Job thread

[HaemishM]

If your employer doesn't offer coverage, you are qualified to get coverage on the health care exchanges. You may need to get a little paperwork from your employer but otherwise you should get it. And at that salary, you should definitely qualify for subsidies.

[Yegolev]

The pertinent part of a Google Voice transcript:

This is gita from lance off. I bank calling you regarding job opportunity with our client cox communications as a lead engineer. I have had to beat ages which in to your may lady and you can reach me at ....

[Yegolev]

Walked by the SVP and he either greeted with:
"Gary"
"Hi"
"Aye"

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[ezrast]

This young ops guy is learning Nagios for the first time. I need to create and delete downtimes from a Python script running on a remote machine. Nagios' command file is a fucking joke. Livestatus looks better, but actually isn't. Is there an API hidden somewhere that is usable to people born post-1975, or do I just get to suck it up, buttercup?

[Trippy]

The Nagios UI hasn't change since 2000ish and sucks donkey balls. You'll just have to suck it up.

[ezrast]

Thought so. Thanks.

[sickrubik]

I tell you what, Job Thread. This year's news is making working in the beer industry REAL FUN. 

[Yegolev]

In other industries: iTerm2 by itself warrants a move to OSX.

[Viin]

R u serious?

[Merusk]

I tell you what, Job Thread. This year's news is making working in the beer industry REAL FUN. 

Yeah, soon all alcohol will be InBev. WTF is up with that.

[Yegolev]

R u serious?

It basically saved me ~30 minutes the first time I used it to type into multiple panes at once.  I'm easily excited by specific things.

[sickrubik]

I tell you what, Job Thread. This year's news is making working in the beer industry REAL FUN. 

Yeah, soon all alcohol will be InBev. WTF is up with that.

It won't affect the US Market. They'll be forced to divest their US Market interests and Sell MillerCoors to Molson. It's the same situation as when InBev but Grupo Modelo. They very likely will have to do the same thing with Snow or whomever it is in the Chinese market.

None of that doesn't stop an understandably huge amount of questions about the situation.

And this is after Lagunitas, Saint Archer, Golden Road, Dogfish, 10 Barrel, Elysian, Goose Island... etc etc. Last year or so has been.. interesting. WEE BUBBLE TIME.

[Trippy]

They are being investigate for allegedly blocking distribution of competing craft breweries products by buying up distributors.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/12/us-abinbev-doj-antitrust-exclusive-idUSKCN0S623R20151012

[sickrubik]

Yup. Interesting times.

[Trippy]

I won't need to move.  I'll be working for The Weather Channel, which is based in Atlanta.  Not in front of the cameras.

The circle is (almost) complete

[Merusk]

Well, at least it's not back to HP, right?

 

[Trippy]

True, true.

[Yegolev]

This is expected since TWCC Holdings is owned mostly by venture capital and we are (I'm told) overdue for a sale.  I'm not sure what that would do to my career path.  Also: Yes, at least it's not HP.

I'm also not sure it is a circle since I've abandoned IBM AIX in favor of Cloudy McCloud Nonsense.  Worst part of an IBM buyout would definitely be a return to Lotus Notes.

Apparently we are the #2 consumer of Google Apps behind Google themselves.  Which I think is a funny metric to throw around.  Not sure if relevant.

[Viin]

I noticed some openings at The Weather Chan in Andover, do they generally allow/support remote employees?

[Yegolev]

We have an office in Andover, if that's what you mean (WSI).  It's a pretty lenient WFH policy, though.

[Yegolev]

The irony!

[Merusk]

So when do you transition? 

[Yegolev]

Being in a profitable division is new to me, so I am not sure.  Possibly just after the first security audit.

[Merusk]

Oh the joys of being told "people have to work how they need to" when security concerns are raised, then having to clean shit up.

One of the Architects caught a cryptovirus because he's sharing files via a shared Dropbox with a small 8 person firm whose idea of internet security is using 5-year-old Macintosh computers.

Netadmin just told me. No idea if he's lost any data or if the virus had time to encrypt anything on the network yet. 

[Paelos]

One of our people uploaded a virus this week to the network because they opened an .exe that their boss forwarded to them saying "Not sure what this is, open it and find out"

We found out by losing a day's worth of work, and having to apply one of the backup copies of our data files.

[Ironwood]

And you allow exes through your e-mail because it's the 90's ?

[Yegolev]

Those ridiculous stories do not apply to us, since I dare say we are an actual tech company.  I mean, even before IBM bought us.  When I say security audit, it's in the vein of what real corporations (should) do, not (no offense) small-time LLCs consisting of artists and bean counters.  Answering questions about the formal vulnerability scanning & remediation process, for one example.

[Chimpy]

But now that you are a part of IBM, you will have to file everything with 500 pages of dead trees when a 3 line email would suffice!

[Yegolev]

Fortunately, I'm used to that.  I don't think they will be so quick to squash the profits out of us, though.

Also, who uses email?

[Merusk]

Those ridiculous stories do not apply to us, since I dare say we are an actual tech company.  I mean, even before IBM bought us.  When I say security audit, it's in the vein of what real corporations (should) do, not (no offense) small-time LLCs consisting of artists and bean counters.  Answering questions about the formal vulnerability scanning & remediation process, for one example.

Also the difference between being part of a publicly-owned entity and a private organization, I imagine. It's easy to wave-off security concerns when you don't have to report to the shareholders or public audit of your practices.

Turns out the firewall and malware bytes blocked the cryptovirus from checking-home and doing its nasty work. Netadmin did a hand uninstall to be sure and we look clear now. Yay.

[Merusk]

P&G is in town, too bad they have no need for Architects.

Wait.. what? They do?

*applied*

[Yegolev]

Proctor & Gamble?  Probably not?

Good luck in any case!

Yesterday I got rid of the W7 laptop in favor of a MacBook Pro.  This morning I accidentally got hit in the face with a pie made of awesome when I connected to the OSX desktop over LAN.  Someone should have told me already that OSX actually wants you to get shit done instead of whatever-the-fuck DOS wants you to do.  Sorry for the gushing but I'm actually astounded at the increase in productivity I've seen.

[Merusk]

They actually do, there's a position open in Facilities for a project designer/ coordinator. A corp as big as P&G (or a University) always has a few Architects on staff to manage the project Architect who actually stamps things and coordinate department/ executive moves, etc.

However since the job is SO secure and always pays so well there's VERY rare openings.  Thanks for the good luck.

[Yegolev]

Awesome.  P&G would be a great move.  In my opinion.

[Merusk]

Agreed. Fingers crossed.