Post #411,103
6/14/16 11:06:30 PM
6/14/16 11:06:30 PM
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iwethey --
well yesterday was fun. Needed a motor for a boat. Went and used up all of my available credit to pay $4800 for a 18ft boat with a gashed bottom and a 2006 motor. Plan was to put that motor on the other boat my kid's fiance had built so he can go make a buck fishing. Was leaving early from work at 3pm (planned with laughable blessing) at 2pm the kid needed help lifting the motor 115hp evinrude. Went back to my system and was locked out with an account expired message.
Call the help desk and my buddy Jody tells me oh man, We had an email from your boss to delete the account.
Now why didnt she fire me friday? Fuck Me. Luckily I reactivated my resume which takes you to the top of the list and have been getting 5 calls a day. always look out for number one and don't step in number two
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Post #411,104
6/14/16 11:39:46 PM
6/14/16 11:39:46 PM
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Oh man. :-( I hope the downtime is short. Good luck!!
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Post #411,106
6/15/16 8:11:48 AM
6/15/16 8:11:48 AM
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Ouch. That sucks! :( Fast returns.
-Mike
@MikeVitale42
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #411,107
6/15/16 8:18:34 AM
6/15/16 8:18:34 AM
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Damn. Cringer fossed for you.
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Post #411,112
6/15/16 10:01:52 AM
6/15/16 10:01:52 AM
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Sucks.
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Post #411,115
6/15/16 11:53:08 AM
6/15/16 11:53:08 AM
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Good luck, Box!
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #411,125
6/15/16 7:09:42 PM
6/15/16 7:09:42 PM
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That's just plain Rude. Truly uncivil: the Companies which you'unses keep! {afloat}
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Post #411,126
6/15/16 10:09:13 PM
6/15/16 10:09:13 PM
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Ah no.
With my access I could bring a very large company down in less than a minute. They did not have a choice on how to do it. always look out for number one and don't step in number two
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Post #411,129
6/16/16 1:36:09 AM
6/16/16 1:36:09 AM
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Yup
It's harsh, but it's the only rational way to deal with people who got root.
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Post #411,132
6/16/16 8:54:04 AM
6/16/16 8:54:04 AM
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So then..
In the case where someone knows where a back-door resides, say (maybe for having made it..) I suppose that the only Enterprise-friendly solution would be..
..well, you know. with extreme prejudice.
Hey you're all just-like-the-NRA: the only remedy for a bad-guy-with-a-code is, a Good-guy-with-a-code that erases the bad-guy's good code.
Brain hurts. Want yellow/oily paper-tape with bootstrap loader. Digits were warmer, fuzzier then.
Only Safe-mantra for an ITer:
I. Know. Nothing.
What is this place, how did I get here? Please show me where the sidewalk is. I want to go home.
Y.P.B.-with-Feeling.
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Post #411,139
6/16/16 11:28:50 AM
6/16/16 11:28:50 AM
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My step-mom was an IT VP at a fairly big place...
She rose up through the ranks after starting with computer stuff in the 1960s.
Near the end of her career she told me that there was a serious school of thought that one should fire the irreplaceable people in IT because they were too dangerous to the company. Yet somehow those irreplaceable people were never IT managers. ;-)
That tells me that the processes inside the company are broken, not the people, but there you are.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #411,142
6/16/16 12:14:25 PM
6/16/16 12:14:25 PM
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Mr Tilly used to say the same thing
always look out for number one and don't step in number two
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Post #411,144
6/16/16 12:21:07 PM
6/16/16 12:21:07 PM
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Till-ayyyyyy!!!!!!
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Post #411,186
6/17/16 4:49:05 PM
6/17/16 4:49:05 PM
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Yeah, we tag teamed that meme
But it is a bit more complex. A manager should never let an employee hold the company hostage. So if that happens, it is management's fault for not providing a backup person to share those critical responsibilities. On the other hand, if a person creates a project only they can maintain, and embeds themselves and refuse to knowledge transfer ,then they can't be trusted and need to be fired.
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Post #411,146
6/16/16 12:36:09 PM
6/16/16 12:36:09 PM
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People can be single points of failure too
Don't fire them. Just move them out of their current positions and into something else to force the knowledge transfer. Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #411,130
6/16/16 5:50:04 AM
6/16/16 5:50:04 AM
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Good luck, box.
"Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
~ AMBROSE BIERCE
(1842-1914)
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Post #411,134
6/16/16 9:30:07 AM
6/16/16 9:30:07 AM
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Yech. Godspeed with a new gig.
And yeah, root means a quick walk to the door. Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #411,277
6/22/16 7:52:55 PM
6/22/16 7:52:55 PM
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Luck with the job hunt lad. I'm sure you'll land on your feet post-haste.
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Post #411,278
6/22/16 8:45:42 PM
6/22/16 8:45:42 PM
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Had a good interview with app director today, 2nd interview with CIO and IT director friday
always look out for number one and don't step in number two
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Post #411,279
6/22/16 9:10:40 PM
6/22/16 9:10:40 PM
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Nice. Knock it out of the park.
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Post #411,282
6/22/16 10:56:38 PM
6/22/16 10:56:38 PM
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Excellent, good luck!
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #411,288
6/23/16 12:51:10 PM
6/23/16 12:51:10 PM
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Fingers crossed!
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Post #411,336
6/24/16 1:54:33 PM
6/24/16 1:54:33 PM
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hope I didnt blow it, went into clockbuilding mode for a while.
always look out for number one and don't step in number two
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Post #411,340
6/24/16 3:45:12 PM
6/24/16 3:45:39 PM
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I is an Architect start July 11th iwethey++ waiting on paperwork
always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Edited by boxley
June 24, 2016, 03:45:39 PM EDT
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Post #411,341
6/24/16 3:46:05 PM
6/24/16 3:46:05 PM
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Nice, congrats!
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #411,343
6/24/16 4:18:55 PM
6/24/16 4:18:55 PM
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Woot++
-Mike
@MikeVitale42
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #411,358
6/24/16 8:12:30 PM
6/24/16 8:12:30 PM
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and Yay
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Post #411,344
6/24/16 4:23:38 PM
6/24/16 4:23:38 PM
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[peter likes this]
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Post #411,345
6/24/16 4:24:39 PM
6/24/16 4:24:39 PM
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Excellent! The world needs clock makers and architects, but the latter probably pays better! :-)
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Post #411,351
6/24/16 5:11:02 PM
6/24/16 5:11:02 PM
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Excellent!
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #411,354
6/24/16 5:47:44 PM
6/24/16 5:47:44 PM
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Good job!
"Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
~ AMBROSE BIERCE
(1842-1914)
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Post #411,360
6/24/16 8:38:30 PM
6/24/16 8:38:30 PM
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Congrats!
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Post #411,368
6/25/16 8:17:26 AM
6/25/16 8:17:26 AM
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That was quick.. ya got them to Decide (without the cha. cha. ? :-)
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Post #411,374
6/25/16 9:41:06 AM
6/25/16 9:41:06 AM
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of coarse this was done over the phone, first day of work might be "ah! fek a wrinkly!!!" yer fired
always look out for number one and don't step in number two
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