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    earonw49earonw49 Member Posts: 190 ■■■□□□□□□□
    kriscamaro68 wrote: »
    I think the most important question though is did you ever get the vette yet?


    This post ^^^
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I'm still saving for it got distracted building my gaming room and collection lately lol..
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    N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Nice work good times!
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I was recently in Japan setting up our datacenter but I had some downtime to chill in Tokyo and bought tons of retro games in Akihabara. ;)
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    anoeljranoeljr Member Posts: 278 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Dakinggamer87 wrote: »
    I was recently in Japan setting up our datacenter but I had some downtime to chill in Tokyo and bought tons of retro games in Akihabara. ;)

    That sounds awesome! icon_thumright.gif
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    It was amazing especially since I'm a huge collector so I stocked up. ;)
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    WiseWunWiseWun Member Posts: 285
    Congrats! I once had an interview with VMware a few years ago but the hiring process took too long so I had to make a choose, no regrets though. Take advantage of all the free training and learn as much as you can.
    thenjduke wrote: »
    @instant000 exactly my point. Cars are the worse investment. I have a 2006 trailblazer and a 2001 cougar and these things run great.. The wife is trying to talk me into a new SUV though :)

    Same here. Stay strong and don't give in!
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I found the interview process not too overwhelming. It was intense as far as the scope of questions but luckily I have lots of interviewing experience. icon_wink.gif
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    WiseWun wrote: »
    Congrats! I once had an interview with VMware a few years ago but the hiring process took too long so I had to make a choose, no regrets though. Take advantage of all the free training and learn as much as you can.



    Same here. Stay strong and don't give in!

    I love sports cars so I doubt I'll be able to resist lol..
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Passed my VCP-Cloud certification woot!!

    Also finished 3/4 of my Bachelor's degree I started in February this year along with my Project+, Linux+, and misc. CIW certs I had a pretty good year overall career wise!! icon_smile.gif
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    darkerosxxdarkerosxx Banned Posts: 1,343
    Congrats. Good to see people doing well. Keep us updated on cool projects you work on. I just got accepted into VIO beta.
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    DeathmageDeathmage Banned Posts: 2,496
    Congrats man!
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Thanks @deathmage icon_wink.gif
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    snadamsnadam Member Posts: 2,234 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats, man! You have definitely been progressing. Cool to see.
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    EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Good work! Also you've now corrected your employer's name from VMWare to VMware ;)
    NSX, NSX, more NSX..

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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Hoping for a raise next year so I can expand my gaming room!! icon_thumright.gif
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Got my second raise at VMware and I'm truckin' along at the end of my WGU B.S. IT - Security degree with only a few classes left to complete!! 2015 has been a good year for the career.

    Only a few more months and I will have my Bachelor's degree!! icon_cheers.gif
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Thanks for all the support my TE colleagues!! :)
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    xocityxocity Member Posts: 230
    Congrats...its stories like these that keeps me going! Great job man!
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    markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I got contacted by them for a "Technical Support Engineer". I looked on their site and there are a handful of different types of positions with this title. The HR recruiter for them is replying back to schedule a phone interview. I want to get out of help desk, so if it's for that not sure if it's worth it. Do you know anything about that position?
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    markulous wrote: »
    I got contacted by them for a "Technical Support Engineer". I looked on their site and there are a handful of different types of positions with this title. The HR recruiter for them is replying back to schedule a phone interview. I want to get out of help desk, so if it's for that not sure if it's worth it. Do you know anything about that position?

    My knowledge is that this job role is not a typical help desk position. It is more geared on the administration and engineering side with more involvement in development operations. I would definitely recommend applying as they are a great company with great benefits and would boost your resume immensely down the road if hired. ;)
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    markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Dakinggamer87 wrote: »
    My knowledge is that this job role is not a typical help desk position. It is more geared on the administration and engineering side with more involvement in development operations. I would definitely recommend applying as they are a great company with great benefits and would boost your resume immensely down the road if hired. ;)

    Thanks! I had my phone interview today and then took an online test that they wanted me to take (not sure if you had to take it). It was 30 questions but I had zero clue about some of the SCSI questions since I don't deal with that. Hopefully they still like me. I'm pursuing that and a Security Analyst position at a hospital so hopefully one of the two works out.
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    markulous wrote: »
    Thanks! I had my phone interview today and then took an online test that they wanted me to take (not sure if you had to take it). It was 30 questions but I had zero clue about some of the SCSI questions since I don't deal with that. Hopefully they still like me. I'm pursuing that and a Security Analyst position at a hospital so hopefully one of the two works out.

