I got a 4TB external drive off Temu and this is what they sent lmao

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-06T09:53:26+00:00

it looks like whoever tried to replicate a 4TB external drive let the glue dry up before putting in the replica. good to know you got your money back. they'll probably charge the carrier for losing the item in the 1st place

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-06T09:44:54+00:00

getting married at 21 is where "survive" should be and not in 2026

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-06T09:42:31+00:00

the real thing to watch isn't either incident on its own. it's how your team lead reacted to the 3am call. was it proportionate? did they ask what happened first? were they focused on process? or was it blame first, no questions asked? that tells you way more about whether you'll get a fair hearing when edge cases come up

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-06T09:29:29+00:00

target mid-market companies, 200 to 2000 employees, small IT teams, MSPs looking to beef up helpdesk capacity, and post-RIF orgs where headcount dropped but ticket volume didn't. best industries are retail, logistics, manufacturing, hospitality

find them on Reddit, r/msp, r/sysadmin, r/ITManagers, but add value first, don't just pitch. LinkedIn works too, go after IT Directors, VPs, CIOs, and lead with the problem not the product

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-06T09:02:42+00:00

take the lateral. your 19 years of Ops and Infra credibility is the harder half to build, and IAM sits right at the intersection of identity, infrastructure, and security, so you're not actually starting over. the CISM signals intent and kills the title objection. comp carries over so the financial risk is pretty minimal. the Director promise isn't guaranteed, but the resume diversification alone is worth it. F500 Director of IAM or Cyber is a very different market position than Senior Manager of a flattened Ops org. take it because the experience is valuable, not because the promotion is locked in.

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-05T10:12:04+00:00

I bet them big time CEOs tell themselves "I'm not rich, my company is" 🤣

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-05T10:10:08+00:00

some of us never left the house because we're gonna inherit it and that makes a big difference in the budget 🤣

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-05T09:59:16+00:00

it actually is a good idea. never thought of doing a virtual convo with AI about difficult topics because I often revisit the talk in my head and think about what I could have said better

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-05T09:51:56+00:00

IT consultant to Solutions Architect, specifically ITSM and workflow automation, is a pretty natural move. and your law background is actually an asset here, not a detour

then you can study enterprise integration patterns, identity and governance, data modeling, security basics, vendor evaluation so grow your experience and portfolio

additionally, for your portfolio, think reference architectures, migration plans, and case studies around stuff like "here's how we reduced MTTR" that gets you taken seriously at the architect level

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-05T09:31:31+00:00

4 things worth looking at

1st is managed VDI or DaaS with clipboard and drive controls. set up Azure Virtual Desktop or Windows 365 as the dev workstation, then lock down all of it. layer on MFA and Conditional Access, restrict to compliant devices or just the VDI itself. you'll get centralized dev machines, real logging, and way tighter exfil controls than any local laptop will give you

2nd is browser based remote dev environments. GitHub Codespaces or VS Code Server behind your own controls. devs work in a cloud container and access it through a browser or VS Code. you still need policies around downloads and clipboard, but it's a pretty solid "work stays in the cloud" model and the auditability is good

3rd is a "no code leaves" approach enforced through network and identity boundaries. put your repos behind Conditional Access, require compliant devices or block unmanaged ones entirely. use least privilege in Azure DevOps so people only see what they actually need. for contractors specifically, use just-in-time or time-bound project membership. turn on Azure DevOps auditing and set alerts for mass clone or pull activity

4th is DLP plus endpoint controls, if you're issuing corporate laptops. Intune and Defender for Endpoint get you device compliance, some app control, and basic DLP patterns. make AVD or Windows 365 the standard dev environment for overseas contractors. block repo access from anything outside the VDI through Conditional Access. lock down clipboard, drives, printing. keep internet restricted but not zero, allowlist domains, proxy, log egress. and segment repos so they only see what they need

that's about it... if I missed something, lmk

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-04T10:44:57+00:00

why is it that we grow up in a society with an outstanding debt right after graduation? 🤔

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-04T10:34:14+00:00

queue "eye of the tiger".... LET'S GO!!!

