If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!

scottalanmiller

So many new people this week, this has been awesome.

thwr

@scottalanmiller said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

So many new people this week, this has been awesome.

Yepp. We should start to charge you for our welcome greetings

eneeldssi

Thanks for the welcome guys.

Introduce myself...oh boy. I'm just your average, asked to fix all of life's problems, in charge of almost nothing but responsible for everything, run of the mill IT Director for a large construction company in Southern NJ. I got inherited when they bought another company I worked for, and ran some of their asphalt plants, heavy equipment and maintained them for years. Got tired of a particular 'boss' who was a scumbag, and decided to move over to IT since I went to school for it and did it as side work. They had a consultant who was an utter nitwit and would spend more time documenting problems than fixing them, so getting him booted wasn't actually all that hard.

That was in the beginning of 2012, and it's been all downhill ever since. Now I manage a geographically-massive division with dozens of field offices, mfg plants, responsibilities of everything from our megawatts of solar fields to assisting with technical projects on literally every aspect of our business. We're a pretty technically friendly company, so I get to do a lot of cool stuff, and learn and see the latest and greatest every day.

scottalanmiller

@eneeldssi awesome! Glad to have you with us.

Quick things that you should know about....

There is talk of a community meetup in Manhattan early next week. Informal and small, probably just half a dozen community members. @Minion-Queen and I are likely going to be in Manhattan (don't know which day yet) right by Grand Central to work all day and some people might want to get together.
MangoCon is the first community conference and is happening in two months in Upstate NY, in Rochester. Should be really cool and a great way to get involved quickly. It's the first one so will be small, informal and a learning experience but hopefully very valuable, too.

Reid Cooper

Welcome @eneeldssi

dafyre

Welcome to @evang522 -- I worked with this guy for a bit at my last job. 8-)

evang522

@dafyre Hi guys!

evang522

@evang522 oh I should provide information:

I live in Athens, GA, work for a business tech support company in Watkinsville GA as Helpdesk, and have a degree in Philosophy.

thwr

@dafyre said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

Welcome to @evang522 -- I worked with this guy for a bit at my last job. 8-)

Welcome to ML @evang522

dafyre

@evang522 said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

@evang522 oh I should provide information:

I live in Athens, GA, work for a business tech support company in Watkinsville GA as Helpdesk, and have a degree in Philosophy.

I always wondered what your major was, lol!