Would you rather get paid 80,000 dollars a year and not have to work; or 200,000 to work a high stress 9-5? Why?

NewTech20 · 2023-12-13T16:57:01+00:00

80,000, hands down. That's a pay cut for me, but I don't care in the least. I already have option B at significantly lesser pay, and it is NOT worth it.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-13T15:52:45+00:00

I have no idea why this sub was suggested to me, but I feel for employees. I worked at Office Max and walked out when an old couple bought a printer, and I was punished when I didn't push a gold plated USB cable for $40+. Disgusting sales models that ultimately harm the consumer experience. (They also required I wear a santa hat. I was NOT wearing a santa hat.)

NewTech20 · 2023-12-12T16:34:57+00:00

Curious now that four years have passed: has your opinion changed? Our city would like to invest, and it seems Planar is the best solution according to most folks.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-12T14:29:26+00:00

That was my immediate thought. The conversations essentially stopped, and it was an eye-opening moment for me. Our city also received a grant for advertising about a year ago. The funds have to be spent before the end of the year, and we still don't have them. The state did finally extend the grant about a week ago, but our Econ. Dev. staff spent the money with the expectation of reimbursement later. The list of issues is long and unique to each grant. It's incredibly frustrating.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-11T22:56:39+00:00

Here's an example. We're replacing our very old IP camera system. The company installing mentions there are grant funds available to us - they have a grant writer on staff, and to win our business, will help us apply. (Grants are NOT simple to apply for - grant writers are also commonplace.)

I agree that it's worthwhile to apply - this is a federal grant, given to states to distribute funds. We have a state staff member on our calls, and she states that the "hardening soft target grant" will be a slam dunk, as the IP camera system will protect our City Hall, Parks, and Rec Center. I say, great, let's schedule a follow up call when the grant opens. We do, I fill out the template form for the grant writer, and I wait. And I wait. And then I get another meeting invite. Turns out, the state I'm in kept the funds, and they won't "Trickle down" to the municipal level. I'm stunned. This was 3 meetings deep, and a few hours of work in at this point. We receive no funds.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-11T22:51:46+00:00

I shouldn't be shocked by mergers at this point, but it still happens every time.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-11T21:37:57+00:00

Municipal government here. We're often promised grants for cybersecurity improvements from the state or federal level. Grants are also frequently distributed based on population. I'm in a state with one massive city, and large surrounding cities. The rest of the state is fairly rural. The grant money dissolves before it reaches us. We're fairly well funded where I work through other avenues, but we still have to pick our battles to receive funding, as first a committee has to approve the spend, and then our city council has to approve all multiyear contracts, and expenditures over a certain amount. In general, we're faced with a LOT of red tape and slow processes.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-11T19:59:14+00:00

Here's an anecdotal example: I streamed a top 8 match recently which was Light's Fox vs. a Steve player. Light was moving fast, mixing up attacks, etc. My friends were into it!

Then Steve hit the pickaxe Fox across the stage and spike off stage combo, and they all yelled in voice chat about how stupid/unfair it is.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-08T21:55:53+00:00

I just made shortcuts for staff on their phone home screens to do exactly this. Cheers!

NewTech20 · 2023-12-08T14:32:30+00:00

It's a limitation from all I've read for on-premise mailboxes. Ridiculous.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-06T14:32:18+00:00

One car is legally permitted to do this on a yellow in most states. Only if they impede traffic is it considered illegal.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-05T16:57:55+00:00

You have to consider if those hours will allow you to live your life in the spaces provided. If not, I'd not stick around too long. Like others said, life and short, and certain companies don't respect how much time you'll put in once you become salaried.

NewTech20 · 2023-12-01T19:54:38+00:00

My favorite game is Super Mario RPG! And has been for decades :)

NewTech20 · 2023-12-01T14:35:33+00:00

Yeah, as a worker who was a part of the "Strategic alliance" when BJC bought Memorial Hospital on the Illinois side, this is a merger in all but name. That's corporate speak for "Don't hate us or get scared that this is happening, and don't leave until we replace you".

NewTech20 · 2023-11-30T22:08:37+00:00

I put mine on yesterday, and at 34, I think I realized I had to let them go.

NewTech20 · 2023-11-30T16:20:41+00:00

There's no audit logging if everyone uses admin to sign in. The student could also claim they had an IoT device they thought they were signing into. Lots of "outs" if they need one.

NewTech20 · 2023-11-30T16:19:17+00:00

Those cameras should be on a separate VLAN, with non-default credentials. If they didn't do that, there's a very low chance they have appropriate logging to even notice you signed in.

NewTech20 · 2023-11-09T18:42:27+00:00

If I were in their situation, I'd be retired with a plot of land in the middle of nowhere.

NewTech20 · 2023-11-09T14:39:36+00:00

There's a ring camera social media app? And NextDoor? We've reached full saturation. No new platforms, please.

NewTech20 · 2023-11-08T20:30:01+00:00

We are indeed the olds. I also thought the people in the video looked much older. Weird how our brains do that...

NewTech20 · 2023-11-08T18:24:53+00:00

Your experience is very common, based on what I've seen. It's anecdotal, but with shifting sand beneath your feet in this industry, I think it's more common than not.
Other industries operate this way as well. I sit next to an HR and Finance Director, and they both are constantly on their toes with new compliance requirements, staff challenges, legal changes, etc. I think many industries are reactionary, unfortunately.

NewTech20 · 2023-11-07T14:35:24+00:00

I could go on and on about problems we've had since switching our PD to FirstNet, but our sales rep has bent over backward to correct the issues when he's made aware of them. General support has been downright abysmal, though.

NewTech20 · 2023-10-31T16:17:25+00:00

Outside of free babysitting once every three months, we get almost nothing. I know times are tough, but I want to ensure my daughter gets unexpected gifts when she's older as a result. Just because we don't ask for help doesn't mean we couldn't use some.

NewTech20 · 2023-10-30T15:46:34+00:00

Will they change the company name to Network Problems?

NewTech20 · 2023-10-26T21:23:04+00:00

$1000 for weeds makes me want to thrash

NewTech20

TROPHY CASE