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Post by timsnum1fan on Jun 19, 2018 16:42:05 GMT -5
Tim,
Just wondering what you stance is on immigration and the DACA? Keeping with the theme of this subject, here are some suggestion for some upcoming videos.
1. Film undocumented workers at work, something that I am sure you are unaccustomed to. You know since you have been fired so many times. What is it up to now (8 times)?
2. Vacation on the boarder and see how many times you can cross without getting caught.
3. Boarder crossing signs, what is their true purpose?
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Post by Tim on Jun 20, 2018 10:12:02 GMT -5
Hi, num1fan! To answer your questions: It's spelled "border" in this use and context of the word, not "boarder". I've been fired a lot more than 8 times over the years (a WHOLE lot more!!!), almost entirely back before 2011 when I was not doing skilled IT work. I was better than the jobs I was doing and the people I worked with, and I knew it, but I didn't have any good direction on where to go and what to do to get better work. The workplace was a frustrating time! Way back when I was in college and computer school, if I knew even a little bit of what I know now, I've have had far better jobs far earlier in life. As far as the issue of immigration goes, here's a short answer and a long one: Short version - Throw them all out! Their families and kids do not matter, get them all out of the USA! Enter using the legal method only! Long version - When I lived in L.A., I saw many foreigners, mostly Mexicans, of which I am sure most were illegal. Despite what the crybaby liberals would have you believe, the USA simply cannot support all these illegal spics coming across the border. If they use the legal means of applying to become a citizen and move to the USA, then fine, no problem. But we've got illegals arriving by the busload, and where are they all going to go, and live, and work, and whose tax money will pay for all of this? Instead of moving to America for a better life, they need to get their own countries under control and in order. Then they won't feel the need to leave. When I lived in L.A., I saw homeless people living under bridges and in parks and near the beaches, with nowhere to go and nothing to do. RVs parked on the streets. If these people are so broke, does it make any sense to live in one of the more expensive places in America? This problem will only get worse as time goes on unless we do something about it. In North Hollywood, I used to see billboards written in Spanish! Big discount stores like Wal-Mart are utilized almost entirely by Mexicans! You go in there and all you can hear is them nattering away in Spanish. If you want to come to America, YOU LEARN ENGLISH, period. Want to celebrate your Latino heritage and culture? Fine, do it in Mexico. I never went to San Diego, which is right next to the border, but I imagine it is like Little Mexico there. Keep in mind, they are "illegal aliens". The word is ILLEGAL. That means we should be enforcing laws against them, not giving them everything from our tax money like these crybaby liberals are trying to do! What President Trump and Jeff Sessions are doing right now, separating kids from families of illegals who get caught trying to come here? That's a good thing. Create more distress for them, make their time here as miserable as possible. Word will spread quickly in the spic community, and fewer will try to sneak into America, and the net result is a WIN for America. I have an idea to discourage the illegals from trying to sneak into the USA. A prison. A special one. Way out in the desert, the size of a football field. All it is, is a cement slab floor and high walls. No individual cells or hallways or bars. Metal toilets in one corner, a little running water, and meager amounts of food get dropped in a couple times a day. One big empty room. No roof either. Just armed guards in towers. All the illegals we catch get thrown in for 6 months. Men, women, children, doesn't matter. Make it hell on earth. Let it get overcrowded, let them all fight and kill each other, and for those who survive their 6 month sentence, they get shipped off to Mexico immediately. President Trump is doing a great job so far. Build the wall! I'm hoping he makes English the official language of the USA. I remember when got my California drivers license, the directions were printed in many different languages. What a waste of government money, having to print it all like that, then highway signs are english only! Does that answer the question?
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Post by got_to_be_kidding_me on Jun 20, 2018 13:43:45 GMT -5
You were never doing skilled IT work? You were only ever good for contract positions? And low level ones at that.
EDIT BY TIM - Uh, no, completely incorrect, I'm a CCNA R&S certified IT pro, and I do more advanced work now.
When you were living in LA, HAHAHA. You mean when you saved up enough to move there for 3 months before failing again and having to move back.
EDIT BY TIM - wrong again, I was there for a bit over 3 years total. And if not for getting married, I would still be there. Who do you think you're fooling? Certainly not anyone around here. My videos and the dates of them alone over the years prove it.
