"RESNET admins, for the most part, are generally control freaks who lack the skills to track down problems on their own, have no idea how to fix them, and need vendors and consultants to handle everything. It usually has a lot to do with occupational succession in a school environment, I think."
I take some serious offense to this broad statement. In reality many ResNet admins are overworked, understaffed, underbudgeted, and given more computers to handle than most other roles out there. Given that these admins are required to handle a large number of student computers which are generally more infested with viruses, spyware, bloatware, adware, and varying other programs that cause the computer to run slower than my DX4 leads to a sense of frustration with student machines and the students who own them.
Perfigo offers a solution that helps deal with the students who insist their computer is clean of all viruses because they are running antivirus (course its Norton from like 10 years ago and has never been updated).
As a ResNet administrator myself I am forced to handle all sorts of things that as a corporate Network Admin I never had to. Things like calls from student's parents cause their little Johnny can't get on the internet (its called using Ethernet Cable not a Phone cable) and DMCA complaints because students insist the have a right to illegally download and share music and videos. Heck I spend most of my time these days working with our bandwidth shaping so that the students who want to use the network for what it was meant to (web, games, chat, etc) can. instead of the few who insist on trying to do everything they are told not to (DOS, network scans, ping floods, etc) bringing the network to its knees.
As for the rest of your rubbish about not being skilled, blah blah blah... Instead of attacking all ResNet Administrators, why don't you try being a ResNet admin for a week during fall opening? Have you ever tried to move in a couple of thousand computers in varying states of decay in 3 days? Try walking a mile in the admin's shoes before you say they are all control freaks who just want to control everything.
Have you told the manager that while you appreciate the "promotion" you really just want to stay a techie? Besides if he's giving you the power to manage the projects, take one of the team members and make them the project manager and just work on the project
It's pretty sad when all we have to do is complain about the difference between 12 and 16 bit color. Can you tell the difference by looking at it? I have both the new 545 and the old 430. They both look great. And even though the pocketPC version is another Windows CE box. This one is a lot less windows-like and much more suited for the handheld platform. Well it is Rev 3 right??
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"RESNET admins, for the most part, are generally control freaks who lack the skills to track down problems on their own, have no idea how to fix them, and need vendors and consultants to handle everything. It usually has a lot to do with occupational succession in a school environment, I think."
I take some serious offense to this broad statement. In reality many ResNet admins are overworked, understaffed, underbudgeted, and given more computers to handle than most other roles out there. Given that these admins are required to handle a large number of student computers which are generally more infested with viruses, spyware, bloatware, adware, and varying other programs that cause the computer to run slower than my DX4 leads to a sense of frustration with student machines and the students who own them.
Perfigo offers a solution that helps deal with the students who insist their computer is clean of all viruses because they are running antivirus (course its Norton from like 10 years ago and has never been updated).
As a ResNet administrator myself I am forced to handle all sorts of things that as a corporate Network Admin I never had to. Things like calls from student's parents cause their little Johnny can't get on the internet (its called using Ethernet Cable not a Phone cable) and DMCA complaints because students insist the have a right to illegally download and share music and videos. Heck I spend most of my time these days working with our bandwidth shaping so that the students who want to use the network for what it was meant to (web, games, chat, etc) can. instead of the few who insist on trying to do everything they are told not to (DOS, network scans, ping floods, etc) bringing the network to its knees.
As for the rest of your rubbish about not being skilled, blah blah blah... Instead of attacking all ResNet Administrators, why don't you try being a ResNet admin for a week during fall opening? Have you ever tried to move in a couple of thousand computers in varying states of decay in 3 days? Try walking a mile in the admin's shoes before you say they are all control freaks who just want to control everything.
Have you told the manager that while you appreciate the "promotion" you really just want to stay a techie? Besides if he's giving you the power to manage the projects, take one of the team members and make them the project manager and just work on the project
It's pretty sad when all we have to do is complain about the difference between 12 and 16 bit color. Can you tell the difference by looking at it? I have both the new 545 and the old 430. They both look great. And even though the pocketPC version is another Windows CE box. This one is a lot less windows-like and much more suited for the handheld platform. Well it is Rev 3 right??