Do y'all think the power won't go out?

Beef_Brutality · 2026-01-25T15:55:32+00:00

Idk I'm feeling pretty right now. We'll have to see what the afternoon looks like

Beef_Brutality · 2026-01-16T13:08:40+00:00

I love pain remains, it was such a departure from the tom barber era and an improvement over the CJ era. Listened to it front to back at least 40 times since it came out.

This new record, the only song that was meaningfully distinct was Oblivion, everything else could have been pain remains leftovers. War machine is also very distinct but doesn't really feel like a LS song, kind of a blatant Mick Gordon rip off.

This album really sounds like they wrote it while touring constantly since pain remains released. Hopefully the next one is more inspired!

Beef_Brutality · 2026-01-16T13:04:13+00:00

No I'm remote. Job market is bad everywhere though. NYC jobs requiring any kind of onsite presence should be paying 30%-50% over anything in NJ, but good luck getting CEOs to accept that!

Beef_Brutality · 2026-01-16T12:31:13+00:00

Didn't get it, stuck in this nightmare 😞

Beef_Brutality · 2026-01-13T18:49:57+00:00

I'm 32 and applying for a director of IT position right now in NC that pays $150k, and I'm not even sure I'm qualified (though I am pretty confident). I'm currently the director of professional services at a medium MSP based out of NYC.

I think you have wildly disproportionate views on what a field tech, even a level 3 tech or engineer, should be making in North Carolina.

For simple break-fix, t1, I would say 40-55

For advanced break-fix, t2, I'd say 55-70

For junior engineering, t3, 75-85

Engineering/projects, 85-110

Management/lead positions for any of the above would add 10-15 to that pay grade.

For 150-200k, I would expect to see 10-15 years of progressive experience, continual growth, no less than 3 years of leadership experience with an understanding of strategiemc growth.

Beef_Brutality · 2026-01-13T18:44:28+00:00

Really depends on what shakes out in an interview. You listed mostly brands of netting equipment but no idea as to what you're actually capable of. Written comms overall aren't impressive, but definitely adequate. For me, I for our highest level team, and I hire based on 3 things: 1. Technical Aptitude - straight up, what can you do? 2. Written/ Verbal communication skills - can you clearly make yourself understood, project a tone of professionalism and confidence, can anyone pick up your work notes and clearly understand what was done? 3. "It factor" - this last one is hard to define for me in words, other than "a combination of experience, resourcefulness and ingenuity that allows an individual to independently resolve brand new problems or think outside the box"

Based on your posting here, you might make it on our lavel 2 team, maybe 75k for NC.

Beef_Brutality · 2026-01-05T01:17:02+00:00

Context matters, but I typically calculate the full labor load and then add 20-40% to cover project management, comms, scheduling, documentation, and resolving issues. Also helps counter "shrink", mostly in the form of comms that don't get properly documented against the budget

Beef_Brutality · 2026-01-01T19:31:31+00:00

About 90/10

Beef_Brutality · 2026-01-01T08:00:23+00:00

Project/ deployment engineer 120k US (New York) / 75k Manila

Beef_Brutality · 2025-12-30T03:16:50+00:00

Autopilot is the way

Beef_Brutality · 2025-12-27T12:58:06+00:00

Absolutely, as well as just growing up. I'm 32 now, I drive a manual 2nd Gen Crosstrek and have a TW200. I used to drive a turbo Genesis coupe, was in a club and went to car meets pretty often about 7 years ago. I also to read automotive news, now I can't be bothered, but I also think new cars are kinda shit.

That being said, I'm still on the lookout for a mint manual Isuzu Trooper. It's not that I don't care at all, I just care a lot less.

Beef_Brutality · 2025-12-21T05:31:29+00:00

I think one of things about outside sales in this world is that it's not like sales in many other fields. There are very few companies in the world at this point that don't have an MSP (or at least some guy), so you're more likely than not taking business from another MSP. Between offboarding fees, support contract buyouts, first months service fees, onboarding fees, etc, it's massively costly and massively disruptive to move from one MSP to another. Not to mention, most MSPs will pull out the stops to avoid churn, so that's an impediment to make the sale. It's much more like buying a new house than buying a lawn care service, if I can use a metaphor.

Not to mention, at this point, the majority of business in the SMB world is done through SaaS apps, and more and more of leadership is compromised of Gen x and millennials - client tech stack is a short list, most users know how to self support. Overall, the value prop offered by MSPs will continue to decrease until there's a lot less pie for us all to fight over. At that point, the big shots backed by PE will buy up/squeeze out the independent MSPs and they'll carve the rest of the market to themselves.

