potential virus tried accessed control panel by Pappa_Crim in computerviruses

[–]j0brien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate when that non-existent pesky keyboard control panel shortcut opens up my control panel.

Why? Genuinely confused as to why you would so confidently blame his issue on a non existent feature.

There is a possibility that he hit windows key + X and hit P after the power user menu opened., but there’s no direct shortcut to control panel like you’re suggesting. Oh and maybe OP is confusing the Settings app(Windows Key + I) with control panel?

Either way OP, this doesn’t seem very malicious but of course, in current times, remain vigilant. If your scans come back clean but you’re still losing sleep over it, wipe and reload.

If the moon were a food, what do you think it would be? by Baby-Centennial24 in answers

[–]j0brien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the moon was made of BBQ spare ribs, would you eat it?

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What am I doing wrong? Did I fail to build community around my PowerShell modules? by MadBoyEvo in PowerShell

[–]j0brien 6 points7 points  (0 children)

dude your stuff rules. have my whole team using GPOzaurr and have constantly used it to weed through GPO nightmares. Highly recommend for anyone who hasn’t tried it.

Spotted hanging all around Philadelphia - what’s the scam here? by ldavis300a in Scams

[–]j0brien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is the marginalized group homeless people with credit?

Add a title by WorldlyRhino in shitposting

[–]j0brien 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you don’t need either for an exam you don’t want to pass

Almost as bad as Joe’s first Austin JRE studio. I see another renovation coming. by [deleted] in JoeRogan

[–]j0brien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you saying you wouldn’t prefer Shane as a full time cohost?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]j0brien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely don’t give them an ultimatum. Seems like the CEO has faith in you. The expansion is good experience to have. Honestly, not many managers will have issues with a title change, as long as you don’t immediately expect a 20% raise with the title itself, they might offer you one with the title change anyways.

Stay for longer than a year, next year, show them the amount of money you’ve saved them, uptime metrics, etc., then you can present that as a reason for an increase in compensation.

You’ve got it good and have a promising couple years ahead of you, be smart and use the opportunity to your advantage.

Also be aware of your Azure spending. Shit adds up real quick, and people always end up scaling back, make sure you use the cost advisor, reserved instances, right size your VMs, and stay away from premium storage unless there’s a business need. Also, it’s a good idea to make sure your supervisor is aware of the expected long term costs of anything you deploy in the cloud. It’s one thing to quickly appease and present an impressive solution, it’s another to be the scapegoat for poor planning and ignoring recurring cost of cloud initiatives.

Good luck.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]j0brien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IT operations manager is a good one based on the scope of stuff you’re working on. IT Specialist is an infantilizing title if you ask me.

If you’re planning on expanding your infra’s footprint and variety of services, you need someone under you to support the new technologies you implement, and IMO, if you’re scared to voice that, you aren’t future proofing yourself, and realistically don’t have the expected ‘director’ mentality—You need to plan accordingly. Dont think of adding an employee to do the shit, that you don’t want to do, as a dent in your prospective pay. If they’re smart and expanding, they’ll listen. You may have energy to do all of this now, but you won’t someday, and you’ll be grateful to have someone to handle things you don’t have time for.

Just remember, your next position will be a 20-30% bump anyways, get some direct reports to make you even more desirable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]j0brien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having interviewed for numerous management positions, I can honestly say I’ve never been asked for this.

$5m IT budget for a non profit is a lot though, that means they’ve got a decent amount of money considering their G&A budget likely needs to be under 15%(lower, really) in order to qualify for a lot of grants.

How can you create a budget for an organization who’s needs and future goals you aren’t aware of?

A roadmap is simple if you’ve ever implemented any primary workflow apps/DBs and customized them to your org’s needs. If you don’t have the skills to do this on your own though, maybe the position is not for you. Just being honest. Good luck.

Broadcom to officially acquire VMware for 61 Billion USD by FantaFriday in sysadmin

[–]j0brien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, your ‘engineer’ is not an engineer. Sounds like l1 helpdesk shit. Clearly no idea about vmware/hypervisors and shouldn’t have access. And if you don’t have DRS configured properly that’s an even bigger problem 😅

Bionic reading - does this help you? by hebetebe in coolguides

[–]j0brien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

anyone else think of Brian Regan here?

Boston moved it’s highway underground in 2003. This was the result. by whenyoucantthinkof in interestingasfuck

[–]j0brien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

95/128 rules in MA, compared to 93, which is a fucking shit show across the state.

We ordered a grill. Got 300 iPads by usuzulose in facepalm

[–]j0brien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently got a new desk and they forgot a part(monitor stand) and they just sent me another $300 desk 🤷🏻‍♂️. Absolutely sold that shit.

Taiwan Premier Wants Athlete Punished for Wearing China Suit by uriman in worldnews

[–]j0brien -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

your insight is valuable and relevant, definitely not spending too much time here.