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Wanted! – Urgently needed Computer Nerds

Mr Whippy - 9/4/08 at 03:13 PM

Wonder if you can help? Due to our IT department being totally incompetent in maintaining the office server, leading to massive loss of files & work. We have decided to line them up and each take turns to shoot the lot of them, I have chosen the crossbow and will be aiming low

Obviously we will need replacements ASAP to get the server running again so please if you can say yes to the follow let us know.

1) Can you fix a server without switching it off without warning the users?
2) Do you answer e-mails for help
3) Can you buy off-the-shelf software in less than 2 months?
4) Do you believe in working 9-5 rather than whatever suits you?

Candidates should send in a good photograph so we may weed out the mummy’s boys

Thanks

[Edited on 9/4/08 by Mr Whippy]

worX - 9/4/08 at 03:15 PM

I prefer Joey's advert myself:

Wanted - Female roommate, non-smoker, non-ugly...

Steve

fesycresy - 9/4/08 at 03:31 PM

Local recruitement agency said I couldn't put 'pleasing on the eye' in my advert ?

Can't see the problem can you ?

Mr Whippy - 9/4/08 at 03:32 PM

OMG!!!! they have used an ancient backup!!!!!!!

Can’t believe it looks like at least a weeks worth of work is gone

oh never mind servers down again.....FFS!

[Edited on 9/4/08 by Mr Whippy]

RK - 9/4/08 at 04:06 PM

Difficult to accept as it is, most people can' t much of anything (I myself have difficulty building a car, for example), so don't be too hard on them. It's a soft world now.

viatron - 9/4/08 at 04:13 PM

just doing a server hardware swap on a 4 DC windows domain without any user problems at all.....waited till half term and there all at home!!

BTW did a training course for a customer last week and out of 12 delegates 5 were polish!!!! any contractors out there time to change jobs!

r1_pete - 9/4/08 at 04:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
OMG!!!! they have used an ancient backup!!!!!!!

Can’t believe it looks like at least a weeks worth of work is gone

oh never mind servers down again.....FFS!

[Edited on 9/4/08 by Mr Whippy]

Of course they have, its probably the last one which worked....

Small office systems and mickey mouse backup processess, one of my biggest gripes at our architects - only seem to ba able to architect one application per server, and no management routines!!!!

I run the big iron (mainframes) data is recoverable up to the point of failure

Puk - 9/4/08 at 06:57 PM

If you're firewall will let you, run your own backups:

mozy linky

jlparsons - 9/4/08 at 09:56 PM

The nerds at my place seem to spend all their time at something called "lunch break". Whatever it is, they must all be experts at it by now.

DaveFJ - 9/4/08 at 10:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy

1) Can you fix a server without switching it off without warning the users?
2) Do you answer e-mails for help
3) Can you buy off-the-shelf software in less than 2 months?
4) Do you believe in working 9-5 rather than whatever suits you?
[Edited on 9/4/08 by Mr Whippy]

1 absolutely
2 always
3 potentially BUT delays are usually causedd by a complete lack of understanding by usres who demand softwar which is pointless, doesn't work or incompatible - or all 3! and even then it takes up to 3 months for the bean counters to come up with the money

4 I, like most IT workers I know, would love to work 9-5 howeve I actually work 8-6 in the office then usually a couple of hours in the evening and of course the inevitable call from Asia at 3am not forgetting that any big works have to be done at weekends........

Agriv8 - 10/4/08 at 11:30 AM

Mr whippy,

Ill come and work for you as long as I can afford a house in Catterline ( just south of Stonehaven ) and enough money to have a pint in the Creel pub ( if it is still there now and again ) .

Regards

Agriv8