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Post by got_to_be_kidding_me on Jun 22, 2018 9:26:21 GMT -5
I can throw a book and hit 100 R&S certified people. That just means you can take a test. Your resume reads like swiss cheese for 3 month contract jobs and you want people to believe you are a skilled CCNA working in a Data Center for UPMC? I'm more inclined to assume that the stuff is already configured by the time it gets to you and your job is solely to rack it and plug it in.
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Post by Tim on Jun 22, 2018 19:25:25 GMT -5
I think I know who my obsessed fan above is, and if I'm right, it's not worth arguing my IT career to someone who has continued to fail. Still installing printers and PCs for 3 years in the same place? No career progression there! I don't even deign to do desktop support anymore, I'm better than that and I have the work experience to back it up.
If the suspected LinkedIn account is honest & accurate, you're still at C.W. after becoming cigarette smoking buddies with Neil a few years ago, and when Kevin decided to cut us back from 2 IT people to 1, I got cheated, as I was clearly the better IT person, having worked with the network engineer and all....
But I'm ok with it, as I ultimately went on to become a CCNA (and no, it's not just taking a test, it is about UNDERSTANDING how things work), and each contract job I've had since then has paid better. The past year in data center work has made me more money than ever before. I've gotten the opportunities to do higher level work, and I continue to excel.
The Pittsburgh IT job market sucks, it's nearly all contract work, and I've only known one person ever who became hired in to a place from a contract. I've applied directly to companies for IT jobs, and been interviewed, but not hired. I don't blame myself, though, as I know how good I am. I blame the poor decision making of the hiring people, who frequently are career HR people and don't know the first thing about IT work, and aren't qualified to tell me what I can and can't do.
No one ever gets ahead by taking no for an answer, and I don't.
We are getting off topic. Once again, to all the illegal immigrants - THROW THEM OUT!!!
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Post by got_to_be_kidding_me on Jun 25, 2018 7:49:41 GMT -5
I'm not going to get into a political debate on immigration because everyone has their own opinions. It would also be pointless to argue with you because you are so far alt-right, the people in Charlotte want to build a statue in your honor. But using a racial term to describe them as you put in your original reply would be something that UPMC would love to see on their anonymous tip line. There are (social)codes of conduct that you must adhere to, yes even in your off hours from work. It would be a shame if someone turned you in to your employer, or possibly already has with this information.
Yes they do a place to submit this information. And yes it is clear that you made the racial remark, clearly on a site run buy you.
As for my identity, I am not sure what business is C.W. I don't smoke, and good for Kevin in making the correct choice.
For interviewing, I've been interviewed by HR but they have never made the final decisions. It has always been the IT people you interview with after for the 2nd, 3rd & 4th interviews. But you don't seem to be making it that far.
Pittsburgh IT is actually quite stable and thriving. It is only contractual when the skills are not there to back up consistent full-time employment. I cannot state that enough, Pittsburgh's IT market is THRIVING!
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Post by Tim on Jun 29, 2018 20:02:03 GMT -5
Go right ahead, my contract at the previous job ended a month ago with the completion of the job. I don't care.
And I am indeed good at IT work. I'm not pro at every single part of IT work, but what I do, I do very well. And any HR person who doesn't hire me for a job I apply for has made a wrong choice by hiring someone else.
And in politics, right is right and left is wrong. The idiot liberals are determined to destroy the American way of life and turn America into a communist country. Trump is doing a great job so far.
How do you manage to write these paragraphs, yet you confuse the use of the words "by" and "buy"?
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Post by notkevin on Jun 30, 2018 7:50:45 GMT -5
Tim, Long time watcher, first time writer.
It isn't HR that didn't hire you. Its HR that first determined you are a bad fit for the position. This part of the interview is not based on any of your IT skill or knowledge at all. Its based on how you present yourself and how well you communicate. The fact that you aren't even getting to the skills/knowledge interview should tell you that you need to improve on how you present yourself. When you don't get a job have you ever contacted them and asked them "what could I have done better? Where would I need to improve to work with you in the future"? These are good questions to ask as it will help you on future interviews there or anywhere really.
