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No to the first part, yes to second part.

Have you tried turning it off and on?

Potentially, yes... Gotta work through consultation, then discuss options!

Hey Adam... Ahh, that's a blast from the past - I remember us briefly talking! You dodged a bullet there, <18 months later global IT was outsourced to IBM, total mess. Glad you're in a good role now! I've had a number of people contact me and set-up meetings since posting on LinkedIn yesterday...

Yup, majority of companies / roles which appeal to me are London / Southern based - I don't fancy a 350~ mile daily commute... 😅

I actually work for a US based company, they're global / fortune 500... I am in a niche position (Worked my balls off for the last 5yrs to reach!), currently leading a team of engineers across the US! I looked across the job market this week, fired applications at a couple of roles, although...

Currently going through workforce reductions... 10% cut across the entire company. I have a meeting at 4PM today with my manager and HR to discuss my 'status' - Been playing on my mind all weekend, I've been through several lay-off cycles before, but this one feels different - I've seen people...

Yup, that's our 'problem'... We're BIG and very intertwined with VMware products. I couldn't begin to imagine the complexity of detaching from them and migrating to a different product line.

I've been dipping my toe into containerisation lately... Albeit the VMware / Broadcom flavour - TKG (Tanzu Kubernetes Grid). Looking to bring the offering to several edge locations, I've seen a gradual increase from our development groups requesting the capability.

Congrats Donny_Dog - Wishing you every success!

This comes up on a regular basis at work... The answer, and our company posture is simply "No" - Even to the likes of Microsoft , Cisco etc. The only 'approved' method we support is an internal employee hosting a Teams / Webex etc. meeting, and providing screen sharing, with the employee fully...

IT, Security, Computers, Servers, Networking, Development, Electricity... All exactly the same, what you talking about 👀

I use several of the P100 smart plugs around our home... Cheap, work well, no issues!

Nice - We have the same home set-up!

Worked in the IT industry for 15yrs... Haven't done support work for 7~yrs, yet still have family members who think I "fix computers" and occasional phone calls along the lines of: "My phone isn't working, can you sort it" "the TV isn't on the HMD, HD1, HDMI1 thing, any idea" "What's a good...