    Awesome wishing you the best of luck!! I actually didn't have any online test or assessment. However, I did have a phone interview and a panel interview with an extensive amount of technical questions. icon_lol.gif
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    ccnpninjaccnpninja Member Posts: 1,010 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Man your Vmware journey is as exciting as a Corvette Stingray!
    I guess 99% of TE readers here are waiting for picture of you and the beast.. :)
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    markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Dakinggamer87 wrote: »
    Awesome wishing you the best of luck!! I actually didn't have any online test or assessment. However, I did have a phone interview and a panel interview with an extensive amount of technical questions. icon_lol.gif

    Guessing they didn't like my test results since I heard nothing back. Oh well. :D
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    Sunshine_54Sunshine_54 Member Posts: 32 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I was a Technical Support Engineer with VMware for around 6 years. I'm a Consultant with VMware now.

    The TSE role is definitely better than a help desk role. You won't be helping end users fix their printer issues. Instead you'll be troubleshooting crashed vCenter Servers, performance issues, VDI deployments, cloud issues etc etc. While the technology is mainly proprietary, you'll learn alot of concepts that will help with any future IT roles. You'll be working with administrators/architects instead of end users.

    When I first started there was a heavy emphasis on linux knowledge. Today I think the recruiters are looking for general IT knowledge and troubleshooting skills. Hope that helps.
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    markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Sunshine_54 wrote: »
    I was a Technical Support Engineer with VMware for around 6 years. I'm a Consultant with VMware now.

    The TSE role is definitely better than a help desk role. You won't be helping end users fix their printer issues. Instead you'll be troubleshooting crashed vCenter Servers, performance issues, VDI deployments, cloud issues etc etc. While the technology is mainly proprietary, you'll learn alot of concepts that will help with any future IT roles. You'll be working with administrators/architects instead of end users.

    When I first started there was a heavy emphasis on linux knowledge. Today I think the recruiters are looking for general IT knowledge and troubleshooting skills. Hope that helps.

    Well I thought I was qualified with my experience and certs, but apparently they want more. The HR recruiter lady seemed pushy to get an interview but probably just didn't like I couldn't answer some questions on fiber channels and SCSI.

    EDIT: NVM just heard back for an interview. LOL\

    But yes that does help a lot, thank you. Looks like this is similar to a help desk where you are doing troubleshooting on client's equipment/software, but not any desktop troubleshooting which is exactly what I want. Thanks!
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    markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I do want to move back to California at some point soon. I'm guessing you work at the Palo Alto or SF office dakinggamer? Is there anywhere with in a commutable distance that isn't ridiculously priced for housing? I don't mind living in Stockton/Tracy, but that commute would suck unless I leave at 3am.
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    markulous wrote: »
    I do want to move back to California at some point soon. I'm guessing you work at the Palo Alto or SF office dakinggamer? Is there anywhere with in a commutable distance that isn't ridiculously priced for housing? I don't mind living in Stockton/Tracy, but that commute would suck unless I leave at 3am.

    I work between two offices: Palo Alto and a remote office in Santa Clara at a data center. Outside of the Silicon Valley the cheapest areas I know are in Concord/Tracy/Stockton but all these cities require a commute of course. Concord would be the cheapest of the list I mentioned. Dublin/Pleasanton/Walnut Creek are much more expensive so they likely wouldn't be the best choices unless you have a high and solid income. ;)
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    markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Yeah, definitely not doing that commute. But I did see on glassdoor that a TSE can make ~90k in that area. I found some houses in Morgan Hill and San Jose (4br, 2ba, garage) that aren't too bad. If I can move up to a level 2 or jump over to another department within a year and make 90-100k, I could afford a 650k house with my wife working also.
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