How do we feel about this?

Even in the very likely event that he gets the boot from Trump's immediate orbit, I doubt he's ever going away while donnie is in power. He's in Elon's pocket, and you don't get out of someone's pocket.

That being said, it may eventually look like he's been cast out, but the fact remains that any damage is already done. I now have to run under the assumption that Elon now has admin privliges for every tool that the federal government has.

I can't even begin to think how one might set up a defense against this sort of threat.

Hi I just wanted to ask from IT People who experience being employed in a company that's strict when it comes to restricting their employees to use their personal keyboard or mouse?

Obviously users do completely asinine and ridiculously idiotic things, and they are sometimes assholes about it. But I'd like to submit to you an appeal to treat users with professionalism and respect first, and not assume they are stupid or don't deserve help.

I work with an older guy who is the SysAdmin and solves more minor problems for our city's office. Yes, I value his work, but I feel like he and another IT person in our main office in another city in Canada both have the same attitude that all users need their hands held with installing programs in Windows, for example.

Just some user feedback outside of a work/ticket situation:

Not all users need help with stuff like this, but we often don't feel it's our job to install programs, or we simply do not have time. Whether or not it's actually your job to prepare machines completely for users, keep in mind some users believe this.

Be professional in communications. Don't use terms like "lol" when talking to other employees, especially not when people are having issues. It's worse if you are a boomer... Saying "lol" all the time.

My perception is you are there to fix, upgrade, prepare and facilitate, and even though it seems like people don't appreciate it, they do. If they are thanking you, being polite, not saying stupid shit, and are capable of assisting you with your work, like installing stuff themselves, and/or installing updates, please try to recognize this and don't treat them like the run-of-the-mill moron who doesn't know anything and is a dick about it.

Thanks.

Dear IT workers, how I envy you.

Your abilities, your knowledge that seems to be so reveered and super respected these day, your working conditions, of course your salaries.

Most of all, the ones who work in the security business... The white and the black kind...

Having all of that power at your fingertips, must make you feel like a fucking GOD!

I... I stupidly ended up in Electrical Engineering, now doing electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, HVAC and Refrig. maintenance engineering... Looking up at you guys makes me feel so small and not important.... Fucking... Useless...

I know I could never do the things that you do... Fuck... Even slightly complex Arduino stuff eludes me...

Please... Share with me a bit of your life, a bit of your joy, a bit of your... How do I call it Heaven without sounding weird?

How does it feel to be a programmer? How does it feel to be a hacker, both white and black hat (those that do wanna share).

I mean... Looking up at a wall of terminal text to me... It's just Elfish... But to you... I imagine it's something like in the movie The Matrix, when they looked at the rolling code and just see "past it"... "trough it"... That must feel... Marvelous.

Sincerely, an lowly, stupid, worthless Electrical "Engineer"...

All i see are layoffs and people struggling to find entry level jobs. I’m in school for IT and if i dont find a job im going to see if i can join a trade apprenticeship program or something.

& if anyone says “dont give up” it’s not giving up. It’s finding something better. Trades cant be outsourced and they will always be in demand.

I made this after several years of frustrations from a few of the worst end users. And never, ever blame the IT Guy for your own screwups. Sometimes you just need a good laugh. I salute all of the people in help desk, support, and IT.

I hope this is allowed. Let’s say I opened some Reddit tabs on Incognito mode, on Safari (I know incognito does not prevent the websites from appearing on logs) while at home, and forgot to close them. I did not open Safari at work until the moment I realized I still had all my tabs open. I did not click on these tabs, and closed them using my own data. I know sometimes websites refresh on their own, even if dormant. However, will the IT team at my work somehow see I had these subreddits open, or will they only see I opened Reddit on Safari?

Edit: For context, it was my own personal iPhone. I did not visit these subreddits at work, I would never, but I forgot to close them so they remained dormant.

Heard about timechamp .io today. Someone told me they installed this on their personal laptop. Because their "company" told them they had to. I couldn't find any posts on Reddit about this. But it should go without saying. Do not install this software on your personal device. Ever. None of your passwords are safe. Nothing on your laptop is safe. This software could be used to empty any accounts you have on your device.

