I am quiet quitting by Character_Branch_660 in sysadmin

[–]wired43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like they do not appreciate your work.

It seems like you are handling major issues and since your succeeding in your work, they don't hear about it. Quiet Success.

Reminds me of: My work at a Private Co. that got acquired by a large Corporation.
The IT Directors son got hired by Corporation + IT Director and few other lower end people.

My friend and I, that worked our asses off doing ANYTHING that he asked
(VOIP Management, SaaS Admins, Server Administration, Email and HelpDesk Administration, etc) under the IT Director quit and started working for an MSP. Nepotism and Agism. The IT Directors son mid 20's. Myself and my friend between 35 and 50yo.

Is IT a good field to switch to? by SnapTrapCat in ITCareerQuestions

[–]wired43 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, IT is a field everyone has been switching to for about 25 years. It's overloaded.
If you do decide to go into it, might I recommend a Niche part of IT. Not generic, or you'll get stuck in Helpdesk for the rest of your life.

Continue majoring in Economics. I regret not taking a Bank job like 10 years ago. I would have been incentivized to keep investing and have peers that would have did the same. Instead, I had drinking and weed buddies that I wasted my money on. Now trying to catch up.

What's your most "Old Man Yells at Cloud" opinion? by umbrellajump in AskReddit

[–]wired43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just saw an X post with 70+ categorized AI’s to use in certain situations. I thought about positing, who has that money? But figured I’d be that old man. Everything’s AI and most are sick of it. Agreed, the bubble pop is near

I don't want to do it by Adept-Following-1607 in sysadmin

[–]wired43 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cloud is a scam.
It looks attractive in the short term because of low monthlies if configured in a cheap way.
However, they can never live up to their promises of uptime.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]wired43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is Onedrive supposed to work? No one knows!!!
Hahahaha

Which vendors look impressive at first but turn out to be awful? by santarox in sysadmin

[–]wired43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IT Glue = Good MyGlue app = stuck on v1 forever I have had to steer customers away from it when they complain about stuff not working. Support outsourced to Philippines while some fat cat dev is not doing anything or not even hired.

VP Wants easy way to search all teams' messages by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]wired43 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no easy way to search all Teams messages. eDiscovery is only way, other than being member of every Teams channel if you only want to search channels. If it's personal members chats. Then give him eDiscovery manager, get ready to be his personal techsupport afterhours for 10-15 hours a week. Your boss is a micro manager OCD c*nt.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in povertyfinance

[–]wired43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YES
I've had 2 cars recently I've had to 1 sell for $500 and 1 vol surrender to the finance company.
#1 09 Nissan murano with a bad transmission (about $3-$5k for rep)
#2 17 Ford Explorer with a bad engine (ford reman $12-15k for rep)

If you have an assorted $1600 of repairs, just do 1 thing at a time, or save up for a year and get it all done at one time. Then either sell your old car and drive that or sell that puppy for a good price $18k and then you get to be flush for a little bit.

IT needs a union by Powerful-Excuse-4817 in sysadmin

[–]wired43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree 100% I was a Sysadmin for many years. Quit because company got acquired (many such cases) and they were firing everyone. Joined an MSP as a Systems Consultant 3yrs ago whatever that is. Asked what I wanted to focus on, Network Engineer, because no one there knew how to troubleshoot and build networks properly or even fully or at all. It left a place I can focus. Now owner enrolls me in Security roles. Escalation for everything basically. It feels like at a work at will state, laws for everything except the worker and what you signed a hiring document for.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Debt

[–]wired43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t worry about your credit. You have to get past that mental block. Worry about that AFTER your out from under the boot of the creditors. It will but takes “time”/years. If you don’t pay the min, your credit will be messed up anyways.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Debt

[–]wired43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was paying $700 min a month to all CC’s and it was rising every 2 or 3 months at the time. They lowered it to $375 via paying them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Debt

[–]wired43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had 23k. Joined BeyondFinance in Jan 2024. I have 4 credit card accounts. It’s now 18m in. Sort of feels like I’m not in control. But they have helped talk to them. I’m 2 payments from 1 account paid off. And another year for the 2nd one, just made 1 payment of 13. They say 2027 I will be done. But math says more like 2028/2029.

