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VeritiesVerities Member Posts: 1,162
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About 2 months ago I left a sys admin position to pursue some networking experience with cloud service provider and it was probably the worst mistake I've made in my career. So I'm heading back to systems administration as a Red Hat admin! icon_cheers.gif
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    Nafe92014Nafe92014 Member Posts: 279 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congratulations, mate! Best of luck. icon_thumright.gif
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    VeritiesVerities Member Posts: 1,162
    Thanks Nafe!
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    tomtom1tomtom1 Member Posts: 375
    Verities wrote: »
    About 2 months ago I left a sys admin position to pursue some networking experience with cloud service provider and it was probably the worst mistake I've made in my career. So I'm heading back to systems administration as a Red Hat admin! icon_cheers.gif

    If you don't mind me asking, why was it a mistake? Networking not your deal?
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    TalonizeTalonize Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 56 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Congrats man!

    Interesting that I'm not the only one that doesn't like the whole cloud provider role. What did you not like about it? Was it providing the support?

    Just curious
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    VeritiesVerities Member Posts: 1,162
    @tomtom1 - The networks I'm working on are huge and being a novice in the networking field, I'm constantly overwhelmed when dealing with multiple sites across the world experiencing outages or other issues. I have to figure out the cause of each of them, determine if it an internet circuit issue, local site issue, or MPLS issue, then escalate to the proper contact. Being on shift alone and not being able to call on people for help is stressing me the eff out.

    @Talonize -You're expected to do a lot of work for a little amount of money, you have a small time slot to resolve an issue, and there's no team atmosphere. Lastly, you would think every customer has the same priority (regardless of which services you provide), but that is not the case. Without breaking NDA, I can't explain further so I'll let you take a stab at how they determine it :P.
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    jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Verities wrote:
    I can't explain further so I'll let you take a stab at how they determine it :P.

    Ah, always the same. The prettier the secretary, the better the support. :D
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    JustFredJustFred Member Posts: 678 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats with the new gig.
    [h=2]"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." Spock[/h]
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    Asif DaslAsif Dasl Member Posts: 2,116 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congrats on the new gig!
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    coffeeluvrcoffeeluvr Member Posts: 734 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Congratulations on the new job!
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    snunez889snunez889 Member Posts: 238 ■■■□□□□□□□
    congrats on the new gig.. Im trying to break into networking, coming from a sysadmin role.
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    Snow.brosSnow.bros Member Posts: 832 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congratulations and all the best of luck going forward!!! icon_thumright.gif
    "It's better to try and fail than to fail to try." Unkown

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    VeritiesVerities Member Posts: 1,162
    snunez889 wrote: »
    congrats on the new gig.. Im trying to break into networking, coming from a sysadmin role.

    Good luck!

    Thanks everyone!!
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    lsud00dlsud00d Member Posts: 1,571
    Congrats Verities! Do you know what responsibilities your new role will entail?
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    anoeljranoeljr Member Posts: 278 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats man!
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    VeritiesVerities Member Posts: 1,162
    lsud00d wrote: »
    Congrats Verities! Do you know what responsibilities your new role will entail?

    Thanks!

    Yes, I'll be supporting Red Hat infrastructure that host security applications for the DoD.
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