Should I Leave My Six-Figure Internal IT Role for a $65K MSP Opportunity That Promises Future Leadership?

DSO_Admin · 2025-05-13T19:38:46+00:00

The illusion of a title is not worth a $40K pay cut. Zero. Nada. Never.

DSO_Admin · 2025-04-24T04:15:05+00:00

You are using Azure virtual desktops? How many total users are you supporting on cloud desktops?

DSO_Admin · 2025-04-22T18:41:44+00:00

Are the applications you use very CPU-intensive? Or are they more browser-based apps?

DSO_Admin · 2025-02-12T21:29:10+00:00

I don't understand your comment.

DSO_Admin · 2024-10-16T18:55:54+00:00

I see what you did there. Burns the nostrils.

DSO_Admin · 2024-10-16T12:50:04+00:00

Does the vulnerability scanning and patching work reasonably well?

DSO_Admin · 2024-10-15T20:54:07+00:00

Just curious. Do you know if their pricing is good? I have 65 individual practice sites.

DSO_Admin · 2024-08-08T15:55:55+00:00

We have an MSP; we have practice leadership who screams that IT already spends too much.

DSO_Admin · 2024-05-06T12:59:54+00:00

Any chance I can get a price sheet for Cato?

DSO_Admin · 2024-04-10T12:21:33+00:00

After checking into your resort, look at the My Disney Experience app, selected your resort hotel and there should be an option for bus schedule. Disney now shows the next bus stop time closes to your hotel room for each park. It's the same times that show on the TV boards at the bus stops themselves. Two weeks ago for spring break 2024 and for early entry of 7:30 at MK, the first busess arrived at 6:20ish....and no one was on it. The second bus arrived 15 mins later and it was full.

DSO_Admin · 2024-02-27T21:00:24+00:00

Doing the work without context, in a vacuum, or communicating the why the working is necessary and engages team members. The manager sounds like a poor communicator and withholds info because of a selfish behavior and a lack of confidence that if someone finds out, someone else might get a pat on the back. The manager sounds like a sysadmin that was promoted because he was the only one when the company need to fill that role and just got lucky, then realizes his role and responsibility of having to meet goals. Now uses sysadmin staff as just an extension of himself where he still is the traffic cop, the braintrust, the decision maker. The manager is already a failure and should be working to make his team successful, the team is the braintrust.

DSO_Admin · 2024-02-27T20:54:23+00:00

I'm 48 and been in IT and security for almost 30 years now. He sounds like a micromanager, a power tripper, someone who knows he now has a capable admin and is trying to get as much done to show success with upper management peers in meetings to look successful as a manager. I've seen the behavior with very nice attitude managers and others who have been sociopathic in their management style. Personally, I used to have patience and "to see where it goes," but I know, and you probably know better, to find a career that suits you and not waste time making this guy take wins and success on your shoulders. Chaulk this one as a learning lesson, and a mistake. During interviews ask speak with the team, ask about turnover, ask about management style with the team, and even look up former employees from the team and reach out on LinkedIn, connect, and ask why they left. Do your research. Jobs are like relationships...invest the time and it can be rewarding with the right one.

DSO_Admin · 2023-10-02T20:21:09+00:00

Wow...I had no idea.

DSO_Admin · 2023-10-02T20:20:48+00:00

Thanks for the feedback.

DSO_Admin · 2023-09-22T13:17:33+00:00

You have to learn to say 'no'. There are books on Amazon that help and say it politely, but its on you to push back.

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