N10Cities
SILENCE I Keel You
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Roland, OK
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Re: Roll CALL!
I am an Operations admin (1 in a crew of 6) working for one of the largest eldercare companies in North America. I help support over 150 stand-alone and rack mount servers, plus 8 racks of HP BL series blade servers. Mainly a Windows shop, with some Linux, HP-UX scattered in. Also support several AS/400 systems.
We support over 250 nursing facilities all connected back to our datacenter via partial or full T1s. All workstations at facilities and most at corporate access computing resources via Citrix.
Also perform printer setups, file backup and restores, tape rotations, cabling, server installs....just whatever needs to be done..... |
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N10Cities
SILENCE I Keel You
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Roland, OK
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beldin
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I've been doing general computer repairs for about 17 years. I'm currently employed as an Internet Help Desk Technician. I also own a small business (Computer Repair) that I run out of my garage.
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subcultured
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Jamaica Plain, MA
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Huh. How'd I miss the point of this forum for so long? The title didn't lend me to think that this forum was something I'd be interested in 
I'm a Sr. UNIX System Admin for a specialized group of research scientists at Harvard Medical School. Our group also supports research at a number of other affiliated universities around the country. The research is performed on UNIX platforms, and I mostly support Linux, OS X and IRIX. Most of my time is spent managing about 50 high-end workstations, three local clusters, a few dozen servers and a multi-terabyte backup server.
I'm a proponent of open source technologies and have successfully replaced several proprietary systems in our network with open source (or at least open standard) solutions.
Nice to meet you folks.
Ian
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OmenQ
Spazz
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Continuum
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Wow, a lot has changed in 10 months. I'm in class now (As in right this minute) for my MCSA / MCSE certification. They want me to take over some day. I'll have to sign a paper saying I won't quit for an as yet undetermined amount of time, but that just means job security for me. I'm having lots of fun now, and they're starting to recognize that I really do know what I'm talking about when I'm in the IT mode.
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EGeezer
Go Bobcats
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I'm a bit late here, but here goes -
I'm a retired IBM senior SE and marketing specialist, systems planning specialist for a fortune 100 Pharmaceutical distribution services company and IT manager for a medium sized retail chain.
Now I'm a freelancer who works part time to keep active in a career I love with great people I like and respect - not to getting a few bucks for travel, toys and good scotch. 
My present roles are to consult, assist and support a select group of great customers in planning, implementing and maintaining their IS implementations. I also do a bit of volunteer (and occasional paid) grunt work to assist private and public sector entities in infrastructure protection and response to threats.
I also lurk and post regularly in the security, digital imaging, weather, NYC, UK, Southeast and midwest forums.
For those considering a consulting career, I highly recommend Steve  's excellent article, So You Want to be a Consultant?.
EG
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B52GUNR
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While I'm no longer in the sysadmin role, I've held many. Help desk, desktop support, network administration, network performance management and planning, System V, Solaris and FreeBSD administration.
Now I'm a project manager with an outsourcing company and while the change from "doer" to "manager" is challenging, I really enjoy the work.
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saber11
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Clayton, OH
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I am a system admin/it tech for the advertising sales department of a major company.
My actual title is site support manager. My direct supervisor is about 125 miles away.
I have 2 contractors that work for me, a cable tech, and a desktop support tech.
I support about 60 users, 20 sales reps, the rest are a director and a VP, then the others are in production.
I handle everything, desktop support, printers, a few servers, phones, and a few other toys. Because my site has the production department, I get to play with cool toys like AVID, media sphere, seachange (which is my major duty as I have to cover about 12 sites)
I have a great stable situation here, but there is not much challange or chance for advancement unless I want to relocate.
I have been here about 4 years now. I also do some consulting on the side, and have a few regular clients.
Plusses of my job, I can pretty much set my own schedule. I have an actuall office (with a door!!!) in a very very private part of the building. I have a company car. There are some days I don't even need to go into the office.
My two contractors usually handling the small fires that happen on the day to day, and I do the budgeting, installing new equipment, and take care of the phones and servers. I did have a 3rd shift backup tape operator but that position is no longer.
I love my job, but I am always looking for the "next thing"
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INHCNN
join:2001-12-15
Lansing, MI
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Holy wow! Look at all the replies. I figured this was a new board... that or I've been posting Exch/GPO questions in the wrong forum
I work in the higher ed., and my shop supports an academic unit of approximately 1000 users in a mostly MS environment (AD/Exch 2003). I've been there for ~3.5 years now, and my job responsibilities include Group Policies (my how we've learned), application deployment, app servers, and labs. At this point, I do very little direct user support, and with our new hire, I hope to focus my energy on GP/app deployment, and I'm looking forward to our SMS installation within the next month or so (I have my fingers crossed). I usually dabble in whater the boss is up to as well, so my role roams across the board...
In my prior life I worked for EDS supporting GM and then the State of Michigan, with very little college education. I'm currently in Calc II and Physics I (in my free time, right?) while pursuing my BS in CS.
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djtim21
It's all good
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Buffalo Grove, IL
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Well, since I've been lurking around here I thought I would post.
