Not to whiz in your cheerios, but I work for a non profit for the same hours, benefits, pension, walking distance and all that and it's … well, I've been looking elsewhere. The pay is low, but that fucking pension is a goddamn shackle on my ankle. I know there could be worse problems, boohoo, I have a pension! I hope your place works out better than mine, because mine is slowly killing me.
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TL DRNot at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered Userregular
Not to whiz in your cheerios, but I work for a non profit for the same hours, benefits, pension, walking distance and all that and it's … well, I've been looking elsewhere. The pay is low, but that fucking pension is a goddamn shackle on my ankle. I know there could be worse problems, boohoo, I have a pension! I hope your place works out better than mine, because mine is slowly killing me.
Yeah, I don't have any illusions but if it sucks then I'll just bail and find something else.
My experience with non profit is constrained budget woes and leadership that a) doesn't understand IT at all b) doesn't value IT or understand it's a necessary pillar of business. Those things could happen most anywhere though.
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Yeah but nonprofits get access to Techsoup, saving them (potentially) 10s of thousands of dollars.
There are a lot of people who think that because they're on a mission of altruism it should engulf everyone around them. Life and Time become the fuel for the machine and your compensation is just enough to live on +satisfaction.
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Mostly just huntin' monsters.
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Techsoup only carries you so far. Microsoft cut back their stuff, fortunately I bought all my 2016 datacenter licenses last year before the program changed. When it comes time to do the next server project, they're in for an ugly surprise. I mean, it shouldn't be a surprise, I already warned them but yeah.
My dad worked for NPO's his entire life. I feel pretty strongly that it was a major factor in ruining my childhood. Because they don't just ask for your blood, sweat, and tears, but if you don't have enough help, the spouse and kids will have to pitch in.
To this day I'm a major shit when people ask me to volunteer, because of this.
My dad worked for NPO's his entire life. I feel pretty strongly that it was a major factor in ruining my childhood. Because they don't just ask for your blood, sweat, and tears, but if you don't have enough help, the spouse and kids will have to pitch in.
To this day I'm a major shit when people ask me to volunteer, because of this.
Me too. There's nothing like sleeping on an office couch when you're 13 because your mom can't leave work.
Then I turned around and worked for the same place for 14 years.
Leaving was in my top 5 of good things I have done for myself in the last few years.
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Mostly just huntin' monsters.
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Not to whiz in your cheerios, but I work for a non profit for the same hours, benefits, pension, walking distance and all that and it's … well, I've been looking elsewhere. The pay is low, but that fucking pension is a goddamn shackle on my ankle. I know there could be worse problems, boohoo, I have a pension! I hope your place works out better than mine, because mine is slowly killing me.
The golden handcuffs are real. I know it sounds like a hyper first world problem to folks without the option, but it can really make your brain convince you that you should stay in a job that just isn't right for you no matter how much it's killing you. You just keeping thinking about not having it, and it consumes all of your rational concerns and shits them out as inconsequential compared to financial security in a nebulous imagined future decades ahead that you or your provider may not even be around to enjoy.
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ThegreatcowLord of All BaconsWashington State - It's Wet up here innit? Registered Userregular
Not to whiz in your cheerios, but I work for a non profit for the same hours, benefits, pension, walking distance and all that and it's … well, I've been looking elsewhere. The pay is low, but that fucking pension is a goddamn shackle on my ankle. I know there could be worse problems, boohoo, I have a pension! I hope your place works out better than mine, because mine is slowly killing me.
The golden handcuffs are real. I know it sounds like a hyper first world problem to folks without the option, but it can really make your brain convince you that you should stay in a job that just isn't right for you no matter how much it's killing you. You just keeping thinking about not having it, and it consumes all of your rational concerns and shits them out as inconsequential compared to financial security in a nebulous imagined future decades ahead that you or your provider may not even be around to enjoy.
True that. And if it festers long enough you suffer real world health issues from it. I stayed too long at my last job and it damn near broke me. Had to be put on blood pressure meds and ended up just pulling up stakes and moving out of state for a job opportunity because I was just so fed up with things.
So, on prem Exchange, Barracuda security, getting a ridiculous number of these over the past few weeks and appearing to only get worse.
Appears to be the same 4 IP addresses. Is this something I should address in the firewall? Or since it's blocked, don't worry about it?
The Barracuda is doing its job. It's dropping external attempts to relay mail through your server. You can certainly block it upstream at the firewall as well, but long term that's mostly just playing whack-a-mole. Those types of spammers/botnets bounce around and new ones pop up all the time.
