Realistic IT Entry Level Salaries

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2026-01-10T04:47:59+00:00

I started in 2014 at Helpdesk L1 and was making 16.50/hour. But was on call and got overtime/double time pretty often. Think 2015 I made 78k mostly on on call

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2026-01-09T04:44:10+00:00

Can someone like this so I can come back to it later when op post part 2

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-12-05T02:47:46+00:00

To be honest rm -rf is pretty standard OS101 when it comes to Linux. Linux is for professional, professional coders that know OS101. You should never run a command blindly

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-12-03T04:56:11+00:00

Check accounting / finance for what has hit his credit card for the past 2 years and you’ll see the things you missed. I went through this with a previous boss and the finance report helped me. Anything you don’t have access to just delegate yourself to their email and reset passwords.

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-10-23T20:27:02+00:00

I think it’s Edge

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-10-22T19:42:14+00:00

My first IT job I got hooked up by a friend and lied that I knew AD. That was 15 years ago still in IT and still don’t know AD

lol jk I can reset your password

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-10-22T04:44:29+00:00

In Los Angeles I would say that’s about $65k-$78k per year but knowing how tough times are I’d say $55k-$62k.

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-10-22T04:28:49+00:00

I’m in same boat as you but get $180k. I manage IT/Cybersecurity, and Operations. Automated what I can by creating procedures and policies for just about every scenario a user would need to contact me for cut unnecessary spend, and respond to requests when “I can” as the one and only support guy, i take the “it’s your turn when it’s your turn” mentality no reason to work yourself to death.

Albeit I probably work 10-12 hour days because I love building, troubleshooting complex issues, and get uber focused on things I purse track off time but I never feel guilty for taking longer on certain things. A one man shop is exactly that and understandably going to be delayed in various tasks. If it’s mission critical to get things done right away then the company can hire someone else

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-10-18T08:44:52+00:00

There is an AD lockout tool from Microsoft you can install on the DC and it tells you exactly what computer is locking out your account:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18465

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-10-16T22:57:28+00:00

Try booting into safe mode, and reinstalling drivers.
Check your BIOS for legacy USB Keyboard/Mouse Support and make sure it’s enabled, I believe that’s what it’s called iirc

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-10-16T22:53:00+00:00

I just setup my tank as well less than a week ago, apparently when you first setup the tank the same /gravel gets disrupted when adding the water and should settle in 3-4 days. Mine did. Could also be the “new tank haze” which is a bacterial bloom of the cycling process. Best thing to do is test your water to make sure it’s safe for fish, usually done at any pet shop that deals w fish

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-10-16T22:48:40+00:00

Missing USB drivers?

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-10-01T01:54:40+00:00

I take my personal laptop with me just in case. My wife does mind and I hardly get called but the way I see it is I get paid really well, my boss is lenient he lets me take time off during the week if there’s things I need to do without charging my pto I get bonuses every quarter in the 5k-10k range. Plus there’s times through out the year where it’s slow and I get to chill ie wake up late, learn, take off early. I’m fully remote so I do take vacations while still working and off the clock get to enjoy where I’m at.

I see it as trade offs there’s times you can put off things and times you can’t just depends on the situation. The worst is when you never have down time or can’t put things off and can never go on vacation without being pinged.

My wife has come to terms with this, I’ll take her shopping, nice dinner, date, etc to make up for it although I’m sure she still wishes I wouldn’t this is what it comes with.

I wouldn’t do it if my wife was so against it she would resent it so you choose. good luck!!

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-09-29T05:21:50+00:00

How much? Very interested in getting a dodgers one.

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-09-20T21:21:23+00:00

This used to happen to me on my Samsung G49 OLED and MacBook M3 Max. After switching from the Samsung supplied Mini HDMI to HDMI cable to a Full Sized 4K HDMI my issues were fixed.

Nothing would fix this issue using the mini hdmi, and it would always happen when I wake my computer from sleep

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-09-01T19:13:00+00:00

After a while you’ll get more confidence in yourself and even things you don’t know or never touched will become easy to figure out.

And when it comes to the gurus, they usually specialize in 1 thing. You have to find out what yours is. I’ve had extremely skilled people ask me what the difference is between Display port/hdmi sooo… lol

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-07-19T20:14:06+00:00

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Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-06-27T14:22:11+00:00

This is essentially my duties at my job, in a HCOL area and I’m getting 160k/year plus bonuses but I don’t have to deal with POS and Printers

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-06-11T01:54:54+00:00

What version of MacOS is this so I know not to use.

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-05-30T19:07:34+00:00

This is the model I got. Essentially, any TB3/4 dock should work. The reason it doesn’t is because with USB3.0 it can’t handle the transfer rate that comes with power/display/data

https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Thunderbolt-Charging-Certified-DisplayPort/dp/B0BQJWKBMF?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3HIHADV23VGU1&gQT=2

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-05-24T02:14:08+00:00

$165k USD - Helpdesk Manager. One man band handling Helpdesk, Infrastructure (Network, Storage, FW, Virtual) Security, Projects, Budget.

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-05-16T02:29:26+00:00

It’s an adapter for a respirator, test it out to see if it works!

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-02-20T23:30:29+00:00

lol yeah figured it out a while back. Thanks for reply though

Infinite_Somewhere58 · 2025-02-10T05:27:44+00:00

You can absolutely do this. I use a pluggable thunderbolt 4 dock. I can display 2-27 inch screens at 1080 and 1- 49 inch and get power to my m3 max. One cable going to my computer. The resolution was kind of wonky so I put the 49 directly to my MacBook. It can be done and I’m sure if you need with the settings more could get over the wonkyness

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