I have a dozen hobbies, but don’t know a way to make a living except IT. Haven’t had a good job in nearly two years, don’t give a fuck about tech any longer, so lost.

How did AI help linux noobs? Sounds interesting.

Then the new hire complains to their boss that their machine is old and beat up. 🤬 Been there. Done that.

I was the sysadmin at a software dev, also responsible for purchasing and redistributing laptops. Fuck all your stickers! I expensed $3,213 worth of Goo Gone and paper towels!

“New hire coming, get them a laptop.”

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“I’ll order a new one.”

Been that guy. Didn’t get word until the last second as my head was on the chopping block as well.

“And we don’t hand out disciplinaries for honest mistakes. We hand them out for shifting blame and shirking responsibility.”

^ My CEO two jobs back. That was the company culture from the top down, amazing to see in action.

New to El Reg? I suspect quite a bit of their humour will get past you.

The cop was joking. Also, Ivan was 21-years ago, things were a little different in America. I was there.

Used Keeper at my last gig. Was pretty happy with it all in all. Lacking some admin features, rock and roll support. Not too pricey, but it is per-user/per-month. Played nicely with our Google auth.

Got a thrift store keyboard. The pink sticky on the bottom said:

User: admin

Pass: password

I wish I was joking. Someone out there was dumb enough to need a reminder on that one.

Bought many on my last job:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ssn=savemyserver&store_name=savemyserver&_oac=1

These guys are the bomb.

“Afterhours” isn’t the thing. Having the flexibility to work the hours when you feel, and are, productive is what benefits everyone.

Put in 11-hours today, very unusual. But I was having a good time and jamming out. Kinda wanted to work more! But I was getting burnt, making mistakes, everyone else gone home, didn’t want to annoy them with messages.

Tomorrow? Hell, I may fuck off the rest of the week until vacation starts. I’ll have Slack on, check my calendar and email, bet money I sleep in till 9:30 or 10, catch up on my novel.

As to PTO? I can almost take every Friday. Hell, HR came in last year and said, “Taking a 3-day weekend is essential to your mental health and productivity. You now get a Monday or Friday off, every month, on top of PTO. This is mandatory, do not test us.”

Let us do the fuck we want. Given clear management expectations and making it happen? No one cares the hours you keep. Not getting the job done? Fired. FFS, we’re all adults here.

My new boss, “I do not believe in micromanaging. If you find me micromanaging, I’m already hunting your replacement.”