Its just very... frustrating.. to see you say that its not your fault, its theirs. Its not their fault. They have money, you want money. They are deciding who is best deserving of that money and the best fit for the already in place team. Do not blame them for not hiring you... Thats the complete wrong mentality and if thats the way you present yourself in the interview, thats 100% the reason they don't invite you back for a skills/knowledge interview with the team.
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Post by got_to_be_kidding_me on Jul 3, 2018 7:49:22 GMT -5
Oh, so UPMC was a contract job? That should not have surprised me in the least. I would think after your 50th contract job, you would start to understand that HR is not making mistakes. I have parlayed multiple contact jobs into full time positions. I have hired people on contracts to be brought on full-time. Yet, you and your infinite wisdom, keep thinking HR is making mistakes by not hiring you? I'm just happy I have the screen shot of your racial diatribe that I can pass onto your next contract employer.
I have no desire to talk politics with you because I think you get a "raging" boner when someone disagrees with your political view, and that is something that I just won't bow into. I have made no mentions with you about my political affiliation whether or not I lean towards Red or Blue, but, again, you are so far in the Red, Tampax might what to sponsor how much "Red" rhetoric you absorb.
The only quick-witted response you have for me is my misuse of the word by/buy? You're reaching.......
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Post by Tim on Jul 3, 2018 22:20:20 GMT -5
Tim, Long time watcher, first time writer. It isn't HR that didn't hire you. Its HR that first determined you are a bad fit for the position. This part of the interview is not based on any of your IT skill or knowledge at all. Its based on how you present yourself and how well you communicate. The fact that you aren't even getting to the skills/knowledge interview should tell you that you need to improve on how you present yourself. When you don't get a job have you ever contacted them and asked them "what could I have done better? Where would I need to improve to work with you in the future"? These are good questions to ask as it will help you on future interviews there or anywhere really. Its just very... frustrating.. to see you say that its not your fault, its theirs. Its not their fault. They have money, you want money. They are deciding who is best deserving of that money and the best fit for the already in place team. Do not blame them for not hiring you... Thats the complete wrong mentality and if thats the way you present yourself in the interview, thats 100% the reason they don't invite you back for a skills/knowledge interview with the team. Yours is an interesting point of view, and one that I'd agree is at least partly correct. In interviews I've been to over the last few years, it's been my understanding that they were generally "one interview and hiring decision" types, not a 2-3-4 interview process. If I were going for network engineer or other high level jobs, yes, but I'm not there yet. Although I'll get dressed up nice for an interview, I tend to spend little time on the "prettiness" factor, and instead focus on "this is what I've done, this is what I'm trying to do in my next position, this is what I can do for you" types of answers to their questions. In other words, I focus on "I can do this job for you" rather than "how pretty / professional can I look while doing it". Computer networks either work or they don't, and if it ain't working, management isn't going to care much about how professional you appear to be at that time. After interviews that I didn't get hired for through contract agencies, I sometimes ask for feedback, and in their quest to be politically correct and not offend, they only give vague, meaningless answers at best, getting any real feedback is rare. Maybe I'm wrong to an extent, I'll try to think about these things more when the next interview comes around.
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Post by Tim on Jul 3, 2018 22:28:35 GMT -5
Oh, so UPMC was a contract job? That should not have surprised me in the least. I would think after your 50th contract job, you would start to understand that HR is not making mistakes. I have parlayed multiple contact jobs into full time positions. I have hired people on contracts to be brought on full-time. Yet, you and your infinite wisdom, keep thinking HR is making mistakes by not hiring you? I'm just happy I have the screen shot of your racial diatribe that I can pass onto your next contract employer. I have no desire to talk politics with you because I think you get a "raging" boner when someone disagrees with your political view, and that is something that I just won't bow into. I have made no mentions with you about my political affiliation whether or not I lean towards Red or Blue, but, again, you are so far in the Red, Tampax might what to sponsor how much "Red" rhetoric you absorb. The only quick-witted response you have for me is my misuse of the word by/buy? You're reaching....... The contract IT market in Pittsburgh sucks. And it's not just me, I have met many people on contract assignments, and I've spoken to them about our previous jobs, and very few of them have seen situations where contracting people become hired. There's an invisible wall of sorts. If you go to a company as a contractor, you stay that way, if you're hired, you stay that way. Maybe higher level jobs like engineers and DBAs and such things may cross over more easily, but I am primarily hardware support, so I am starting from a more difficult position. I generally don't list my current employer anywhere online until the job is ending or has ended, so good luck forwarding what you see as racism to the right place. Anyhow, what racism? In todays wussified politically correct world, people can't even communicate in simple, common terminology for fear someone may be offended. Common words that I grew up with 15 years ago now offend so many crybaby liberals that its hard to make your point in a conversation because you have to tap dance around certain words. Where has my America gone? For politics, I still go on YouTube sometimes and watch videos of Clinton's devastating LOSS to Trump on election night, I watch the liberals cry and flip out, and it makes me smile.