I've been in the IT business for about 10 years now. I've worked majorly contracts up until the last 4 years and I still do contract work on the side. I started out just doing large installs of workstations and servers then moved into support. I'm primarily a MS, Avaya and Cisco guy.
My current assignment (because I chose to accept it  ) is a permanent position, Manager of Infrastructure and Development. This company has about 5000+ people, 200+ sites and they are spread all over the world. I'm told that my job roll will include developing new networks, and redesigning old networks to conform to company standards. Honestly it's a dream job for me because of hours and salary.
I also currently have support contracts for very small companies (7 people or less) and help them move forward with technology. It seems that I have a niche in the IT field with my experience in Microsoft Small Business Server (2000 & 2003)
My education consists of my 10 years in the field, vendor classes, some trade school. I have yet to achieve any certifications though I've finished all the courses for MCSA, Security+, Net+ & A+.
Because I get spread pretty thin, I tend to just read, and I don't post that often.
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ahejnas
join:2003-06-01
Central Valley, NY | reply to dbmaven
I also work on VLDB's. I fix all of DBMaven's bugs. That keeps me plenty busy. |
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dbmaven
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said by ahejnas :I also work on VLDB's. I fix all of DBMaven's dbmaven gets to find and fix all my bugs. That keeps me him plenty busy. Fixed it for you!
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jschwar
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Morton Grove, IL
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I just found this forum. I'm a Systems Engineer for a large retail company in Illinois. I've been with them since '87, except for a layoff - now I'm back. I'm a programmer in various languages and am learning a few more now on the PC. Started out working on the mainframe, but now I'm learning JAVA, ASP, etc.
Man, is this a blast! I wouldn't trade my job with anyone! I just love working with computers.
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legendNYC
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Jamaica, NY | reply to dbmaven
These days I am an Automation Specialist for a government agency in New York City: Lotus Notes Administrator; Web Site Administrator; and Technology, Development and Support Services. |
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ryang
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Chicago, IL
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I work in downtown Chicago for a golf software company. My official title is Level 1 support, and the pay just barely reflects it. It's my first IT job with a business with more than 15 employees. I like the company, and there is room to grow.
We provide a POS system and reservation software for a lot of courses all across the country. Although I don't have any official certs (I could easily load up on the basics), I feel a little over-qualified sometimes. The work is challenging sometimes, which I love. Only major complaints I have are a few select incompetent co-workers, who spread their work onto us. I've learned a lot more as far as the server end goes, I've been to our colo facility and worked on our 4 cages, and helped alot of people in the office. I've also done some phone system setup. I'm up for my first 6 month review, and salary is my number one concern.
I'll be taking some cert tests soon for backup, sometimes I feel like I'm spinning my wheels here when I could be doing alot more work for a lot more pay. |
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NETSH
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Port Saint Lucie, FL
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Large Newspaper/Publishing Company
Production Systems Engineer II
Current Responsibilities:
2000 and 2003 Server
Red Hat Linux E4
Several Production Related Apps
Exp with Exchange 5.5. ,Citrix Metaframe XP, RightFax, Track IT, Terminal Services, Windows XP Pro, 2000 server 2003 server, Red Hat Linux, Some SQL administration.
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ruscorp
I Never Stop Posting For You
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Earth
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PC tech for a large NY/NJ area cable company.
I am responsible for day-to-day operation of our companies PC's. I ensure the PC's are working for our employees to do their work. If not, I fix them.
I aspire to move up to a system administration position one day. Either working with our Novell servers or our Microsoft servers.
On a more personal note. After a good month of studying, I passed the Netware Administration exam on Monday making me a brand spanking new CNA.
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andytech
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Beech Grove, IN
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I am working for a Major Parmacutical company in the Indianapolis area. (You should be able to figure that one out  ) I have been working in IT for about 4 yrs total. I am basically a desktop tech (not help desk anymore {YEAH!!!!}. |
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spike852
Not Just Football - Broncos Football
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Damascus, MD
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Signing in as a database programmer and occasional software help desk operator for a Fortune 500 insurance company.
And yes, even though I am not part of the I/T department of my company, I get a fairly consistent stream of people asking me to come to their desks or listen to their incoherent problem explanations over the phone and fix their #@$!! computers.
Eh, I do what I can...
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Packeteers
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Forest Hills, NY
| I've been the IT Director for the past 20 years at a large construction company with a dozen servers, over 200 workstations, 100 printers, with a dozen satellite branch and job sight offices around the NY, NJ, CT, PA area that are VPN connected to our main office, some with localized file servers and backup. a few employees help me out part time away from their normal duties, and some of the technical work is outsourced and redundantly supported in case I'm not local or readily available.
I've done everything and all self taught; negotiate, buy, setup, service, support of computer, notebook, server, printer, plotter, barcode systems, bulk label maker, programming specs, equipment maintenance and repair, application & utility software, database maintenance, backup both on and offsight, catastrophe planning, help desk, Internet connectivity, firewall, router, VPN, building security system, copier, scanner, fax, phone systems, pager, cellular, PDA, still cameras, electronic & digital testing equipment, test result processing, equipment leasing, fixed asset management, outsource management, cost accounting, whenever, wherever, whatever my company needs. |
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