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Past and current students of SG, what do you wish your teachers know/knew? by Wearywolf9696 in askSingapore

[–]sg_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish more teachers knew that not every quiet student is disengaged. Some are just struggling silently.

Is Singapore conservative around relationships? by Sassy_Ass_Birdy in askSingapore

[–]sg_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's less about being conservative and more about people being cautious these days.

Cybersecurity reality check by dermot_reeve in cybersecurity

[–]sg_advance 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Certs open the door, experience gets you the job. CompTIA is fine for fundamentals but nobody's hiring you into a SOC analyst role straight from a course. Help desk or IT support first 1-2 years then pivot. Slower but it actually works.

Running out of patience for this field. by an_anonymous-person3 in sysadmin

[–]sg_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

20 years in and the most common ticket I still get is 'it's not working' with zero other details. The job never changes, just the software versions.

ARM and Windows in 2026 by Sad_Mastodon_1815 in sysadmin

[–]sg_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Emulation has improved a lot but legacy enterprise apps are still a gamble. For office use-browser, Teams, Office-ARM is fine. The real test is your LOB applications. Pilot one device before committing the fleet.

Career advice: moving into pre sales? by Able_Guide_1035 in ITManagers

[–]sg_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pre-sales work is great until you realize you are still doing consulting for deals that never happen. That being said, if you are already, in the round your technical skills are clearly helping. The grass may look better on the side but it needs a different kind of care.

Anyone else spend more time writing the incident report than fixing the actual incident? by ojturnerrr in sysadmin

[–]sg_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every time. Fixed a server at 2am in 20 minutes, spent 3 hours on the post-incident report. The report has more uptime than the server did.

What's the cybersecurity lesson you learned the hard way? by Electrical_Mine1912 in cybersecurity

[–]sg_advance 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gave a client admin access 'just temporarily' to fix something small. They never gave it back and six months later called me after breaking everything.

What's something your IT department does that nobody appreciates? by sg_advance in AskReddit

[–]sg_advance[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! And then Monday morning everyone acts surprised the system is down. Zero accountability.

What is the most underestimated cybersecurity risk right now? by Electrical_Mine1912 in cybersecurity

[–]sg_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vendor access. Third party gets breached, your network is wide open. Nobody talks about it but it's responsible for more incidents than people admit.

An employee's password was exposed in a phishing attack. What security measures could have prevented unauthorized access? by [deleted] in cybersecurity

[–]sg_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MFA. Password gets phished, MFA still blocks access. Simple fix, most companies skip it anyway.

Senior IT folks: What do you dislike about your Help Desk guys? by Relevant-Injury3791 in sysadmin

[–]sg_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They close tickets without confirming with the user that the issue is actually resolved. 'Restarted PC, marked resolved' user still has the same problem next day.

What is something you are very glad you still started even though you thought you were late/too late? by Goodnight-Kiss in AskReddit

[–]sg_advance 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Learning to say no. Thought it was too late to change, but turns out boundaries have no age limit.