driving truck. Having to ship everything that far is going to cost.
Gas is $116.9/L in Virden.
Gas is $98.9/L in the Edmonton region where I work.Gas is generally cheaper in Alberta since we produce the stuff so less distance to the pump.
I pulled a flyer from Virden's Co-Op and from St. Albert's SuperStore and the prices are not that far off. About $1/Lb for various meats. Some things are actually less expensive in Virden versus here which may speak more to higher demand in the city.
Homes look to be less and I suspect the municipal taxes would be lower too.
Not much of a commute would be my suspicion, so costs travel wise would be low.
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@Obsolesce said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@Dashrender said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@scottalanmiller said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
@flaxking said in VP of Operations and Technology - Canada only:
What makes the biggest difference to our bottom line is having to have two vehicles. In the city we just had one.
Why two? Here it's one outside the cities and zero inside, normally. What's the second one for?
While it would be likely possible to do a single vehicle between my wife and I - it would DRASTICALLY cramp our lifestyles waiting on the other to be done with work, etc.
And there are simply days/times when that simple wouldn't work. Both of our jobs require us to travel between different campus, sometimes without notice.
Oh, and we live in a city - but the idea of going to zero is unthinkable! sure we could uber everywhere, but the delay in getting a vehicle out to my house would be a huge PITA and time waster. Sure I could schedule one for the daily commute to work and back.. but lunches are nearly random for me (And I almost always go out for lunch - need the break away from this place), then the need to drive to another location on a moments notice - again waiting on an uber would be - extremely - frowned upon by my office, to say the least.
Why are you limited to only Uber with no consideration for public transit such as bus and train?
The nearest bus stop is 5+ miles away from my home. The only train in Omaha is AmTrack (well, and cargo trains), we aren't Chicago size... so no commuter trains here. Hell Kansas City doesn't even have trains.
Omaha = 1 million
KC = 2 million
Chicago = 9+ millionI suppose I could ride my bike to the bus stop, then take the bus to something close to work, but the winters here would make that pretty awful to say the least, and likely rather dangerous. Heck, no bike lanes here would likely make the bicycle dangerous here any time.
