new job is going ok. the first few weeks are always a little difficult just getting your head around everything and i am sure it will be difficult for a while longer. the firm seem to be at that point where they are transitioning from being a small self run IT team to one that actually has grown and needs to be managed properly.
they have got shitloads of money for a relatively small firm and have 3par SAN and lots of virtualisation but they also had an outage the other day because someone forgot to pay the bill on one of their leased lines and their monthly backups failed as well. they have clearly grown a lot recently but they missed some fundamental things. by the look of it, all of the gaps will be addressed over the next 6 months as they put in a new backup system and get a new DR site. it should be interesting.
they are also very friendly which is a bit strange for me being the contractor. part of the reason i like being a contractor is so that i can just got to work, do my job and then try and forget about it. these guys are always inviting me to drinks and lunches which is nice of them, but for the most part, i cant be arsed. as a contractor i always have to watch what i say and i cant really relax around them, like i can with my friends who dont work there. i will slowly get used to it because i can not keep saying i am busy and not go out with them to the pub.
seeing as their is no california for me this year, i thought i would try and put together a road trip around europe for around 8 or 9 days. paris, madrid, barcelona, milan, paris might be a good one. lots of football games to potentially see, but also a lot of driving. will see how it evolves and what the fixtures are.
they have got shitloads of money for a relatively small firm and have 3par SAN and lots of virtualisation but they also had an outage the other day because someone forgot to pay the bill on one of their leased lines and their monthly backups failed as well. they have clearly grown a lot recently but they missed some fundamental things. by the look of it, all of the gaps will be addressed over the next 6 months as they put in a new backup system and get a new DR site. it should be interesting.
they are also very friendly which is a bit strange for me being the contractor. part of the reason i like being a contractor is so that i can just got to work, do my job and then try and forget about it. these guys are always inviting me to drinks and lunches which is nice of them, but for the most part, i cant be arsed. as a contractor i always have to watch what i say and i cant really relax around them, like i can with my friends who dont work there. i will slowly get used to it because i can not keep saying i am busy and not go out with them to the pub.
seeing as their is no california for me this year, i thought i would try and put together a road trip around europe for around 8 or 9 days. paris, madrid, barcelona, milan, paris might be a good one. lots of football games to potentially see, but also a lot of driving. will see how it evolves and what the fixtures are.
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