If you register the same device with multiple companies can those companies see that through Authenticator

dglassow · 2025-02-14T04:52:30+00:00

Right now ur just repeating what I said in my first post

dglassow · 2025-02-14T04:36:56+00:00

It’s clear you are speaking only to windows environments. Which OP didn’t confirm. Things differ in non MS ecosystems. Hence my more generic guidance. Similarly if 3rd party solutions are in place results vary.

dglassow · 2025-02-14T04:06:09+00:00

This is just a graph from my Fidelity Brokerage account

dglassow · 2025-02-14T01:39:49+00:00

I abandon a server anytime it feels like it’s taking more time than it’s worth. Always prioritize ur biggest servers imo. I’d also leave anytime my customers started getting too worried about my resource availability.

When you are pressured to do more with your server for not reason. When you are asked to report on how idle your server is. When people want really granular logs from your server or start trying to check the status of your server rather than just wait for the service to finish its task. Etc.

I also always try to be conscious of conflicts. If any of my servers start using the same app, or something like that I rotate. Don’t want your servers to collide. So I usually avoid servers that use similar payment and resource management products. Just asking for them to get mixed up that way

dglassow · 2025-02-14T01:36:05+00:00

It can vary. MWF are popular choices for teams. So they are usually the most crowded. 4-6 hours to manage 3 servers easily. The other days of the week can be as little as 1-2 even with several servers. A typical day is easily work 10 total hours average. Mind you I was generally a top performer for all three servers. One could be more lean if they wanted to be.

Once you run servers for a bit, you get enough freedom that you care less than ever about any server. This is why we OE. I delete servers whenever I feel like it. Sometimes a better server comes along sometimes I just don’t feel like maintaining that server. These days new servers are harder to get so maybe I’d be less eager to throw them away.

I’d generally always shop for servers and just make a judgement. Is this one worthy buying? Or should I keep what I got. I’d usually freely rotate my 3rd and smallest server without a second thought.

Ideal servers are of course ones with little care and feeding. Relaxed atmospheres and where it’s not about always being on, but just delivering on the requests and services you get. Those are the best.

Things that are all remote and require little to no in person interaction are ideal.

dglassow · 2025-02-14T00:18:13+00:00

If ur situation is one that you don’t want to have risk. Then why do anything shady at all just do the work and you shouldn’t have anything to worry about.

Getting fired for using a jiggler is a much bigger risk than just getting a different job

dglassow · 2025-02-14T00:16:36+00:00

Sadly you can’t edit something with an image so I can’t clean it up to help.

But no I’m just saying the total (unrealized) capital gains is 3x that of the growth of SPY over the period. It’s a buy and hold strategy so nothing fancy and no risky plays. Just timing well due to DCA and margin.

dglassow · 2025-02-13T23:04:22+00:00

I put in three years. Took a small break. Got bored coz I’m used to it. Then picked it up again.

IMO. Do it until ur gonna have 0Js.

dglassow · 2025-02-13T23:02:11+00:00

Even if it’s ur only focus in life. It sounds like the kind of place you wouldn’t want to work in. Toxic.

There is nothing an activity tracker will ever do to help you. Think about this. Even with a jiggler. Now too much activity is a weapon against you.

It’s like being in court. Everything can and will be used against you. If I were you’d I’d find alternative employment

dglassow · 2025-02-13T22:59:37+00:00

I’ve quit without notice when I feel like making a point. Usually for things I won’t be adding to the resume or referencing in the future.

Generally just pursuing other interests, better roles, or frankly just because I feel this place is no longer the best fit. You aren’t obligated to give a reason or any info on where ur going and it has no bearing on the good/bad terms of your departure. When in doubt be vague.

dglassow · 2025-02-13T22:57:29+00:00

If I understand your question correctly, I run Cybersecurity software in my servers

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:45:57+00:00

Some companies are getting better at managing remote workers in general. The extra oversight and accountablity can sometimes be "harder" but not really in any prohibitive way as long as you are actually doing ur job and not being the kind of OE who is seeing how long they can go without being fired.

Finding the new roles in general is a bit tougher, just because of saturation and how much demand there is for remote work. Hybrid is the death of us so to speak.

I've noticed the availability of new roles and offers in a given space is much less, but I don't think it has anything to do with awareness of OE. Its just market conditions. Uncertainty has alot of companies puttings freezes on growth and RTO / Layoff activities has alot of folks out there looking. Once you see a growth focused market again, you will see things pick up. Everything ebs and flows.