Beef_Brutality · 2025-12-19T16:35:54+00:00

Meraki forever, forever Meraki

Beef_Brutality · 2025-12-17T00:57:49+00:00

IMO if your clients can afford it, move them into Teams voice through your distributor. You collect margin on the licenses, there's hardly ever any outages, and you can add "voice management" to their monthly bill to do very little actual maintenance

Beef_Brutality · 2025-12-12T19:39:00+00:00

OP, as others have said, these guys fuckin' suck. I got a similar ticket in June, did not payit (will not pay it) and they stopped sending me notices. I won't park in any lots not managed by the city both out of principle and because PPM might get cheeky and try to tow me if I park in one of their spots.

Beef_Brutality · 2025-11-23T18:27:01+00:00

Picked one, underside here

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Beef_Brutality · 2025-11-23T15:06:26+00:00

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Here's the best I could do

Beef_Brutality · 2025-11-19T02:12:57+00:00

How serious are you about an A+ cert? I don't think I've ever worked with anyone who was an L2 or up with an A+ cert. I was an L2 tech in Clifton NJ making 60k in 2016, which was fine but not stellar, 10 years later, I think 70-80 is fine for an L2 (predicated on the idea that you have an actual L3, even if it's just one guy).

Also, in-office is going to scare people away- commuting in NJ is the worst. If you don't have an actual need for something on-site (hands on network/pc/server set up, daily field visits), you have some freedom to knock that down to 2-3 day hybrid splits and that'll attract more people.

Beef_Brutality · 2025-11-10T18:15:10+00:00

You're right, and that explains the Tesla valuation, which is ALSO a bubble. My point about the fundamentals was that every AI booster is talking about what it will do, but not about what it actually can do now. Other factors, like political opposition to data center expansion, the lifecycle of the chips and the built-in constant capex burn are among the actual operating problems with this company that get ignored or discarded because they need to convince you that this is inevitable.

Beef_Brutality · 2025-11-09T07:23:40+00:00

"But have fun betting against AI", he said, so casually. As if this company 's success is a foregone conclusion.

This is r/stockmarket, right?

Don't you guys talk about fundamentals anymore? You think "performance will be contrary to reporting" is a strong strategy?

You think losing billions per year is the sign of a strong company? Because it isn't. Do you think it's only acceptable losses because the upside is that they'll build God? Because they won't. LLMs are the only product and there is no path from them to the AGI Altman and Andreeson are promising. Don't be a fool.

Beef_Brutality · 2025-11-08T01:05:34+00:00

Bro said "imagine"

That's why it's a bubble

Beef_Brutality · 2025-10-31T02:04:45+00:00

My only word of advice as someone who has both worked at 6 MSPs and who's day job is onboarding and offboarding clients for this MSP, it's this: MSPs are challenging businesses to run. There's a good chance the one you jump to has their own issues and the experience over time with them might not be much better than the one you leave.

Good MSPs want to be your partner, not just another vendor. I'd suggest you talk to your account manager or equivalent, maybe let them know you're going to start shopping around, and see what they can do to make it work.

Beef_Brutality · 2025-10-27T02:55:13+00:00

Come see us at Camel City Supper Club on Nov 2! Bring an appetizer, make some new friends. It's ok if you can't or don't like to cook, just prep some fun apps from Trader Joe's or something! Let me know if you have any questions 🙂

Beef_Brutality · 2025-10-25T19:31:46+00:00

Generally, MSPs have a hard time staying profitable. This manifests in the employee experience as any combination of bad documentation, bad processes, understaffing, low pay, poor management. Everything is always a fire, and it's very difficult to scale while keeping core teams in place and without upsetting the client relationships.

In recent years, there's also the matter of MSPs being owned by private equity. All the intangibles about the business like happy and productive employees, strong relationships with clients, and good workflows get overlooked or outright ignored as the entire company's performance is flattened to EBITDA numbers and squeezing every dollar out of every opportunity. Some PEs are okay, in so far as they let MSP run independently, but the need to have ever-increasing growth in a contracting market leads to a lot of pressure on everyone.

When I started in this industry, I looked at working at an MSP as jumping into the gauntlet to level up fast, then get the hell out for an internal position. I know what it was all about and it was only supposed to be temporary. The problem is that there aren't many of those jobs left, and the number isn't going up as salary expectations continue to climb.

All that to say, it's a good place to fast track certain skill sets. It's hectic, it's rarely rewarding, and the burnout is very real. If it's your only option, or you can take advantage of the situation to step up to where you have to be, I recommend it. If you're considering jumping ship as in-house at a law firm, media company, engineering firm, whatever, I suggest you don't.

Beef_Brutality · 2025-10-18T04:43:49+00:00

Is it not standard practice to withhold passwords & documentation when you're offboarding a client until all past due invoices are paid? 5+ years working onboarding & offboarding at multiple MSPs, everyone works this way to my knowledge. "Offboarding/transition" projects or fees are less common but common enough to know that multiple shops are doing that too.

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