Just remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence.
we ended up just outright blocking all ip's from China and Russia at our firewall. That got rid of most of those insances, and we're the type of company that the odds of getting a legitimate email from either of those countries is.... what's the closest number to zero without actually being zero? that.
And if that IP is in China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Brazil, Germany, etc.?
Block the whole /16. Take no prisoners.
Remove Korea and Japan, replace them with Vietnam and Turkey: that's the exact list of countries I've blocked entirely on my firewalls both at home and work.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Honestly if it's not the US or an EU nation, and you don't have services needed in that country, the answer is yes.
Of course, I'm also a huge nazi when it comes to putting jumps in your firewall chains when they get that large, even if you're using sets. Check every packet against 2-3 things and get them the fuck outta there.
Also helps clarify packet counts and how effective rules are.
And if it is in the US or an EU nation, hit their abuse contact information. I have always had great luck with that.
Honestly if it's not the US or an EU nation, and you don't have services needed in that country, the answer is yes.
Of course, I'm also a huge nazi when it comes to putting jumps in your firewall chains when they get that large, even if you're using sets. Check every packet against 2-3 things and get them the fuck outta there.
Also helps clarify packet counts and how effective rules are.
And if it is in the US or an EU nation, hit their abuse contact information. I have always had great luck with that.
So, on prem Exchange, Barracuda security, getting a ridiculous number of these over the past few weeks and appearing to only get worse.
Appears to be the same 4 IP addresses. Is this something I should address in the firewall? Or since it's blocked, don't worry about it?
I’d have to check, but that looks like a similar range to what we have been getting. Lots of auth failures to relay and rate control deferrals. I did finally get around to setting up a backup MX record for our secondary internet connection, so I’m sure that’s contributing. We just put in a Cisco NG Firewall, so I’ll probably start blocking certain /24s and /16s over there instead of at the Barracuda (ours is just a Spam Filter). Man that thing is wild when it comes to what and how it can sense/block traffic.
To clarify, this is the 5th interview for the same position?
[Insert religiously based blasphemy of your choice here]
FIVE interviews?!
I get offended when I hear there is a second round.
(Good luck, of course)
Yes. This is the fifth interview for the same position.
I also had to give a project presentation.
Man this would so be a bridge too far for me. I'd be like, "Okay so it seems intimidating me out of joining your team is the goal here and mission accomplished."
Kudos to you and anyone else with more willpower than me.
Yeah uhh, three interviews is one too many. You check my resume, you see I'm qualified for the job. First interview is to double-check that I didn't lie on my resume and I'm not a psycho, second interview is to make sure my personality will mesh well with the team I'm joining. If you think I'll do good and work well, hire me.
Five interviews is absolutely taking the piss. Nobody is applying to be Supreme Chancellor Overlord Of The Galaxy here, it's a job. If you want me to do the job, give me money. Otherwise, fuck off wasting my time and emotional labour with this shit.
ThegreatcowLord of All BaconsWashington State - It's Wet up here innit? Registered Userregular
Wooooooooo!!! Salesforce is dubba dee dubba DOWWWN. (I'm actually terrified honestly we use it for our case management/ticketing system at our new job and apparently an entire datacenter decided to shit the bed for all of North America. I wouldn't want to be in their offices right now)
Wooooooooo!!! Salesforce is dubba dee dubba DOWWWN. (I'm actually terrified honestly we use it for our case management/ticketing system at our new job and apparently an entire datacenter decided to shit the bed for all of North America. I wouldn't want to be in their offices right now)
Same here but in our case, fucking Mimecast blew up and stopped sending emails from our domain out to any external domains so sending email to IT stopped generating cases.
God I hate mimecast.
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ThegreatcowLord of All BaconsWashington State - It's Wet up here innit? Registered Userregular
Wooooooooo!!! Salesforce is dubba dee dubba DOWWWN. (I'm actually terrified honestly we use it for our case management/ticketing system at our new job and apparently an entire datacenter decided to shit the bed for all of North America. I wouldn't want to be in their offices right now)
Same here but in our case, fucking Mimecast blew up and stopped sending emails from our domain out to any external domains so sending email to IT stopped generating cases.
God I hate mimecast.
Oh sweet lord that sounds painful. It finally came back up, so I suppose I have to slog through some more cases... I guess. (4pm get here faster dammit)
I set up a network device well over a year ago and sent all the necessary info to access it to the manager of the department who will be using it
Manager approaches me today, says that they've never used it, but they're going to start now, carrying a print out of the email I sent, asking me if that's the info they need to access it
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
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Not to whiz in your cheerios, but I work for a non profit for the same hours, benefits, pension, walking distance and all that and it's … well, I've been looking elsewhere. The pay is low, but that fucking pension is a goddamn shackle on my ankle. I know there could be worse problems, boohoo, I have a pension! I hope your place works out better than mine, because mine is slowly killing me.
