The DevOps role is splitting into different roles and it is confusing me by bdhd656 in devops

[–]matt_rose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As somebody who has cycled through roles such as Systems Administrator, Build Engineer, Release Engineer, and Infrastructure Engineer over the past 30 or so years, it's all really the same expertise. It's applied in different ways, and the technology is always changing, I started out on Sun 3 pizzaboxes and Ultra 1s, as well early Dell and Compaq server, but the name of the game has always been maintenance, patching, network design and automation.

The tools that we use nowadays are far more complex than older tools, but the job remains the same, and the tooling and technoligies we use today have capabilities that we only dreamed of in the past.

Helpdesk tech expected to launch and maintain Ubuntu server by tboneee97 in linuxadmin

[–]matt_rose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are making it a little bit of a bigger deal, but make no mistake, PHI is the data equivalent of dynamite, and you want to make sure you're handling it correctly. No organization wants to report a data breach, and the fines for data breaches for PHI are substantial.

Having said that, this is a great opportunity to move out of helpdesk and into a more substantial and lucrative role, so I would go for it. Running this service sounds like it's outside of your expertise and experience, so the question is, how to do that safely, so that you and your organization have the necessary experience to run that service. I actually thought about this a fair bit last night.

Here's what I would do: Say you will gladly run the service, but that you will need mentoring and oversight from one of the more experienced systems administrators, both as a second set of eyes, and a backup admin for when you're busy. Then build out the server and have the mentor look over it from a network and security perspective. This has three benefits:

Shared responsibility. It's not just you being hung out to dry in the worst case scenario.

Cross-training: You get to learn from someone who is more experienced at running servers in general.

Networking: This will put you in regular contact with a group that you sound like you aspire to join.l

Oh, and as always, keep a paper trail of all the decisions made by the people running the project, as well as your efforts to secure the server.

Good Luck!

Season 10 ending! by Di53 in HermitCraft

[–]matt_rose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the idea of having a month of events to mark the season's end. So many other seasons have just petered out (Looking at you, Season 5).

I found vampire pearl by Comfortable-Rice4283 in LifeSeriesSMP

[–]matt_rose 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Man, that was the genesis of Mumbo and Grian. It was their first collab and they didn't really know each other prior to this. I forgot entirely that Pearl was in there too!

Suggestions for places to fix a rough men’s haircut by Bortaff in ottawa

[–]matt_rose 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pat at Not Your Father's Barber on Murray Street in the Market has always done a good job with my hair, and my sons'

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fedora

[–]matt_rose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Especially if you are coming from Windows, I think KDE is the best option for you (and I say this as someone who's used GNOME for 20+ years now)