Hey guys so i’m finding out that alot of IT roles have an on call rotation & this is a red flag. I don’t mind working overtime but being woken up to fix something? No. Unless there is an industry that doesn’t work after hours, i’m having 2nd thoughts about this career.

Have you ever needed to put some very important tariffs on other countries to boost the economy?
Of course you have.

For my first python project, i created this calculator. Check it out on github.
github.com/s1lvxn/tariff-calculator

(I would love feedback) 

So she answers phones. Among many other things. Her phone system is voip. I’m not that smart but I know enough that when the IT team is trying to install a firewall between my modem and router that they’re able to monitor all my dirty Reddit traffic.

How do I smooth this over. Can they install a firewall>router after my router? I don’t want them being able to watch my traffic.

I guess I should clarify as I was a little in my cups last night when I posted this. The 3rd party IT company that they use came to my house Friday and installed a Sonicwall TZ270 between my modem and router. Can they monitor my personal traffic with this device?

I am not sure if my company is monitoring network activities, such as what websites you went to, or what iMessages you sent. As we know, most of our home router doesn’t have that monitoring function. Is a small business router, like 100 dollars, able to have that function?

Hey I resently bought this off a old school and I'm trying to set it up on my network and I need help I conet my internet from my modem and try pluging in my wired devise and only one will say it has Internet

Ok I want to clarify that I am not tech savvy at all so if this a dumb question that’s why but also explain it to me like I’m child… to start this off I have a Samsung PC Windows 11 Home and it’s like 2 or 3 years old.

I noticed this symbol where my WiFi symbol normally is and when I click on it the pop up for all the quick access to volume, Bluetooth etc. the WiFi section is just gone. It used to be first and now it’s no longer there. And I also can’t find the WiFi connection section where you (pick your WiFi) in my laptop settings. (Like I even use the search bar and it doesn’t come up). The only thing that does is an option to turn WiFi on and off but not to choose or anything. and in my settings it stays I’m not connected to/offline but I can still look things up.

If anyone could give me tips or suggestions I would really appreciate it. Like I said I’m not tech savvy. Thank you!

I dont wanna reinstall steam i really dont wanna go through backing app the 800gb of games into another drive and all, i just want the icon to be normal please if anyone knows a quick solution

Without a doubt, creating scheduled backups are extremely important. However a backup is useless, if it does not actually contain your data.

The only way to do this is to regularly test your backups by doing restorations and checking that the proper data is being backed up.

I see so many people - IT professionals included - not test their backups. I have also seen disaster strike and people find out the hard way that the backups they were so confidently making, did not contain some or all of the data they needed.

So every time someone says "Make backups!" you should add "And test restorations!"

Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed that around 60% of candidates interviewing for entry-level IT roles (1–2 years of experience) have been using AI tools to assist them during live interviews. It’s honestly disappointing and a bit disheartening to see candidates with real potential throw away an opportunity by being dishonest.

No one (at least not me) expects someone early in their career to know everything. The point of these interviews is to assess what you do know and to understand your willingness to learn and grow. That intention seems to be getting lost lately.

What’s even more surprising is how obvious it’s become, candidates are visibly typing off-screen, stalling for time, and reading answers while avoiding eye contact with the camera. If you're going to cheat, at least be subtle... but really, just don’t cheat at all.

Are others seeing a similar trend?

A lot of people are talking about how AI is replacing developers.

I get that, I’m a CEO of a startup, where we’ve fired some developers.

But I think the job of a computer scientists will change, it won’t be replaced.

As AI is developing so fast, all companies want to implement it. So there’s a need for someone who knows something about AI in companies, the government, as consultants etc.

You would rather have someone with an IT background in those roles, than some business grad who doesn’t know anything about IT.

Also, there is generally a need for people with technical skills, so a degree in CS just shows you’re a technical person. It doesn’t mean you’re only possible role is to be a developer.

So, as AI is developing so fast I actually think the safest bet is to study something IT related, as well need more people who can shape this future.

What do you think about this?

I got a new camera for Christmas, and it came with this charger. One light is red, and the other is flashing blue(second picture). Is it actually charging?

The work laptop is hdmi but the monitor is this, can hopefully get a hdmi to this on amazon tomorrow