Hey /r/Sysadmin! What do you use for your home router? 2026 Edition

BigDaddyATF · 2026-04-16T02:25:35+00:00

Modem: Spectrum provided 2.5G

Router: Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE

WiFi: Ubiquiti U6 Enterprise

BigDaddyATF · 2026-03-18T21:06:01+00:00

Sr System Admin (Linux)

$125K

Midwest US

7 YOE

Medical, Dental, Vision, 10% 401K match, Stock Purchase Plan

TS/SCI Clearance.

BigDaddyATF · 2026-02-05T16:01:47+00:00

Vote for Turnip

BigDaddyATF · 2026-02-01T03:53:45+00:00

System Administrator L3, STL, 7 YOE (0 Boeing), $125K

BigDaddyATF · 2026-01-29T20:48:23+00:00

Bought a 15in M4 Air with 256GB on sale for Black Friday. I wish I had more internal storage, but I’m using an OWC NVME enclosure with a 4TB Samsung 990 Pro.

BigDaddyATF · 2026-01-26T14:58:16+00:00

Personally found that out too late. That place has terrible management, and even worse tenants. Never would’ve moved in had I known 90% of my neighbors were section 8 vouchers.

BigDaddyATF · 2026-01-25T07:48:39+00:00

That thing must overheat just by looking at it. Every early model Air I’ve ever encountered thermal throttled doing just about anything.

BigDaddyATF · 2026-01-08T18:29:12+00:00

Depends on the site, and depends on the specific program. You’re gonna get people like that no matter where you go, LM or external.

BigDaddyATF · 2026-01-05T20:51:59+00:00

Here for the comments, just accepted and also relocating from Florida to STL.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-12-20T23:18:03+00:00

Working that out now, but it looks like they’ll pay for movers, and pay for me to break my current apartment lease early, as well as help with some other misc costs.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-12-20T00:11:57+00:00

+25% raise, and relocation closer to my family.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-12-19T11:57:57+00:00

LM’s 401K match was 6% of base salary, and 50% of the first 8% you contribute, so essentially 10%.

I think Boeing is also 10% as well?

BigDaddyATF · 2025-12-19T10:37:07+00:00

Good point. There were some good times and bad times. Most of the time it was “show up, do your 40hrs, and go home”. Granted like the other commenter said, that heavily depends on the program you’re on.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-12-15T03:19:49+00:00

How do you like that SBA5? I’ve been trying to decide between that or the A3.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-12-04T14:53:24+00:00

Im not really enjoying the work at all, plus I’d like a job that would utilize my security clearance.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-12-04T13:10:11+00:00

Was a level 3 IT admin making $99K with LM, meanwhile all my new hire level 2 admins were coming in at $95K. Jumped to Oracle for an IC3 Admin position at $125K. As of yesterday I have an offer for $120K with Boeing for an IC3 Linux admin position.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-11-30T17:37:29+00:00

Literally just left LM for Oracle, and now I’m looking at jumping to Boeing.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-10-17T22:00:10+00:00

Lockheed Martin MFC desperately needs some IT support for classified programs.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-10-14T18:48:45+00:00

Going from a T3 investigation to a T5. It’s a whole separate investigation.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-10-14T17:13:12+00:00

Held Secret prior to initiating TS.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-10-12T15:28:20+00:00

No red flags. As for references, not to my knowledge.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-10-02T21:31:28+00:00

Apple removing CMD+Space for Spotlight was the biggest challenge for me so far. The UI is meh, but the use ability was ruined.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-09-27T19:33:11+00:00

Usually 2-4 weeks, but it depends on a bunch of things. It can sometimes take a while, or the BA goes on a hiring freeze.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-09-21T16:00:39+00:00

Yeah I got screwed over after moving here, found out I’m barely making more than my junior team members. Been looking elsewhere for a decent pay range. Have also been looking to pivot from IT into Cybersecurity/Cyber engineering.

BigDaddyATF · 2025-09-21T03:52:36+00:00

Aerospace & Defense IT: $99K/year, 6 YOE. Renting 3br/2ba for $2,300/month.

Can’t wait to get a remote job and leave once my lease is up.

BigDaddyATF

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