Thanks, stating my thoughts better than I was.

My last restore will finish sometime tomorrow... it'll burn down soon or later, better make sure you can get back!

@John-Nicholson said in The MSP Model fails more often than not.:

@Carnival-Boy said in The MSP Model fails more often than not.:

I'd argue that the more complex it is, the more having good structure and support is important.

I agree and that's where I think internal IT wins. MSPs tend to be very good at IT, but lack the business understanding, because they don't work in the business, they work in IT. Good internal IT staff have both IT and business expertise.

Depends on the MSP If it's one that specializes in a given field (Say Education) they might know how other companies in the same vertical solve a problem.

And value to tackling things from other fields, too. So often you see companies that have the "our industry is special and has special needs" like video processing. But if someone from another field looks at it without that attitude they realize that their needs are very basic, simple and standard.

Nice article.
So much truth.

@JaredBusch said in Three Systems, Three designs.:

@Breffni-Potter wrong word in the last section. Advantageous should be advantages I think.

Doh! Thanks

I agree with both commens @Dashrender .

@Breffni-Potter said in How do you choose a web designer/marketing agency.:

@JaredBusch said in How do you choose a web designer/marketing agency.:

@Breffni-Potter said in How do you choose a web designer/marketing agency.:

Also asking because I want to find out what the gut reaction is to web guys.

Most of them are people that have no business running a business. Bidding things out for pennies on the dollar.

True...but we could see the same about yeehaw IT or builders.

And I do say the same about them, but "web developers" are f'n everywhere.

@nadnerB said in Dara IT on Medium:

What do you call a Pygmy clairvoyant on the run from the cops?

A small medium at large.

Youtube Video

@hobbit666 said in Udemy - Black Friday sale 90% - IT Courses:

Dam why is pay day so far away!

Would you like a loan 😛

@Romo said in Sanity check - DNS Filtering on WAN:

Of course technical users if truly motivated will bypass the solution tunneling through 80 or 443.

technical.... or anyone who takes the time to ask someone technical.

@scottalanmiller said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@coliver said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@scottalanmiller said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@Dashrender said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@dafyre said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@scottalanmiller said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@Dashrender said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@scottalanmiller said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@dafyre said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@scottalanmiller said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

@dafyre said in I've lost all hope in Education.:

As someone who is considering going back to college just to complete my AA (to start), I've also been down the road on this... Some folks are telling me that since it has been so long since I did my core classes (english, psych, science, etc) that I may have to take them again.

My response to that is: Nope. I took them already, and I simply refuse to take them again, even if that means I won't get the degree.

Why bother with the non-degree, then? Since college is anti-education, what's the upside without the sheepskin?

Well, in my case, it'd equate to a 5k to 10k/year pay raise at my current job. If I take it using the financial aid available to staff, then I'm only out my time and books... It makes it insanely cheap for me to get the last few classes I need... So I see it as a win. That's the only reason I'd go back for it is a pay raise.

How does it become a raise? Just taking classes gives you a raise? Any classes? ANy number of them?

Sadly I've seen companies like this. No degree today, but you get one tomorrow and you get a raise for no other reason than you now have a degree... really lame!

No, THAT I would understand. He had said that he was going to refuse to take the classes necessary to get the degree granted, so was just going to take the pointless tech classes. That's why I was confused. While I don't agree with raises for degrees, I understand that it happens. That it was not going on here is what confused me.

No, I said that I would not start from scratch. I've already paid for and taken my core classes (the english, literature, science, math, etc...). I said I wouldn't go back and pay (again) to take those. The reason I say that is I have family members that seem to think that because I took the classes so long ago (17 years ago, lol), I won't get to keep those credits.

I'm in the process of getting all my info together so I can find out.

Colleges do have a time limit on the valid time of credits if there is a break between when you took them and when you try to finish. For example, if you haven't taken a class with them in 15 years, they might have expired all of your credits.

Normally it is a fraction of that. RIT is seven years. SUNY is like five.

RIT grad school is also 5... from experience.

Nope, it's seven. I'm there now dealing with it.

I was dealing with it last year unfortunately. Just missed the deadline.

@Mike-Davis said in UK - HP Elitebook offer:

@Breffni-Potter not a bad laptop except for needing a dongle for ethernet and VGA. I mean a dongle? really?

If that doesn't matter to you. It's a nice thin and light laptop. The keyboard has a nice feel to it as well. You can also dock it, which is cool.

I don't think you need ethernet or VGA if you have a dock. Keep the laptop minimalist and let the dock handle your office connections.

They sure do. I know people who never learn and fall for these things every time.

Well, It's been a fantastic phone. Good camera, great battery, decent size for doing things. Really pleased with it.

This is definitely a very well done video!

I see just a couple of potential grammar mistakes...

That should be $3.5 trillion spent on IT (you have no currency sign on it)

and

not AN outsourcer.

And college degrees prepare you for this work perfectly!

I get that email ten times a day.