Yeah, I don't have any illusions but if it sucks then I'll just bail and find something else.
Which is fine if they don't then turn around come raise time and say "yeah, hey, but it's a nonprofit, soooooo"
which one of our clients does and it's pretty gross.
There are a lot of people who think that because they're on a mission of altruism it should engulf everyone around them. Life and Time become the fuel for the machine and your compensation is just enough to live on +satisfaction.
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Problem is they won't want to pay for the talent to do it right.
I have toyed with the idea of starting an NPO MSP for NPO's but I am no fundraiser.
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To this day I'm a major shit when people ask me to volunteer, because of this.
The awesome button isn't big enough for this.
Me too. There's nothing like sleeping on an office couch when you're 13 because your mom can't leave work.
Then I turned around and worked for the same place for 14 years.
Leaving was in my top 5 of good things I have done for myself in the last few years.
XBL:Phenyhelm - 3DS:Phenyhelm
Appears to be the same 4 IP addresses. Is this something I should address in the firewall? Or since it's blocked, don't worry about it?
XBL:Phenyhelm - 3DS:Phenyhelm
Block the whole /16. Take no prisoners.
The golden handcuffs are real. I know it sounds like a hyper first world problem to folks without the option, but it can really make your brain convince you that you should stay in a job that just isn't right for you no matter how much it's killing you. You just keeping thinking about not having it, and it consumes all of your rational concerns and shits them out as inconsequential compared to financial security in a nebulous imagined future decades ahead that you or your provider may not even be around to enjoy.
True that. And if it festers long enough you suffer real world health issues from it. I stayed too long at my last job and it damn near broke me. Had to be put on blood pressure meds and ended up just pulling up stakes and moving out of state for a job opportunity because I was just so fed up with things.
Wud yoo laek to lern aboot meatz? Look here!
The Barracuda is doing its job. It's dropping external attempts to relay mail through your server. You can certainly block it upstream at the firewall as well, but long term that's mostly just playing whack-a-mole. Those types of spammers/botnets bounce around and new ones pop up all the time.
Of course, now I get requests like "can you temporarily unblock Dubai so $executive can log in remotely while on vacation?"
Remove Korea and Japan, replace them with Vietnam and Turkey: that's the exact list of countries I've blocked entirely on my firewalls both at home and work.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I wish I could do it via the ISP layer
Of course, I'm also a huge nazi when it comes to putting jumps in your firewall chains when they get that large, even if you're using sets. Check every packet against 2-3 things and get them the fuck outta there.
Also helps clarify packet counts and how effective rules are.
And if it is in the US or an EU nation, hit their abuse contact information. I have always had great luck with that.
But what about all those Nigerian princes?
This is a clickable link to my Steam Profile.
This girl.
Who won't give a shit in a few weeks?
Same person.
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Yeah uhh, three interviews is one too many. You check my resume, you see I'm qualified for the job. First interview is to double-check that I didn't lie on my resume and I'm not a psycho, second interview is to make sure my personality will mesh well with the team I'm joining. If you think I'll do good and work well, hire me.
Five interviews is absolutely taking the piss. Nobody is applying to be Supreme Chancellor Overlord Of The Galaxy here, it's a job. If you want me to do the job, give me money. Otherwise, fuck off wasting my time and emotional labour with this shit.
Does your current job know yet?
Wud yoo laek to lern aboot meatz? Look here!
Nope. I got the offer today. My start day will be on the 20th.
I am going to give notice on Monday and then take a week off in between.
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Same here but in our case, fucking Mimecast blew up and stopped sending emails from our domain out to any external domains so sending email to IT stopped generating cases.
God I hate mimecast.
Oh sweet lord that sounds painful. It finally came back up, so I suppose I have to slog through some more cases... I guess. (4pm get here faster dammit)
Wud yoo laek to lern aboot meatz? Look here!
Actually THE cloud engineer. New position as they are starting to move into the cloud more and they wanted someone to own the platform.
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Which also means you're Ops, T1,T2 and T3 support, Cloud Developer and coffee guy.
Maybe just saying that out of experience...
I know.
I am under no illusions that I'm not just a systems engineer with extra responsibilities.
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Manager approaches me today, says that they've never used it, but they're going to start now, carrying a print out of the email I sent, asking me if that's the info they need to access it
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.