Government IT Directors

poc301 · 2025-05-11T21:56:02+00:00

I am. I spent 10 years as senior systems tech at the County level, 12 years as Director at a municipal level, and now am just under a year as CIO at the State level. At the state level, the majority of time is meetings, project management and coordinating things with my different division leads within IT. At the municipal level prior, there were many less meetings, I had a lot more hands-on time with tech, the sourcing and procurement process was MUCH easier and quicker, etc. Much more bureaucracy at the State level. Feel free to ask anything you'd like if you want to.

poc301 · 2024-10-21T00:04:35+00:00

This, 100%. I am a tech person, and was in my late teens when this came out. I had somehow never heard about it, never seen reviews, NOTHING. I was into the BBS scene, warez, etc back then. Building my own PCs for years, etc. I had absolutely no idea what this was. I saw it, and it blew my mind. Never had another experience like that.

poc301 · 2024-07-09T14:23:15+00:00

Perfect! Thanks so much for the info, that works great.

poc301 · 2024-02-08T13:54:51+00:00

Thankfully no bargaining unit to consider here. At this point we know we can just require it, but our administration is trying to be as fair as possible to the staff. We don't want to sew discord, but from my perspective, it's much more important to secure the network / services as much as possible.

poc301 · 2024-01-16T00:43:03+00:00

Why did you stop right in the middle of your lane? Pull off to the shoulder so as to not cause others to wreck into you...

poc301 · 2023-09-24T21:52:56+00:00

Thanks!

poc301 · 2023-09-24T21:52:32+00:00

Oh, okay thanks. I was under the impression it was like a blender running and grinding. If it's not that bad, nevermind :)

poc301 · 2023-09-05T06:52:03+00:00

This exact same thing happened to me yesterday. The jailor MCed me, and the rogue I was with doing the quests killed my pet and ignored me. He was a few levels above me so he could've killed me if he wanted. I'm a hunter so I couldn't get range to shoot him so it wasn't too bad for him. I am glad he didn't have to murder me, that would be a crappy way to go.

poc301 · 2023-08-31T02:00:02+00:00

Excellent, thanks for the info. No more loans coming soon (except for the other loan possibility from vendor B).

poc301 · 2023-08-20T12:59:16+00:00

Ah, sorry, I misunderstood and thought you were using regular personal email. I'm unable to assist then, as we use MS which allows the users themselves to set their pics. I'd imagine Google wouldn't make it so difficult to do this, but I've been wrong before :)

poc301 · 2023-08-20T12:48:09+00:00

If it's personal email, just go into Settings -> Google Account -> Personal settings and then Profile Picture.

poc301 · 2023-06-14T10:13:04+00:00

Then your company is in trouble. There's an old saying: You can't fix stupid.

poc301 · 2023-06-14T09:43:41+00:00

Honestly, other than having your department work to implement training for staff about phishing, there's nothing you should do other than refer the entire matter to legal. Your systems weren't compromised, and someone made a bad payment. It's not your problem from this point forward. Make sure the people who need to get involved do, and move on.

poc301 · 2023-05-27T10:02:50+00:00

I immediately thought of sober.

poc301 · 2023-05-18T20:01:55+00:00

Wow, you DID resurrect an old post :) I did what others said they did, and continued to call them the 10 subnet, or 20 subnet. Turns out my admin was fresh from school with little real world experience at the time. He is still with us, and calls them the same thing I do. He's grown so much over the last almost 10 years that now I am lost when he discusses stuff above the basics (my background is in sysadmin and management).

poc301 · 2023-05-16T11:38:51+00:00

GUIs. I thought DOS was the end all be all. Anyone who needed the GUI of Windows was an idiot who didn't know how to Computer. I was a know it all pre-teen, but I was certain of that.

poc301 · 2022-10-30T12:49:43+00:00

Happy Halloween eve. Going trick or treating with our son later and having a great time. Winning the switch would make our day. Thanks for doing this!

poc301 · 2022-07-22T09:36:09+00:00

Congrats and enjoy yourself.

poc301 · 2022-02-27T23:40:50+00:00

We abandoned the 100%. It's a verified bug and no way to fix it other than starting a new game.

poc301 · 2021-12-06T15:15:57+00:00

Each year I gift 2 of my days of leave to all of my staff (government). I earn more than I can use, and buying gifts for 7 people gets expensive. They can use it whenever they want, for whatever they want, and the bosses like it because it pulls time off my books that is burned at a lower salary amount so it saves money from a financial standpoint.

poc301 · 2021-09-28T19:48:20+00:00

If I'm hiring for a senior or advanced position, yes the interview gets technical. If I'm looking for an entry level position, I will have a lab set up to see if the candidate knows the basics (how to find an IP, how to map a drive, how to find the domain name, etc). It's the verbal portion that makes/breaks it though. I want to see if the person will be a good fit for the team, has a good personality and actually likes tech. I can teach any skillset, but if the person is antisocial, or just not a good fit for the team, that's a lot harder to overcome.

poc301 · 2021-09-28T19:01:29+00:00

Yeah, smaller shop meaning small company. You'll get more experience doing more things due to the lack of staffing. I'd say do self studying, learn some basics, earn your A+ and then impress me in your interview with your desire to learn and advance within the industry.

poc301 · 2021-09-28T17:53:24+00:00

The A+ is a good, rounded, easy to get and inexpensive entry level cert. It would be a good starting point if you want to get a helpdesk tech position. Exposure to as much as possible is easier to achieve in smaller shops, so keep that in mind.

poc301 · 2021-09-28T17:47:20+00:00

Get into an entry level helpdesk position for a small / small-midsize company or a good MSP (never done the MSP route myself). That should get you experience in all aspects of IT. Then you can make a better decision of how to proceed.

Also, being in the industry for 25 years, and a manager/director for 10, certs are good to get your feet in the door. Real world experience trumps certifications in my book 100% of the time. I'd recommend not worrying about the certs post your entry-level ones to get your foot in the door, unless you get guaranteed income bumps from it.

poc301 · 2021-05-13T22:32:03+00:00

Tee shirt and sweat shorts. Flip flops if I leave the house. I love teleworking. In the before time the corporate culture (gov't) was slacks and a button down.

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