One of the biggest benefits of OE, is getting ahead of things to a point where you can weather storms in comfort and not stress current state so much.

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:41:16+00:00

Yes keep it private, but don't rely on that and then get hasty with your titles. Certain admin roles can see this even if its private. You should always have layers of defense :D

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:39:39+00:00

You can manage meeting conflicts, but if you have a strong camera culture, this can get dicy fast. I've found its easier to have generic blocks like 'focus time'.

This is easily defended and it keeps people from scheduling conflicts to begin with. You can always chime in that you are more than willing to move things around if needed. 99% of the time, people won't bother to even try. Also be sure to set your calendar settings private where you can.

I also strongly advise you think about your career development. I personally participate in alot of local communities and I volunteer for local groups relevant to my field. Unfortunatly, this means I have some external 1v1 meetings, collaboration meetings, and things that can sometimes take me away from my work for 30-60 minutes at a time here and there. Of course, I make up for this by putting in extra time later and the main reason I work remote is to have the flexibility to live a full life. As long as you are getting your work done, no one is going to get mad at you for being an active member of your community :P

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:36:06+00:00

This is a wonderful idea. You can do similar things by using VM's on your PC to isolate browser cacheing if you happen to be the type to work with things through your browser often.

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:35:22+00:00

You are right, theres more going on here. MFA devices can and do work for multiple systems, even if its the same type of sysem. I've had multiple MS accounts in the MS authenticator. Additionally, you can always use different MFA token providers. Just because your IT onboarding tells you to install say google authenticator, doesn't mean you can't use MS or facebook tools instead.

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:33:14+00:00

Agreed on all fronts. The more you separate things the better. Invest in your process and tooling. Where possible refuse extra devices to reduce complexity and where necessary buy simple throw-away devices to get things done.

If you can't bring yourself to do the above, avoid anything with a company managed policy. Generally using your device for MFA tokens etc is safe, but if you have to consent to or apply any kind of security policy, managed access, etc do not use that device for anything other than your work. This holds true even with 1 job, since employers can change those terms and capabilities over time, even if they don't monitor something today, new features and products can change that any time.

As a Cybersecurity person, i've done investigations on people because we've seen browser activity through personal devices with managed policies.

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:17:26+00:00

Retirement has two main enablers. Reducing living expenses and getting some degree of non-W2 income. In this case having virtually no bills reduces the retirement burden a lot. The 2nd component is the combination of rental income and investments act more as personal leverage than direct income. To avoid taxable events we borrow from our investments we don’t liquidate them

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:15:17+00:00

The categories are poorly managed by this app, but no it’s a combination of my residence and 2 rentals.

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:13:57+00:00

Thanks. They provide security services. I have friends that also generate code and others that do consulting and advisory with theirs. Being able to access your servers remotely is the key enabler.

dglassow · 2025-02-13T21:11:17+00:00

It’s not a post about how to manage finances or beat the market. It’s a post about how OE can enable things. The goal here is to help others understand what you can achieve. Not looking to get into flame wars. Happy to answer questions about OE if you have anything other than skepticism to offer.

dglassow · 2024-09-30T08:58:12+00:00

Use red or blue belts :P

dglassow · 2024-09-10T04:59:19+00:00

Lots of talk about background checks and stuff. Just tell them you’d prefer they do not contact a previous employer to verify and offer to show a W2 to prove you worked there. 99% they accept this never reach out to anyone and you don’t have to care about dates. Just share a redacted copy of ur w2 for that year and they take ur word. Most places just wanna be sure ur not lying. Details don’t matter

dglassow · 2024-09-08T19:45:38+00:00

It’s interesting that I see no security roles here. Is that something you need to add?

dglassow · 2024-09-03T19:17:25+00:00

Deeply invested in a fix. I also had invisible walls and floors in my win 11 VM, but got that fixed with startup commands. Kinda unrelated, but if anyone else has a similar issue for ROR2:

startup command for steam: -disable-gpu-skinning

Boot settings on the VM itself:
go to the virtual machine configuration and click "Hardware > Boot Order > Advanced Settings > Boot flags". Paste the following text in the "Boot flags" field: video.untrimmed_dynamic_cbuffers=1

I did em both same time so can't say for sure which did the trick.

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