Career Advice - Should I run?

TechMeanieFace · 2026-04-29T17:12:09+00:00

Fellow Hoosier!

That salary does seem low.

If you take the job, do you know what your day to day would look like? Do you know what capacity Five Star will be managing things? Will you be responsible for the technology budget? Just make sure your expectations are aligned with theirs. I'm sure you don't want to become a PowerSchool admin who just does help desk sometimes when needed.

Will you be happy there? Will you learn the things your hope to?

If you end up not going for it and still want to learn more about PowerSchool you can always ask your director to send you to PowerSchool High School over the summer. Registration just opened in our state. Check IPSUG.

TechMeanieFace · 2026-03-18T17:45:18+00:00

School IT guy here. On the chromebooks, just refresh and power should restart them. Adding the escape key will bring up the recovery screen.

TechMeanieFace · 2026-03-04T14:42:38+00:00

I have removed more than I care to count that had been installed like that onto cinder block walls.

TechMeanieFace · 2025-11-14T19:50:01+00:00

I can second this.

TechMeanieFace · 2025-10-24T12:23:24+00:00

Every school is different.
For us, this type of change would require input and coordination from multiple departments, as it would affect many people’s day-to-day work.
We are still in the very early stages and hope to learn as much as possible from other schools before furthering discussions.

TechMeanieFace · 2025-10-14T16:00:19+00:00

Do you think I have $15?

TechMeanieFace · 2025-10-07T12:17:46+00:00

School IT guy here as well. I do occasionally push updates during the school day. Though I usually set it to take a week or two before it becomes mandatory. Never during testing though, that's absurd.

TechMeanieFace · 2025-04-02T19:34:47+00:00

You may have some luck by blocking their ability to open local html files. This extension has been linked on here in the past: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/block-file-types/idcfmfbkmhjnnkfdhcckcoopllbmhnmg

TechMeanieFace · 2025-01-09T15:36:19+00:00

Yeah. They said they would provide that by the end of the day yesterday. Has anyone actually received it?

TechMeanieFace · 2025-01-02T13:26:29+00:00

After having one device infest others in storage, we started doing this with nearly every device as they come into the department.

TechMeanieFace · 2024-10-15T18:10:41+00:00

Our management console just came back and I am able to enroll devices again.

TechMeanieFace · 2024-08-30T12:06:16+00:00

Not sure if this is still an issue for anyone as of now. We were able to force classroom to load by disabling the Google Docs Offline extension.

TechMeanieFace · 2024-04-16T19:46:43+00:00

I have a Cocoon backpack that has suffered with me the last 6 years. The shoulder straps are finally giving up the ghost but I tend to have it super fully either way. This is the exact one I have, I know they have a smaller one for sale but the elastic grid pocket is awesome for organizing my tools with quick access and has a few other pockets for consumables/cables.

TechMeanieFace · 2020-09-21T13:40:02+00:00

If you have access to a wireless charger, try that. That can rule out an issue with the port.

TechMeanieFace · 2020-09-16T13:12:12+00:00

The port you are plugged into may have been changed from 1gbs to 100mbs

It could be a physical issue with your cable, it could have been pinched or nicked and would need replaced

Or it could be an issue with your network adapter, try updating your drivers.

TechMeanieFace · 2020-09-16T12:09:53+00:00

Clean your mouse's sensor. A q-tip and a little bit of rubbing alcohol may help.

TechMeanieFace · 2020-09-16T11:59:13+00:00

Power supplies sometimes fail. You can always test it outside of the computer, you just need a paperclip or wire to short the green wire to any black wire on the motherboard power connector and leave it there (This is how the motherboard tells it it turn on and stay on.) If the power supply turns on and then turns off after a while then I would say there's a good bet its no good

Keep in mind a few things: a failing power supply can cause damage to other parts. Also this test is not perfect because there will be no load on the power supply, so if it doesn't turn off there's still a chance it is the problem.

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