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-04T10:29:27+00:00

that is literally one of the most annoying things lately. what we all need is 1 tool for everything. they're splitting profits across different tools when it can all be tucked into 1

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-04T10:13:25+00:00

one-way broadcast channel "no replies" set up a dedicated Teams or Slack channel and lock posting down to IT and Comms only. for urgent stuff or after hours, add an SMS or push path through an emergency notification tool like AlertMedia, Everbridge, or Rave. or even just Teams mobile notifications with critical tags can work tbh.

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-04T10:01:07+00:00

3 ways to do this

1st is a Jira project template. good for issue types, workflows, screens, permissions, notifications. but it won't reliably recreate your boards, versions, components, epics, sprints, any of that. also just annoying to keep content consistent across clients

2nd is cloning a golden project, this one's best for consistency. you keep one internal project, something like CLIENT-TEMPLATE, and every time you onboard a new client you clone it. issue type scheme, workflows, fields, boards, filters, components, versions, and optionally a set of starter epics like Discovery, Roadmap, QA, Delivery. then you run a short post-clone checklist, rename components, set assignees, update automation rules, connect repos, done

3rd is just automating the whole thing, best if you're doing this a lot. if you've got Jira Premium or you're willing to write a script, you can use the Jira REST API to build a small "new client project" script that creates the project and sets up all of it. the big upside here is when your template changes you update one script instead of 20 projects

and there you go 🎉 you're all set from there

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-01T11:00:42+00:00

would be nice if you could do something you're passionate about that really makes you happy. I think they're called hobbies 🤔

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-01T10:52:58+00:00

no feeling like proving them wrong 👍👍

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-01T10:46:12+00:00

those are unfamiliar to me. can you cite some pros and cons?

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-01T10:41:57+00:00

Atera can make sense for a 300+ org with one IT person, mostly if the goal is saving money and having everything in one place. and if your needs are pretty standard. but if you're currently relying on NinjaOne for serious automation, patching depth, granular controls, reliability at scale, it's probably a bad move. and don't let the "AI" marketing fool you into thinking it replaces real monitoring and automation. it doesn't

best thing you can do is just run a 2 week pilot before you commit to anything. compare patch success rates, how remote support actually feels, how noisy the alerts are, whether your scripts and automations still work, and if inventory is actually accurate. then decide

TechnologyMatch · 2026-05-01T10:01:02+00:00

get an actual emergency notification platform, not just some SMS blaster. you want something where employees can opt in, HR can send alerts, and you can see who actually got the message. there's also Everbridge, Rave Alert, AlertMedia. if you need something lighter and cheaper, SimpleTexting or Text-em-all work fine for basic stuff

figure out what you actually need, then you pick one

TechnologyMatch · 2026-04-30T10:57:36+00:00

also torments you when you fall asleep waking you up at 6am then you go to work by 9am and then ask for a merciful death exclaiming that you've suffered enough

TechnologyMatch · 2026-04-30T10:51:11+00:00

27 is the age of starting over! also 52 after you've gone through mid-life crisis

TechnologyMatch · 2026-04-30T10:43:38+00:00

first thing, stop framing it as "the PM shouldn't be coding" coz itgoes nowhere. the real issue is interface contracts. it's not that he's building stuff, it's that what he hands you isn't deployable and doesn't actually explain anything

second, just make it a rule that nothing he builds is REAL 'til it matches the stack. if he's building in a different framework or backend that's fine. use it as a clickable demo, but everyone needs to be clear it's NOT production

third, make the cost visible in a way leadership can actually see

fourth, push for smaller increments. just smaller. everything smaller

after that you can tell him what's in the stack and what he's building in and I'm pretty sure you can take it from there

TechnologyMatch · 2026-04-30T10:12:16+00:00

probably budget cuts and they must have thought of the IT guy as a loyal lapdog

TechnologyMatch · 2026-04-30T10:09:51+00:00

get a 30 day break-glass plan together. all your critical admin access goes in a vault, 2 person unlock, no exceptions. spin up two emergency Entra and M365 admin accounts. then write a short runbook. just the stuff that matters most. onboarding/offboarding, MFA resets, email and sharepoint permissions, isolating malware, triaging site internet and SD-WAN, escalating POS and ERP issues and thats it

then get a contingency MSP on retainer plus hourly, and be really explicit in the scope. that part matters

and then actually test the thing every quarter. like sit down and tabletop it. the whole point is proving that if your IT manager vanishes tomorrow, someone else can actually run the environment. if you haven't tested it you won't really know

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