The 'I work in I.T' thread

[Donny_Dog]

 

[Advikaz]

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How true is that

 

[Hixle]

TED attendee 🤣

 

[Krarl]

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You should see some of the c***s I've got applying for an entry level role

You'd think I've asked some c**t to build me a spaceship with the shite on their CVs and LinkedIns 😂

 

[Donny_Dog]

You should see some of the c***s I've got applying for an entry level role

You'd think I've asked some c**t to build me a spaceship with the shite on their CVs and LinkedIns 😂

Let me know if you want to discuss my application m9

 

[Krarl]

Let me know if you want to discuss my application m9

I filed it mate

Under B

 

[Advikaz]

You should see some of the c***s I've got applying for an entry level role

You'd think I've asked some c**t to build me a spaceship with the shite on their CVs and LinkedIns 😂

I’m hearing the market isn’t great out there atm for candidates or employers

 

[Krarl]

I’m hearing the market isn’t great out there atm for candidates or employers

It's horrific mate

Had people say they're comfortable working on site and commuting.. yet they live in London applying for a role in Leeds

I've been so concise with all the information but yet fucknuggets decide to still apply. I've been ruthless today, had to sort through 33 people that applied over the weekend. Most of them got marked down as a no

 

[.Joe]

I’m hearing the market isn’t great out there atm for candidates or employers

Completely agree with @Krarl
Recently had a listing up with 100 applicants, after requirements filter it was down to 7
Job required driving and site visits in and around london.
One applicant only had one arm and a leg.
Another hasn't stayed in a job more than 5 months at a time.
the other 5 couldn't drive.
recruiters don't help themselves offering up anything they can throw out there

 

[Krarl]

So far I'd had 101 applicants

5 of those people were a suitable fit just from flicking through their CV. 1 of those people was a past employee who was a total prick but I had to put him as a suitable fit for the role because he'd already done it before 🤣

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

I filed it mate

Under B

B for Bossman?

Congratulations @Donny_Dog

 

[Advikaz]

Ah.

I think we are talking about the same thing. I’m not exactly ‘Mr Current affairs’ tbh

We have roles out we are struggling to fill, s**t loads of candidates, but not the right ones. The skill shortage seems to still very much be a thing, but it’s hard to see the wood for the trees when you’re getting so many applicants.

Few guys I know are looking atm, all skilled and at the top of their game. Also struggling to get through any doors, possibly for the same reasons perhaps ..

 

[andybond]

or cyberark or something (not that I've got any experience with them)..

You are moving one problem to another. Cyberark is a fancy password manager and RDP agent. You still grant via delegation using AD groups, roles , permissions etc

 

[Krarl]

B for Bossman?

Congratulations @Donny_Dog

Nae chance

Only room for 1 bossman round here

 

[Donny_Dog]

Already drafted my linkedin post

"[Insert overly descriptive emotion e.g DELIGHTED] to announce I'll be joining Kyle's data centre as [insert job title no fucker knows what it means and didn't exist on a census even 2 years ago].

Can't wait to get started at the [describe new employer as the best company ever, even though I have no clue if they are - as I've not joined yet have I] and work with the most talented people [consider name dropping mate who got me the job - as I can't really say they have the best staff as I've not even f**king worked there, but only had a half hour interview].

Sad to be leaving PCworld, as I loved cables, espech gold HDMI's. But looking forward to [use descriptives to sound like Indiana jones like challenge or chapter or adventure - when really ill just be doing patching and holding open cabinet doors FFS].

 

[davo172]

If you deleted the bullshit off most people's CV only thing correct would be the name on it!🤣

Recruitment agencies are thick as f**k too, most seem to be ex "buisiness development executives" (had 10 sales jobs in last 12 months and was s**t at all of them).

 

[Gray]

Already drafted my linkedin post

"[Insert overly descriptive emotion e.g DELIGHTED] to announce I'll be joining Kyle's data centre as [insert job title no fucker knows what it means and didn't exist on a census even 2 years ago].

Can't wait to get started at the [describe new employer as the best company ever, even though I have no clue if they are - as I've not joined yet have I] and work with the most talented people [consider name dropping mate who got me the job - as I can't really say they have the best staff as I've not even f**king worked there, but only had a half hour interview].

Sad to be leaving PCworld, as I loved cables, espech gold HDMI's. But looking forward to [use descriptives to sound like Indiana jones like challenge or chapter or adventure - when really ill just be doing patching and holding open cabinet doors FFS].

Congrats Donny_Dog - Wishing you every success!

 

[KitsonRis]

If you deleted the bullshit off most people's CV only thing correct would be the name on it!🤣

Recruitment agencies are thick as f**k too, most seem to be ex "buisiness development executives" (had 10 sales jobs in last 12 months and was s**t at all of them).

Maybe this is where I have gone wrong recently as I’ve sent a few CVs to adverts on LinkedIn and got nothing back. But I’ve got pretty much a “basic” CV as I don’t have the corporate grovelling in it, just saying what I’ve done with no extra crap. It’s so easy to spot the rubbish people make up. But why do recruiters lap it up?!

Or I’m just s**t at working and should quit and get in the dole line.

 

[Krarl]

Maybe this is where I have gone wrong recently as I’ve sent a few CVs to adverts on LinkedIn and got nothing back. But I’ve got pretty much a “basic” CV as I don’t have the corporate grovelling in it, just saying what I’ve done with no extra crap. It’s so easy to spot the rubbish people make up. But why do recruiters lap it up?!

