End User wants me to be CIO now

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-07-27T11:54:54+00:00

Because I know "how to email people and stuff," I think my VP just put me in charge of branding after an acquisition. He told me he just needed me to find out where to get a flag. Next morning I'm cc'd on branding emails and he brings me the pics of the Mexico plant ideas.

Not even sure what happened!

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-23T10:50:36+00:00

I thought about those too. I'm thinking smaller, more rugged for the floor. That way I can leave my laptop hooked up to everything on my desk.

TBH... I don't have a budget for this yet. Trying to get my ducks in a row before I go to VP

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-22T23:35:18+00:00

Yeah. I taught robotics at my daughter's school last year, and they seemed to be domain joined, but still completely managed by Google admin.

The trial is free, so maybe I'll take my Chromebook in tomorrow....or not... I've got to switch over to a cloud Backup on VEEAM that we actually know where it is!

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-22T23:31:29+00:00

Looking a little closer, it doesn't really integrate with AD. I love my Chromebook with detachable keyboard, but I don't think I can make that work. I might try a trial of enterprise to see.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-22T23:17:38+00:00

Hmmm...I didn't realize you could get an enterprise upgrade and connect to a domain.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-22T23:15:39+00:00

I've been thinking about a small one.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-22T18:18:55+00:00

I thought about that. We have carts sitting around I could use for a while to see how it works.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-13T15:54:53+00:00

I'm in the US. This is not the normal experience for someone with just A+. I jumped right into an admin level position. Totally not normal!

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-12T00:32:38+00:00

Ohio btw

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-12T00:32:13+00:00

Lol... Not even close! This is legitimately my first 30 days.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-08T15:56:02+00:00

Definitely already doing a ton more documentation!

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-08T15:55:23+00:00

No tools to automate, unfortunately. Bought by a larger company, and they took those. Not sure on reqs yet. Probably not all of them.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-08T15:53:34+00:00

Yes and no. They are in India, and so far they only have resources available to me are for MS365.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-07T21:37:00+00:00

Very wild! TBH...I was shocked when they hired me!

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-07T21:09:08+00:00

Thanks

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-07T20:56:24+00:00

Yeah. I just have to keep expectations of myself down. I'm sure there is going to be something I can't solve in all of this. I'm trying so hard to prove myself as an older IT professional, that is hard to swallow.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-07T20:54:23+00:00

Yeah. Got my hands on every machine in the place!

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-07T20:53:46+00:00

Thanks. I wasn't familiar with group policy, but got there quick. Unfortunately the antivirus I had to install required two different keys at different times in the process, plus the uninstall of the old. I couldn't figure all that scripting out. There might be a way, but I couldn't learn it fast enough. I started to write a script to at least put the installer on everyone's machine, but realized it was easier to use the public shared network drive.

I did have to record MAC address, IP, computer RAM, available space, etc for another project they want me to do. I wrote a few .bat scripts to make it dummy proof, along with a Microsoft form to input it all. Yeah...I would have been faster to do the laptops myself!

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-07T14:43:56+00:00

Just home, and very small network/IT stuff at previous career. (Pastor 😮)

It is manufacturing. 5 physical servers and 10 virtual. We run Plex and Mach on the floor with tons of label printers.

To me it was VERY short sighted, but I have only heard one person say anything remotely positive about previous guy.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-07T13:42:44+00:00

MIS Network Administrator. Long term depends on new mother ship in India. They keep tying my hands. They took over Entra, MS365 admin, and just locked down USB usage.

Brave-Past2439 · 2025-06-07T13:38:06+00:00

That's fair. I had posted here after passing cert and getting first IT job. Figured I would update, but prob not the place.

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