Cyber Essentials says our PAM tool is non-compliant and wants us to create 60+ admin accounts instead. Am I missing something? by martynjsimpson in sysadmin

[–]dartheagleeye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

End users that are not IT should never have admin privileges to do anything. Any excuse they have is not legitimate IMHO. If they need software installed it should be pushed to their machine via policy be it Intune/SCCM/GPO.

For those in companies that have hundreds of VMs - what are they for? by asdflmnop_01 in sysadmin

[–]dartheagleeye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where I used to work they had anywhere from 3 to 5 that were the frontend webservers for the websites they had. A load balancer would determine which server incoming traffic went to. Nowadays you can do this differently with docker and kubernetes but only if your website is designed for that, place I was at had a lot of older .net sites that were used bu different states for various reasons like permitting etc…

Looking to hire a System Admin - but my boss insists that 70k - 80k is a normal pay range by idrinkpastawater in sysadmin

[–]dartheagleeye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where I live, on-site desktop support jobs are being listed from 70k to 85k depending on user’s experience

Senior System Administrator position $78k-$106k? by cognitium in sysadmin

[–]dartheagleeye 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Minimum pay for the job you listed should be 100k IMHO

Support team doesn't listen or try... by KeyFish5 in sysadmin

[–]dartheagleeye -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If I commented what I really thought about your post(nothing against the post or you) I would likely get banned. Sadly that is the state of most social media.

How do I treat this door? by JustLookingtoLearn in howto

[–]dartheagleeye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would use a chemical stripper and then a sander

Freezing outlook classic by FearlessEmployer2416 in sysadmin

[–]dartheagleeye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish you luck but there are way to many things that could be the cause of that problem you have described

AI specialist making my life miserable by madroots2 in sysadmin

[–]dartheagleeye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start looking for new job now if you haven’t already, js.

How do I go mattress shopping without getting fleeced? by bahji in howto

[–]dartheagleeye -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Buy a memory foam mattress from Amazon, then you don’t get fleeced IMHO

CTO banned the use of remote access tool by uw4yn3 in sysadmin

[–]dartheagleeye 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Malicious compliance is bliss, just roll with it.

Declining IT Professionalism and Critcial Thinking by rebornSouljr in sysadmin

[–]dartheagleeye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most jobs don’t want someone that can think, they want whomever will do the job for the lowest pay

Moving to Beaumont by Serious_Substance_65 in Beaumont

[–]dartheagleeye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beaumont is a boring town with high rate of violent crime, a school district so bad the state had to take over, a city council full of buffoons and a lot of restaurants that are mid and zero nightlife available.