Or I’m just s**t at working and should quit and get in the dole line.

I prefer looking at a very basic CV

I hate the ones that are like 3 pages long and full of buzzwords. How bout get fucked

 

[KitsonRis]

I prefer looking at a very basic CV

I hate the ones that are like 3 pages long and full of buzzwords. How bout get fucked

You get to page 3 and continue reading? Goes straight in the no pile if I get to the end of page 2 and there is more.

 

[Krarl]

You get to page 3 and continue reading? Goes straight in the no pile if I get to the end of page 2 and there is more.

Nah I scroll quickly and go "NEEEXXXTTTTTT"🤣🤣

 

[botfch]

Ah.

I think we are talking about the same thing. I’m not exactly ‘Mr Current affairs’ tbh

We have roles out we are struggling to fill, s**t loads of candidates, but not the right ones. The skill shortage seems to still very much be a thing, but it’s hard to see the wood for the trees when you’re getting so many applicants.

Few guys I know are looking atm, all skilled and at the top of their game. Also struggling to get through any doors, possibly for the same reasons perhaps ..

I think a lot of companies aren’t actually hiring either, I know we have several job ads listed for jobs that don’t really exist.

Pretty sure the company just wants cv’s on file for when things pick up and they do need to hire.

 

[Advikaz]

I think a lot of companies aren’t actually hiring either, I know we have several job ads listed for jobs that don’t really exist.

Pretty sure the company just wants cv’s on file for when things pick up and they do need to hire.

That's a properly c**ty thing to do. I know loads of firms do it as well

 

[Donny_Dog]

"1st day at the new job and I can already tell [insert organisation] cares about it's customers and products. [Attach photo of lanyard]. Kyle is such a hands on people manager, I know I've made the right choice and excited to start contributing to this great business. Now for some online HR training and a glass of red. X #great1stday".







I actually feel sick, writing this s**t

 

[boultonn]

Be sure to mention how DevOps is a state of mind and you’ll be golden!

 

[Advikaz]

Be sure to mention how DevOps is a state of mind and you’ll be golden!

Straight to prod works a charm

Ask Crowdstrike

 

[KitsonRis]

Straight to prod works a charm

Ask Crowdstrike

I have never done this….. 👀

 

[boultonn]

We had an outage for a fair bit yesterday because some chump referenced a DB table in yesterday’s release that didn’t exist which caused much fuckery.
Need to get the guys who fixed it an “I Test in Prod” T-shirt

 

[Matt Cup]

That's a properly c**ty thing to do. I know loads of firms do it as well

Corporate catfishing, 99% sure our place does it too.

 

[Donny_Dog]

Did/does anyone use cloud guru?

Need to get our engineers learning hands on, with azure, Aws and GCP. Someone a year or so ago, said cloud guru is hands on, actually your own subscription in each cloud, to piss about + follow labs?

 

[charltjr]

I’ve done some cloud guru training, it was decent. The hands on bits with your own sandbox were very useful.

 

[Krarl]

 

[.Joe]

Well someone at the soc is majorly salty today


New Policy Old Policy

I Guess it's just there to look pretty i guess

 

[Louis]

 

[Donny_Dog]

I can't believe I'm saying this... But... I am now a container wanker.
I've resisted learning and deploying anything until today. I still prefer physical tin, never mind VMs.

But... I've got a couple of docker containers going, with portainer to provide the gui.
It's pretty wild.

Not particularly sure how you can do micro segmentation with containers though. Security element seems unclear for me. But this is day 1.

Look at me, using post scripts and stuff. Oooo fancy.

 

[andybond]

I can't believe I'm saying this... But... I am now a container wanker.
I've resisted learning and deploying anything until today. I still prefer physical tin, never mind VMs.

But... I've got a couple of docker containers going, with portainer to provide the gui.
It's pretty wild.

Not particularly sure how you can do micro segmentation with containers though. Security element seems unclear for me. But this is day 1.

Look at me, using post scripts and stuff. Oooo fancy.
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Infornstionalise me.

I don’t see the point in containers. I use them as I have to but it’s another abstraction layer of complexity that is not needed.

If I wanted resilience I’d use a cluster
If I wanted security I’d use a multitude of products.

What’s a container providing me?

 

[Matt Cup]

😙

 

[Donny_Dog]

Infornstionalise me.

I don’t see the point in containers. I use them as I have to but it’s another abstraction layer of complexity that is not needed.

If I wanted resilience I’d use a cluster
If I wanted security I’d use a multitude of products.

What’s a container providing me?

I cant help.

But... I have found today, that RAM is key. It uses as much as it would running on a native vm... Maybe a bit less for the overhead of the OS, but marginal. So there isn't a great saving by abstracting even further.
CPU seems to be lower on the guest, than a combination of guests running the application natively... If you get me.

I still can't understand how I can protect containers and guests using traditional hypervisor layer security like NSX.

 

[boultonn]

I very much like Docker at home, running services all independent of each other on one host, if one breaks or you no longer want it, you just remove it, no impact on the other services if it goes wrong.

 

[andybond]

I very much like Docker at home, running services all independent of each other on one host, if one breaks or you no longer want it, you just remove it, no impact on the other services if it goes wrong.

Sandboxing then?