/EXISTENCE
I'd like to preface this posting stating that although I did SharePoint posts in the past, I haven't touched it in 3 years. In some ways I miss it. In more ways I don't. But regardless of my feelings toward SharePoint, it has been too long since I posted anything here. And so like a phoenix from the ashes, I'm revitalizing this blog with new content.
In the coming posts I'm going to dive both into things I've been doing in and outside of work, though mostly inside work since that's where I've learned the most. Nearly 3 years ago I moved to Southern California and I've been doing IT Support and System Administration. We're the local area outsourced IT department for many clients, none of whom I'll mention both due to respect and an NDA. To give you an idea, our work ranges from helping a small local shop keep their Windows XP machines running their business to getting a new production printer setup for a 70+ person office part of an international group of companies. I've worked with Exchange servers, Windows Server 2000 - 2012 R2, Google Apps, Office 2007 - 2016, Adobe CC, Office 365, Okta, VMWare vSphere, Yosemite backup, Dell Compellent Storage systems, Dell Equalogic, SonicWALL firewalls, Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.11, SMB sharing, QNAP, Lenovo, Barracuda, Cisco Aironet wireless, Dell network switches, and more things than I can remember.
My co-worker and I discuss things a lot. Many of the things we've learned are because we were poking about in settings trying to fix some esoteric issue. Sure we get hints from other postings online that talk about other settings or tweaks, but there doesn't seem to ever be nearly enough information. And in the end it's often some check box buried in the advanced settings. So I decided to start a new set of posts regarding these strange issues that are solved by changing one solitary setting. These posts will have "that damn check box..." in the title to indicate what kind of post it is.
The last thing I want to mention is that although I've learned a ton in the last 3 years, I'm rather worn out from this job. It's full of pressure to make things better for users and full of users that are mean. There are plenty of people I've met that are actually quite nice about it, but those mean ones tend to leave a mark. I hope writing about the issues I fix and my current life helps put me in a better head-space as well as enlighten others crazy enough to be in IT support. Additionally I'm quite tired of the busy-ness that is Los Angeles and Orange County. For my own health I believe I need some place a bit slower paced. This not only leads to that I'm looking for new employment, but I'm also looking to relocate. I haven't truly decided on where I want to go, but I've been thinking a lot of the life I left behind when I moved to SoCal in the first place.
It's hard to close my existential posts sometimes. I feel like I need to say something poignant, but I can never find the words. Sadly those words rarely coalesce. So...
Until next time:
Work smart. Play hard. Sleep well.
I'd like to preface this posting stating that although I did SharePoint posts in the past, I haven't touched it in 3 years. In some ways I miss it. In more ways I don't. But regardless of my feelings toward SharePoint, it has been too long since I posted anything here. And so like a phoenix from the ashes, I'm revitalizing this blog with new content.
In the coming posts I'm going to dive both into things I've been doing in and outside of work, though mostly inside work since that's where I've learned the most. Nearly 3 years ago I moved to Southern California and I've been doing IT Support and System Administration. We're the local area outsourced IT department for many clients, none of whom I'll mention both due to respect and an NDA. To give you an idea, our work ranges from helping a small local shop keep their Windows XP machines running their business to getting a new production printer setup for a 70+ person office part of an international group of companies. I've worked with Exchange servers, Windows Server 2000 - 2012 R2, Google Apps, Office 2007 - 2016, Adobe CC, Office 365, Okta, VMWare vSphere, Yosemite backup, Dell Compellent Storage systems, Dell Equalogic, SonicWALL firewalls, Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.11, SMB sharing, QNAP, Lenovo, Barracuda, Cisco Aironet wireless, Dell network switches, and more things than I can remember.
My co-worker and I discuss things a lot. Many of the things we've learned are because we were poking about in settings trying to fix some esoteric issue. Sure we get hints from other postings online that talk about other settings or tweaks, but there doesn't seem to ever be nearly enough information. And in the end it's often some check box buried in the advanced settings. So I decided to start a new set of posts regarding these strange issues that are solved by changing one solitary setting. These posts will have "that damn check box..." in the title to indicate what kind of post it is.
The last thing I want to mention is that although I've learned a ton in the last 3 years, I'm rather worn out from this job. It's full of pressure to make things better for users and full of users that are mean. There are plenty of people I've met that are actually quite nice about it, but those mean ones tend to leave a mark. I hope writing about the issues I fix and my current life helps put me in a better head-space as well as enlighten others crazy enough to be in IT support. Additionally I'm quite tired of the busy-ness that is Los Angeles and Orange County. For my own health I believe I need some place a bit slower paced. This not only leads to that I'm looking for new employment, but I'm also looking to relocate. I haven't truly decided on where I want to go, but I've been thinking a lot of the life I left behind when I moved to SoCal in the first place.
It's hard to close my existential posts sometimes. I feel like I need to say something poignant, but I can never find the words. Sadly those words rarely coalesce. So...
Until next time:
Work smart. Play hard. Sleep well.