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Post by got_to_be_kidding_me on Jul 5, 2018 11:47:05 GMT -5
You say the contact IT market sucks in Pittsburgh. Have you ever thought about the fact that you do Hardware Support? There are thousands of people who do that, its entry level.
You have been in IT quite awhile, yet you still do do the basic work. If I read your "swiss cheese" resume, and see the jobs that you do and then you show up to an interview, I see a 40 year old man-baby who does internship level work, I would pass on you also.
Again, I don't care about your political views. You seem to keep going off topic. Lets stick the the facts of your work history and the fact that you think people are passing over the "model" employee. Jesus Christ I couldn't say that without laughing......
And you ask where your America has gone. Well there buckaroo, it has done gone left you in the cold with a pink slip in your left hand and lotion in your right-hand for when you watch youtube videos of you slightly orange tinted leader.
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Post by Tim on Jul 11, 2018 20:10:09 GMT -5
I don't pick the jobs, they are what is available to apply to around here. It's not my choice of jobs, I do what I can with what I've got to work with. I'm not a Linux or Windows Admin, or any kind of manager. But one good thing about hardware support is that it's a little more difficult to outsource these jobs to India. Hadji can't build PCs and physically set up network gear from thousands of miles away! But programmers, developers, and such jobs are much more outsourceable.
Remember when Disney outsourced all their people overseas? They should have to pay millions to their ex-IT workers for that BS.
Trump has been doing a good job with keeping the Mexicans out, I'd like to see him make English the official language of the USA and end all H1B visas. People say they can't find good workers here, I say they either aren't looking hard enough, not giving people like me a chance, or, more likely, are only interested in greater corporate profits from paying foreigners less money.
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Post by got_to_be_kidding_me on Jul 18, 2018 13:08:21 GMT -5
While yes you are correct that hardware jobs are less "outsource-able", the talent pool is at the bottom. People in that field are replaceable and only need minimal training. They grow like weeds. This is why contractors/headhunters exist, to make money off of low-level IT people. That is where you get your newbies, simpletons and rejects who refuse to advance their careers and think that desktop support is a viable job 20 years down the road.
By the way, how long have you been in IT, if you haven't even reached Windows's admin, you should really think of going and working fast food or starting back up your failed Bitcoin mining. I'm sure the ad-revenue from this site can keep you going for the foreseeable future.
Outsourced jobs is a way of life in IT, with cloud computing it will get worse for people like you. You will be replaced by a machine, it's inevitable. There will be no need for a desktop tech when all of the technology is cloud-based. Disney did it because they were smart and know how to value their money.
Again you go back to politics, I'm not going there. With the exception that Mar-a-lago has applied for over 60 H1B Visa's because they can't find the workers. All of his products from MAGA are made oversea's. Ivanka's too. Do you feel Putin's hand up your backside, cause you're getting played just like him.
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Post by Tim on Jul 22, 2018 18:46:43 GMT -5
Outsourced jobs is a way of life in IT, with cloud computing it will get worse for people like you. You will be replaced by a machine, it's inevitable. There will be no need for a desktop tech when all of the technology is cloud-based. You do realize that there aren't really any computer servers in the clouds, right? It's just a term. No matter how much advertisements claim "It's in the cloud", it all comes down to physical machines somewhere. There is no cloud. The computers are just located somewhere else.
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