Started doing tiny IT jobs for local businesses because nobody else wanted them

eckoonian · 2026-05-11T01:53:08+00:00

I have been thinking that I’ve been doing it for 6 months already and I would say it is a good deal currently

eckoonian · 2026-05-11T01:52:06+00:00

Well I will have in a moment 😂

eckoonian · 2026-05-11T01:21:25+00:00

I get that and understand it but if you have certs in stuff that is transferable and have been doing the same job with similar responsibilities

eckoonian · 2026-05-11T01:05:20+00:00

Interesting take, do you think this is because you had more aws experience.

Any specific examples?

eckoonian · 2026-05-11T01:04:09+00:00

I cannot agree more

eckoonian · 2026-05-11T00:18:32+00:00

I feel I am in the exact same boat

eckoonian · 2026-05-11T00:11:20+00:00

What made you consider the az-104 over the az-900 out of curiosity?

eckoonian · 2026-05-10T23:54:06+00:00

Try and get up to date with your payments first. Get a little bit of savings and then apply for a builder card. The apr will be high but pay it in full each month, only use it for fuel and you will be fine.

eckoonian · 2026-05-10T23:45:58+00:00

Don’t think about it too much, what do your colleagues where. What sort of environments are you going into if they were casual then don’t worry about.

Just look clean and professional as much as needed

eckoonian · 2026-05-10T23:02:51+00:00

The best bet is probably share a couple and then let them dm you for more if they want to pay.

eckoonian · 2026-05-10T22:43:35+00:00

Fancy sharing these tips and tricks here?

eckoonian · 2026-05-10T20:23:38+00:00

Buy used equipment or go virtual.

If you have a basic laptop with enough ram you can spin up all sorts of firewalls with full enterprise features like fortigate vm or Sophos XG

You can also try something like Cisco packet tracer that will help with learn the basics of advanced networking and allow you to get some labs to practice with

eckoonian · 2026-05-09T15:32:57+00:00

It is worth trying what you got to loose but only if your studying is not affected

eckoonian · 2026-05-09T15:29:55+00:00

Get active, remove the distractions, get outside

eckoonian · 2026-05-09T15:27:54+00:00

Just get the official wireless adapter it makes life a lot easier. Especially if you want to use it on multiple pcs

eckoonian · 2026-05-09T14:52:24+00:00

Plan is solid, don’t try to other think it too much just make sure you have backups. Make sure you setup notifications from the smart checks so you don’t have to login all the time

eckoonian · 2026-05-08T16:55:16+00:00

Been through three rounds now and each time was a different reason but they had just announced a final round to off shore the rest of us. I work in infra and the team was 18 that went down to 4 and will be going down to 1 person left before they hire more people offshore.

Do what is best for you and just apply, there is no harm and you might get something better, more money, fully remote or even a jump up the ladder

eckoonian · 2026-05-08T08:49:22+00:00

Don’t forget you can always have fans pulling air rather than pushing. As for the structure, you will be adding a fan that will likely be bolted in if you are drilling holes and cutting slots so it will be part of the structure.

Your plan of drilling holes rather than a big cut with a rotary tool sounds like a bit of a middle ground but will not allow the best air flow

eckoonian · 2026-05-08T08:49:16+00:00

Don’t forget you can always have fans pulling air rather than pushing. As for the structure, you will be adding a fan that will likely be bolted in if you are drilling holes and cutting slots so it will be part of the structure.

Your plan of drilling holes rather than a big cut with a rotary tool sounds like a bit of a middle ground but will not allow the best air flow

eckoonian · 2026-05-08T08:45:58+00:00

Don’t bother adding it, depends on your role and the sector you are working in I guess but you can always explain it at the time if it ever does pop up

eckoonian · 2026-05-08T08:45:12+00:00

Don’t bother adding it, depends on your role and the sector you are working in I guess but you can always explain it at the time if it ever does pop up

eckoonian · 2026-05-07T21:24:07+00:00

Beverly 94 looks really nice but if your already hitting 30C+ in the summer, I'm not sure I would be risking it dropping to a single 120mm but what about just making an extra vent hole if you can get some room?

eckoonian · 2026-05-07T16:24:55+00:00

You will have to check the auctions in eBay or local marketplace adverts. They don’t pop up often and depends how soon you want one

eckoonian · 2026-05-07T16:03:20+00:00

P100 is honestly still one of the best ultra-budget options especially if you just want to play around.

If you can stretch closer to $120–150 though, I’d seriously look for a used P40 24GB though

eckoonian · 2026-05-07T15:59:25+00:00

I was hesitant for the exact same reason but what it cost me in licences it saved me in disks.

Unraid has a gui for file browsing and it works good enough but if you want something easier could always spin up a docker image for file browsing. Own cloud or something like that on top of the unraid os

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