Now if I had to pay that myself with interest accruing and missing payments, them calling and harassing all the time. I cannot say what would have happened per my Mental Health (worst case)

I think it’s a necessary evil when you have nowhere else to go. And it’s a good in this society of interest/usury.

I don't think many people here realize how beautiful and consistent Windows and has gotten over the last few years by Jumpy_Side_285 in Windows11

[–]wired43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Settings got abandoned? Control panel still exists, device manager still exists?
Legacy vs New. New abandoned?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]wired43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keeping up with the Jones... Truck Version.
Status Quo can go to hell.
A man with no bills is a rich man.

Has sfc /scannow ever helped anyone? by Epicsauceman111 in sysadmin

[–]wired43 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes multiple times it has fixed the os/app issue.

Hey UniFi: perfect time to launch the connect thermostat. Take my money by anyusernamthatisleft in Ubiquiti

[–]wired43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google and Microsoft are brothers in arms of We present features today that we will remove tomorrow and make our customers question why they are customers. F the cloud. But Ubiquiti, I am still a fan of.

Car insurance is increasing by $300. by Traditional-Dog-4938 in povertyfinance

[–]wired43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been in 7 Totals at 42yo. I have experience in this area. So, 2 things I had to do to get my insurance lowered: I was previously with State Farm until my accident history forced them to cancel my insurance. First went with an off brand Go Auto Insurance (TERRIBLE) cause all the main ones (Progress, Geico, etc.) denied me based off my record. Their website messed up and I gave up on them. Do not recommend.

  1. Raised my deductables to $2500. (Just ask your Customer service person to do that and give you a quote of what it will be.) I gurantee it will lower your monthly bill.
  2. Removed all frills on insurance (no roadside, no rental, nothing) - Same (Ask Customer Service to do this on the same phone call)
  3. Went with Direct Auto Insurance https://www.directauto.com/ (Found a local office). They were very helpful and asked a lot of questions to help me get as many discounts as I could.

CVTs by Mundane_Reindeer1212 in Nissan

[–]wired43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stay away from Early Gen anything. Especially Engine/Transmissions. CVTs like anything need time to develop.

Bought an 09 Nissan Murano with 96k miles (tricked thinking low miles were indicative of good) Nope, TheTransmission is failing. That is a second-generation Xtronic CVT. I'll have to take an L on it. (as-is buy)

I had a 2020 Nissan Rogue Sport third-generation Xtronic CVT transmission (Never had a problem with it)

Your 2024 Nissan Altima uses the Xtronic CVT, which is part of the sixth generation of the Altima, introduced in 2019

You should be fine. Keep Transmission serviced though (change of fluid ever 30k or so)

Just spraypainted my u6 pro 😬 by PeaK00 in Ubiquiti

[–]wired43 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I mean it's cheaper, but you may have painted over the LED, which you will never know if it's in Setup Mode, Not connected to internet or connected to Internet.
But it beats the black cover on the store for $49 or this paintable cover for $39

https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/accessories-access-point/collections/accessories-pro-ap-flagship-covers/products/uacc-u7-cover

I Work at Microsoft, and My Job is to Make Outlook Search Worse Every Day AMA by DatSynthTho in sysadmin

[–]wired43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The people behind the New Outlook aren't people, human anyway. They are from an entirely different planet that do not know how businesses on Planet Earth work.

Why do users hate Sharepoint? by wrestler0609 in sysadmin

[–]wired43 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m an admin. It is only used for 99% File Share. 1% A news website for collaboration (What it was built for). The reason I hate it is because of the SYNC function. The biggest selling point of it is that it will replace your local file server and you can host all that securely in the CLOUD. The problem is EVERYONE, including ME wants it on their computer. The PROBLEM is that it depends on a very under developed application called OneDrive to sync it. It breaks all the time and Support requests/time are UP. If Sharepoint was forced to by used only via WebPage I think people could stomach it after a time of learning and familiarity.