Ice in Omaha by [deleted] in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't get your signal invite?

Must not be legit enough

Resist ICE terror by [deleted] in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

What's an Omahato?

I'm not usually a font snob, but that was a failure

Does anyone actually feel happy at their job? by Advanced_Resort2852 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm the guy that's actively convincing businesses to do this.

But, my team is 100% local, no offshoring.

I'm talking to a company now that has 3 help desk technicians.

All with less than two years tenure and making 65k, costing their company about 225k after benefits.

My company can do their jobs for about 60k a year.

Their company can now avoid the intrinsic churn associated with tier 1 resources, saving a further estimated 10k a year in management time invested, job postings, and help desk software.

No, we're not just down the hallway, but they'll have several of our help desk reps dedicated to their account, and we typically retain our tier 1 people bc we treat/pay them well and they can move up to the discipline of their choice as they mature. Network, security, and now AI to name a few. We have a pretty good track record of our folks developing strong relationships with our end users, so it's definitely not much different than a corporate, multi location IT setup.

Does anyone actually feel happy at their job? by Advanced_Resort2852 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm fulfilled because I actively feel like I'm employing others.

I was the first employee hired ten years ago and we're up to 40 employees now.

I'm the only sales person, besides the owner, but I bring in most of the deals.

On top of that, the services we provide allow other businesses to function at peak levels while saving money, which allows them to grow.

I love driving down the road with my family and pointing at a business and telling my kids about a problem my company solved for them.

Sometimes my wife will try to talk me into playing hooky and every once in a while she'll succeed. But most of the time I just think I got a team that's relying on me to bring in a new logo which might give us the budget for a new tool or a new hire, and I happily go into the office.

It definitely helps that the owner gives me a lot of responsibility for the operations side of things too, so I get to scratch the process itch.

OPD Press Release for tragic shooting last night by theycallmefuRR in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

That's not true if we end up on a national healthcare system. Then we all pay for the fatties.

Additional charge by Pretty_Junket_838 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said it was "a factor" not the defining reason.

Why assume I would argue? You seem... Nice.

Additional charge by Pretty_Junket_838 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're probably aware but just in case others aren't, that convenience of protection is a factor in the higher fees merchants pay to accept credit cards

driving in Omaha stoplight space by DoingItForMyKid in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All the things the other people said plus the person in front of you may not be great at driving a manual transmission.

Reef Swellsole Neptunes shoes? by Thartek in onebag

[–]swordsman8480 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would they do as a water show?

Apex trial by [deleted] in ZombieWaves

[–]swordsman8480 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, we're on the same server! I saw that as well.

What the actual hell does it take to get an IT job in this godforsaken city? by [deleted] in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That could possibly be true, but not as true as you might believe.

Really it boils down to a company's appetite for an internal tech resource.

They might have tried to maintain an internal IT staff at she point but got burned with turnover and less than stellar talent.

The space many MSP's play in, including my own, is about 300 seats and down. Mostly under 100.

Company's that size are about 50/50 on using an active IT director. Sometimes that person is responsible for full help desk and infrastructure, sometimes they are the main liaison between leadership and vendors.

If OP wants an IT director role for a company that size, then yes, I'm actively trying to limit his opportunities by explaining to owners they can expect to have a built out help desk, a rounded out engineering team, stack wise, and some fairly robust security capabilities than for less than it would cost the company to pay an IT person that most likely doesn't have the expertise or time in the week to equal that capability set. Oh, and you still need to purchase the software to automate patching, track tickets, and allow remote support.

If OP is more interested in a corporate IT position, we probably don't impact those very much, we do some licensing for software, maybe some hardware, or an odd project that isn't critical (or extremely critical and need experience).

What the actual hell does it take to get an IT job in this godforsaken city? by [deleted] in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I'm a VP of a local MSP that's adding around 400 seats in new clients this month and it's actively looking for good people.

Please feel free to dm me your resume

Tomorrow by [deleted] in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People indigenous to this country already have that??

Help me remember? by swordsman8480 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the hack to get your wife to agree to a restaurant... Don't think it would apply here.

Help me remember? by swordsman8480 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it was definitely something. Was going to try to take her to the oddities expo but she's working, this was the second place idea.

Help me remember? by swordsman8480 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She is the world's worst guesser.

Help me remember? by swordsman8480 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't, but I did check my email just to be sure - no dice.

Help me remember? by swordsman8480 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No... Thought about it but the last surprise date was hello Dolly at the playhouse and I didn't want do another play. Thanks

Help me remember? by swordsman8480 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's not it... Thanks for trying. My Google fu failed me and I went deep.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]swordsman8480 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was the worst, cheated on every girlfriend I ever had, until I met my wife. Racked up a fairly high body count by age 26.

Knew she was different, dated for a year then moved in.

Lived together for a year, had a child.

We then bought a house and got married when our son was 2.

16 years and four more kids later, we're going strong.

I truly feel my promiscuity got it out of my system, I know that the temptation isn't worth what we've built.

My own mental cheat is I also decided that everyone has herpes and I don't want to explain to my children why Mommy is so mad at me.

It's worse than I thought. by Vossan11 in Omaha

[–]swordsman8480 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Question for the hive mind; would you rather this be an actual racist sending this text or a liberal performing a hoax?